40 fun questions for parents to encourage their children's imagination
Children ask lots of questions. But you can also encourage their imagination by asking them back. Here are 40 fun ideas to start a conversation with your child.
Children ask a lot of questions. Sometimes the questions are repetitive. Studies have shown that young children ask over 300 questions a day and so we really can't answer them all.
Children should really be encouraged to ask more questions, not less. It is important that we show them that imagination is magical, not by answering endless questions, but by asking them lots of them.
Let's skip the classic question "How was your day?" and see the 40 suggested questions below to talk with your child.
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1. What do you like to daydream about?
2. What makes you happy?
3. If you could do anything right now, what would you do?
4. What do you look forward to when you wake up?
5. Which character makes you laugh the most?
6. If you opened a store, what would you sell?
7. What is your superhero name and what powers does he have?
8. You are at the beach. What is the first thing you do?
9. If you could plant any tree in your yard, what would it be?
10. What makes you brave?
11. What makes you feel loved?
12. How can I show people that I care about them?
13. How do you feel when your mom/dad hugs you?
14. If your stuffed animal could talk, what would it say?
15. How would you design a tree house?
16. What do you like to give people?
17. If you wrote a book, what would it be about?
18. If you could draw everything that comes to your mind, what would you draw right now?
19. If you designed clothes, what would they look like?
20. What do you like to help others most?
21. Pretend to be a chef and tell me about your restaurant. What kind of food will it have?
22. Where do you want to travel? How can you get there?
23. If you make a cave in the woods, what is inside it?
24. If you could ask a wild animal any question, what would it be?
25. If you were outside all day, what would you do?
26. If you were acting, what would your character be like?
27. How do you think animals communicate with each other?
28. What are the best things about nature?
29. If you were a photographer for a day, what would you take pictures of?
30. What memory makes you happy?
31. Describe a great day. What did you do that made it special?
32. Which animal would make a great driver?
33. Do you have any inventions in mind?
34. Nếu con có thể tạo một kỳ nghỉ mới, nó sẽ ra sao?
35. Điều gì làm một người trở nên thông minh?
36. Chúng ta sẽ cùng làm gì với nhau nhỉ?
37. Nếu con là một giáo viên và có thể dạy học sinh bất cứ điều gì, con sẽ dạy chúng những gì?
38. Hãy đưa ra ba truyền thống mới ngớ ngẩn cho thế giới này, hoặc cho người ngoài hành tinh trên hành tinh khác!
39. Nhân vật truyện yêu thích của con là ai?
40. Nếu phải đặt cho mọi người trong gia đình những cái tên mới, con sẽ đặt như thế nào?
Đừng lo lắng nếu ban đầu con bạn không hào hứng trả lời các câu hỏi của bạn. Cũng đừng vội vàng bắt con trả lời hoặc chuyển sang câu hỏi khác quá nhanh. Hãy dành thời gian để con bạn thấy bạn thực sự quan tâm đến những gì bé nói, chứ không chỉ hỏi như cái máy.
Và đối với người lớn, hỏi và trả lời những câu hỏi đó cũng là một cách tuyệt vời để rèn luyện khả năng sáng tạo và trí tưởng tượng của chính chúng ta.