Questions to ask Grandma about school
Good questions about school are specific and easy to picture, and they ask for a story rather than a fact. Start with: What was your favorite subject? Who was your favorite teacher, and why? What did you eat for lunch at school? Then let Grandma's answers lead to the next question.
How to ask so the stories keep coming
Ask one question per call, not ten. Follow up with "what happened next?" Write down the answers or record them (with permission): they're the start of a family story bank.
For grandkids ages 4 to 7
- What was your favorite subject?
- Who was your favorite teacher, and why?
- What did you eat for lunch at school?
For grandkids ages 8 to 12
- What was your favorite subject?
- Who was your favorite teacher, and why?
- What did you eat for lunch at school?
- Was there a bully, and what did you do?
- What was the funniest thing that happened in class?
- Did you ever get detention?
For grandkids ages 13+
- What was your favorite subject?
- Who was your favorite teacher, and why?
- What did you eat for lunch at school?
- Was there a bully, and what did you do?
- What was the funniest thing that happened in class?
- Did you ever get detention?
- What did you study after school, or why did you stop?