she's in kindergarten, and I only see her two nights a week and every other weekend. I don't ask vague questions like, "how was school today?' because I know that being specific is better. I ask things like, "what books did you read today/" or "what math skills did you work on today?" or "what did you play on the playground today?" What questions do you ask your children at the end of the day?
2007-10-04 02:26:00 · 14 answers · asked by metanoia 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
Another strategy is to tell her what YOU did today, in a way that she would find interesting. This may stimulate her into volunteering information about her day as well. Make it a two sided conversation where you guys are sharing your daily experiences.
2007-10-04 03:04:41 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It helps to know a bit about the procedure in your kindergarden. I ask
what center did you choose?
what books did you read?
Did you get to play a game?
Did someone get to do show and tell today?
What job do you have at school?
we also seem to talk a lot about who did and who did not get in trouble that day. sigh.
Ask the other parent to forward to you some of the stuff she brings home too. She probably gets tons and you can use that as a jumping off place. most art work in my daughter's is connected to a book or lesson in some way.
2007-10-04 10:24:04 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a similar thing with my boyfriends 5 year old son. We see him on every other Wednesday and on the weekends. I always say "tell me something funny that happened in class this week?" or What was the best part of school today?
2007-10-04 12:17:10 · answer #3 · answered by nykate_winslow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask her anything it does not matter how vague you think the question is, all that matters is that you are showing interest in her! Find out what books the teacher is reading to her in class then go and buy it and read it (it should not take more than 10 to read) and talk to her about that! Remember all that matters is that you show interest!
2007-10-04 09:46:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite technique is to ask the child to tell 3 things that happened that day that they loved (or liked) and 3 things they hated (didn't like). Over time this opens the way for comments to increase, and become more candid.
Find out from the teacher what's going on in class, that helps.
2007-10-04 09:30:22 · answer #5 · answered by Zeera 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm very specific with my questions. Example: Who did you play with at recess? What did you play? Did the teacher do anything with the class today that exceptionally fun? Did anything funny happen that made you laugh? Did anything bad happen that made you sad? Did you do anything different or new today? Was it fun? What did you learn or think about that?
2007-10-04 09:36:07 · answer #6 · answered by plastic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids don't talk about their day at school. Being specific isn't going to get you much more than a shrug of the shoulders. When kids are OUT of school, school is the last thing they want to talk about.
2007-10-04 18:08:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are good questions. I was going to say ask about the best thing and the worst thing that happened.
2007-10-04 09:33:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are all great questions. I found my kids prefer to talk first about the naughty`s, and then the fun stuff. They always couldn`t wait to tell me who got into trouble at school.
2007-10-04 10:01:43 · answer #9 · answered by MISTY 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I asked the kids that I babysat the following:
"So, did you make any new friends today or talk to anyone especially?"
"Did you color today? Did you make anything? What did {friend} make?"
"What songs did you sing? Can you teach them to me?"
2007-10-04 09:46:59 · answer #10 · answered by kittyrat234b 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋