20 Questions That Encourage Children to Talk about School

1. What was your favorite part about school today?

2. What activity did you like the most today? And the least?

3. What did you think of the first assignment you had to do today?

4. If you could do any moment at school over today, what would it look like?

5. What was the funniest thing that happened in your class today?

6. Which assignment/activity did you feel most confident about today?

7. How is it going with your school activities and assignments?

8. What’s the most interesting thing you heard at school today?

9. If you could change just ONE thing about school, what would that be?

10.  What made you laugh/worry/smile in school today?

11. What 3 words would you use to describe your best friend in school?

12. If you were stranded on a deserted island with one person from your school, who do you wish that would be? Why?

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14. What qualities do you like most about your teacher?

15. What is something your teacher said to you today that you are still thinking about?

16. If you could put a spell on your teacher and change tomorrow’s lesson, what would you make it all about?

17. Who did you play with/talk with at school today?

18. What is your best friend’s favorite part of school? Is that the same for you or different?

19. If a famous person could come to teach a class at your school, who would that be and what should they teach?

20. What parts of school today went by the fastest? Slowest?