20 Ways To Ask Your Child How School Has Been

Do you want to know how your son’s school went, but he always answers you in monosyllables? Find out how to get more information about it by changing the way you ask!

Family communication is essential for proper child development. It is important that mothers and fathers are interested in the lives of their children, which means knowing how they spent the day at school. But this information is not always easy to obtain, as many children tend to answer with a simple “okay” to the question “how was school going?” .

So that this is not your case, we have prepared this article in which we propose other more effective ways to ask this same question, so that your child is encouraged to give more extensive answers and, thus, you can discover what his day is like day at school, not only academically, but also socially and emotionally.

20 ways to ask your child how school went

Next, we present a series of original and specific questions to find out how your child has done school. Take note and use the ones that seem most interesting to you!

1. What has been your favorite class? What have you done in it?
2. Who have you spent recess with? What have you played? Would you have liked to play another game?
3. What was the funniest moment of the day? And the most boring?
4. What did you like the most to do today at school? And the least?
5. Where do you sit in the classroom? Would you like to change places?
6. Who would you give the award for the best teacher today? Why?
7. Who would you give the award for the best partner today? Why? And the worst classmate?
8. If you could change three things from today at school, what would they be? 
9. Have you helped any of your colleagues? How?
10. Has any of your colleagues helped you? How?
11. Who made you laugh today?
12. Has someone made you angry today?
13. From 1 to 10, what grade would you give today at school?
14. Would you change any class or school rules? Which?
15. What is the most interesting thing you have learned today in school?
16. If you could be the teacher for one day, what would you do?
17. Have you made any new friends today?
18. Would you like to get to know any of your classmates more? To who?
19. What is the first thing you did when you got to class?
20. How did your day at school end?

Other tips to keep in mind

Before asking the questions above, you should make sure that the situation is ideal to start a conversation with your child. That is, you must find the right moment, a moment in which both of you have time and are willing to establish an enriching dialogue.

If you perceive that your child does not feel like talking, do not insist and leave it for another time. It is about not forcing communication between mother-son or father-son and making the little one feel comfortable to express himself with total freedom. Likewise, it is important to create a climate of trust, active listening and mutual respect, which facilitates communication.

The importance of asking your child how school went

Keep in mind that children spend an average of six or seven hours a day at school, so this can be considered their second home, where they spend a large part of their lives.

In fact , school is the second context, after the family, in which children interact and establish social and emotional ties. Therefore, it is important that mothers and fathers care about how their children grow and develop within this environment.

And you, what are you waiting for to start having enriching conversations with your child after the school day? Spend some time listening to her experiences and discover more about the person she is becoming!