Question Maker
Build a question from word tiles, like “What do you like to eat?”, ask a pretend friend, and see their answer in a picture.
About 5 to 11 · Asking questions to find out about someone: what they like to do, eat and play.
Meet your pretend friend
Put word tiles together to ask a question. Then see what your friend likes.
Answer your way. Tap it, point to it, say it, sign it, or show a card or device. Every way counts the same.
For grown-ups
Away from the screen: Take turns asking one “what do you like to …?” question each, then tell each other the answer.
The questions are only about likes: food, games, places and things to do. None of them ask for an address, an age, a school or a full name.
- Easy
- Most of the question is built. Pick the action word.
- Medium
- Pick the start of the question and the action word.
- Hard
- Rebuild a question from memory, and spot questions that are not about likes.
- Start on Easy, even if it looks too simple. Success first, then move up when your child wants to.
- Say the lines aloud together. Hearing a phrase in a real voice is the point of the game.
- These are common patterns, not rules. Your child's own way of talking is real talking.
- Wait a little longer than feels natural. Quiet thinking time is part of it.
- If they pick something you did not expect, ask them to tell you about it. Their reason is often interesting.
- Pointing, signing, a device or a picture card are all real answers. Speaking is not the goal here.
- Stop when it stops being fun. A few minutes, often, beats a long sitting.
A game and a starting point, not an assessment. All Talking Together games