66 School-Related Questions To Ask Your Upper-Elementary School-Aged Grandkids

It’s another week, so it is time for another set of questions to ask your grands! This week, we focus on our upper-elementary school-aged grandkids by asking them questions about school and their thoughts on different subjects and topics. As always, I hope these get the conversation rolling! 

• What’s your favorite subject in school and why?
• What would you do to make the school library more fun?
• What is the most interesting thing you learned in history class this year?
• If you could choose any person from history to be your teacher, who would you choose?
• If you could be a teacher for a day, what would you teach?
• If you could start a club at school, what would it be?
• How would you make homework more fun?
• If you could add one thing to the playground, what would it be?
• What would you like to learn more about in school?
• How would you celebrate when someone in your class has a birthday?
• If you were the school principal for a day, what would you do?
• If you could paint a mural in your school, what would you paint?
• What’s the coolest science experiment you’ve ever done?
• What is the most important thing you’ve learned this year?
• If you could design a new logo for your school, what would it look like?
• What’s your favorite project or assignment you’ve done?
• If you could pick any book for the class to read, what would it be?
• What do you look forward to most when you get to school?
• How do you celebrate the end of the school year?
• What is your favorite story or book that you read in school?
• If you could have any superpower to use at school, what would it be?
• How would you organize the best school picnic?
• What’s the funniest thing that’s happened in class?
• If you could make a movie about your school, what would it be about?
• What kind of field trip would you plan for your class?
• If you could design a new school uniform, what would it look like?
• What’s your favorite after-school activity?
• How would you change the school bell sound?
• What’s your favorite school lunch?
• What’s the best piece of art you’ve created in school?
• If you could change one school rule, what would it be?
• If you could have a pet in your classroom, what would it be?
• How would you design your own PE uniform?
• What would your ideal teacher be like?
• If you could pick a new subject to study in school, what would it be?
• If you could give your school a new name, what would it be?
• What is your favorite thing about your school?
• How would you celebrate birthdays in your class?
• How would you help someone who is having a hard time at school?
• If you could choose any character from a book to come to your school, who would you choose?
• If your school had a mascot, what would it be?
• If you could create a new holiday for your school, what would it be?
• What’s your favorite game to play at recess?
• What’s the best way to help a new student feel welcome?
• If you could have any animal visit your school, which one would you choose?
• What is your favorite part of a school field trip?
• What is your favorite thing to do during break time?
• If you could change something about your desk or workspace, what would it be?
• If you could invite anyone to speak at your school, who would it be?
• What is your favorite song to sing in music class?
• If you could decorate your school for a special event, what would you do?
• If you could choose the snack for a class party, what would you choose?
• How would you decorate your dream classroom?
• How would you change PE class to make it more fun?
• What would you put in a time capsule for future students to find?
• If you could choose the theme for a school dance, what would it be?
• If you could design a special reading corner in your classroom, what would it include?
• What’s your favorite school supply?
• What would your ideal school bus look like?
• What would you like to see in the school garden?
• What’s your favorite part of the school day?
• If you could invent a new game for recess, what would it be?
• How would you make math class more fun?
• What’s the best present for a teacher?
• How would you make your school more eco-friendly?
• If you could write a message to future students, what would it say?

Are you enjoying these questions? Please let me know, as I want to make sure I am writing and sharing what my fellow Devoted Grandmas want to read! Oh, and let’s talk again soon. 🙂