Student Wellbeing 

25 Ways to Ask Your Kids ‘So How Was School Today?’ Without Asking Them ‘So How Was School Today?’

 Blogger, Simple Simon and Company

Do you find yourself asking your child every day, “So how was school today?” And every day getting an answer like “fine” or “good,” which doesn’t tell you a whole lot.

Here is a list of more engaging questions to ask about school that at least may lead to  a full sentence,  some interesting conversations...  and some insights into how my kids think and feel about school.

1. What was the best thing that happened at school today? 
2. What was the worst thing that happened at school today?
3. If I called your teacher tonight, what would she tell me about you?
4. How did you help somebody today? 
5. How did somebody help you today? 
6. Tell me one thing that you learned today. 
7. Tell me something that made you laugh today.
8. When were you the happiest today?
9. Where do you play the most at recess? 
10. Who is the funniest person in your class? Why is he/she so funny?
11. What was your favourite part of lunch? 
12. If you got to be the teacher tomorrow, what would you do?
13. If you could switch seats with anyone in the class, who would you trade with? Why? 
14. Tell me about three different times you used your pencil today at school. 

And the answers we get are sometimes really surprising.