- Who did you sit with at lunch?
- What game did you play at recess?
- Did you talk to anyone new today?
- Did anything make you feel happy/excited?
- What was the coolest thing you learned?
- What was your favorite part of school?
- Who were you extra kind to today?
Last night we had two great conversations blossom because of my kids’ “thorns” and they had nothing to do with a bad day. We talked all about crickets and pi! And my kids taught me stuff I didn’t know…like female crickets are bigger than males, and they don’t fly, only the males do. And apparently female crickets are cannibals. I actually keep my phone within reach during dinner (although not at the table), because they tend to ask questions for which I don’t have answers, and that way I can look it up right then and continue the conversation. Like last night when I asked my phone for information about pi, and we learned that the decimal representation of pi, as of this year, is over 13.3 trillion digits.
- Q: What did the caveman have for dinner? A: Primordial Soup. (my 5th grader made this one up! Google the answer if you’re like me and couldn’t remember your science vocab very well.)
- Q: What is an astronaut’s favorite key on the keyboard? A: The space bar.
- Q: How does a dog stop a video? A: By pressing the paws button.
- Q: What do you call a fly without wings? A: A walk.
- Q: What starts with E, ends with E, and has only one letter? A: An envelope.
- Q: Why was the math book sad? A: It had too many problems.
What are your favorite ways to get the conversation started? Leave a comment below! And be sure to check out some of our family’s favorite meals, because good conversation deserves good food!