By Rana DiOrio, Founder, Little Pickle Press
September 3, 2010
Last night, I attended Back-To-School Night for our 1st grader and Kindergartener. The talented teachers provided a wealth of helpful information, such as how to start a conversation with your 5 year old. I don’t know about you, but “How was your day?” always falls on deaf ears and is met with blank stares at our dinner table. So, this holiday weekend, try some of the provocative questions on our parent handout:
1. What letter did you learn about today?
2. What did you do in math today?
3. What did you choose to do for your “choice time activity” today (please swap in your child’s classroom lexicon)?
4. What poem or song did you like best this week?
5. What new Spanish (or 2L that your child is learning in school) word did you learn this week?
6. What was your favorite science/social studies project this week?
7. Where did you play on the playground today? With whom did you play?
8. Can you tell me who you enjoyed playing with most this week?
9. What did you do in P.E. (Music, or Art) today?
10. What made you laugh today?
I’ll be trying them out on our Kindergartener. Please leave a comment if you have other suggestions or have found other questions to be particularly catalytic
2 days ago
2 comments:
How wonderful that the teachers suggested conversation starters! On Wednesday, as the art teacher, I was introduced to the kindergarten parents at their school introduction meeting. Now I wish I had thought of some brilliant information to tell them about my classes.
I only said I was looking forward to meeting their wonderfully creative children. And that is something I know for sure, children are always creative!!!
Monti
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I'm making the rounds a little late. Those are great questions.
Nancy
N. R. Williams, fantasy author
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