To ask a friend out for coffee and not once look down to answer a text that just buzzed in.
To sit with your son at Dairy Queen and talk about dinosaurs and how Spider Man will never die. Ever. And do all that without the "help" of an app.
To light a candle or two at dinner and ask your kids what they think would happen if we could only use our toes to eat dinner.
Today I am going to post a few websites that will give us questions and suggested conversation topics. It might seemed canned and superficial, but it helps to have an outsider feed us ideas that we might not think of.
1. Family Education has a post with some great questions to ask younger kids here. For example,
*Can you think of any clothes that I should never put on again? Why?
2. Revive Our Hearts has some good ones for kids a little older here.
*If everyone followed the Golden Rule, think of all the things we wouldn't need. What are a few of them?
3. IMom has 20 questions here for your elementary-jr. high aged kids.
*What's the scariest thing that's happened to you this year?
4. Lela Davidson has questions for both younger and older children here.
*What's the grossest thing you can think of?
5. Minds in Bloom has 20 questions for slightly younger kids here.
*How would the world be different if animals could talk?
You don't have to print out the sheet and make this a formal thing. Or you could. These questions are just to get us in the practice of asking questions other than, "Why do you hate folding your clothes?" Or, "Do you think saying the word 'crotch' everyday in homeschool reading is appropriate?" Just hypothetically thinking of course.
Have a blast with your kids on Dec. 1st! I'd love to hear any other questions that have gotten your kids talking lately.
