Which record would you like to break?
Age Conversation questions for 8 to 10 year olds
Children aged 8 to 10 have opinions and want to share them. These questions challenge them to think about choices, fairness and how others feel. As a parent you often learn something too.
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Example questions
Faith
What would you like to ask God about creation?
Read together: Job 38:4-7
What prayer would you write for our family?
Read together: Numbers 6:24-26
Which commandment do you find the hardest, and why?
Read together: Exodus 20:12-17
How would you explain to a classmate why we pray before eating?
Read together: 1 Timothy 4:4-5
Who at our church would you like to get to know better, and why?
Read together: Romans 12:4-5
Which miracle would you like to see with your own eyes?
Read together: John 11:38-44
Fun
If your life were a cartoon, what would it be called?
Which invention does the world really not need?
What would you do if you had to dance every time someone said your name?
How would you describe yourself if you were an ice cream?
What would a dog search for online if it could?
What is the craziest excuse for not doing your homework?
Icebreaker
Which author would you like to meet one day?
What is the best thing anyone has ever taught you?
Which language would you love to speak, and why?
Which day of the year do you look forward to most?
How would your classmates describe you?
What is the best present you've ever given someone?
Feelings
Which song cheers you up on a bad day?
How does it feel when you can't keep a promise?
How does it feel when someone trusts you?
When do you feel really calm inside?
Which memory always makes you laugh?
Which three things calm you down when your head feels busy?
Imagine
Which inventor from the past would you bring to today, and what would you show them?
If you were a secret agent, what would your gadget be?
You find an old bottle with a note inside. What does it say?
What would you ask a dinosaur that could talk?
How would you build a city for ants?
You are an explorer in the jungle. What do you find?
My day
Which subject did you find hardest today, and why?
What did you find hard to understand today?
When did you run out of steam today, and what did you do then?
Where was it quietest today?
What were you thinking about when you looked out of the window today?
What did you explain to someone else today?
How to get the most out of it
- 1
Ask one question at a time
Give everyone time. A silence often means someone is thinking.
- 2
Join in yourself
Children open up more easily when you share something of your own.
- 3
Let the die choose
In the app you tap the die and get a question that fits the theme and the age.
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