Children don’t always respond well to the same question being repeated daily. So, instead of asking them, ‘what did you learn?’ look for some alternatives. You’ll get a far better response and might encourage your children to be more open about discussing school.

1. What did you find most interesting today at school?
2. Did you find math confusing? How did you overcome the problem?
3. Who’s your favorite teacher?
4. What did you find most surprising about lessons today?
5. What would it be if you could change one thing about your English lesson?
6. Why don’t you like social science?
7. Did you find today’s lessons creative enough for you?
8. Tell me one fun fact you learned today.
9. Tell me one amazing thing that happened today at school.
10. Do you feel challenged enough in class?
11. Did the teacher do enough to encourage you?
12. Did the student work harder than the teacher?
13. Do you think the teacher was helpful enough to explain your tasks?
14. Do you like your teacher, and do they show they care about your education?
15. Tell me about what you learned today.
16. What subjects do you want to learn more about?
17. What is the least useful thing you learned at school?
18. What is the most useful thing you learned today?
19. Did you learn anything new from reading a book?
20. What did you learn from your teacher?
21. What subjects confuse you the most?
22. What’s the one thing that stuck with you today?
23. You learned about WW2 in history; what topics will you learn tomorrow?
24. What did you feel most challenged today?
25. What else can be done to make you pay more attention in class?