
Dinner Conversation Starters
Below are some conversation starters you can use as you enjoy a meal with your kids!
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Pre-Kindergarten
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What makes you happy?
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What makes you laugh?
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What is your favorite food?
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What is the funniest face you can make?
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If you could be an animal for one day, what animal would you be?
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What is your favorite thing to do?
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Who is your best friend?
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What are you really good at?
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What do you want to be when you grow up?
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Which story that grandma or grandpa tells is your favorite?
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What is your favorite Bible story? What do you like about it?
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What is something you are especially thankful to Jesus for right now?
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02
Elementary
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If you had one superpower, what would it be?
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Who is your favorite Disney princess or superhero and why?
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If your pets and/or stuffed animals could talk, what would they say?
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What is your favorite book?
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If you had a genie that could grant 3 wishes, what would you wish for?
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What would you do if you swapped roles with Mom or Dad?
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If you wrote a book, what would it be about? Who would the characters be?
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What did you do to help someone else today?
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What are some of your favorite things that God created in nature?
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How did you see someone showing kindness to another person today?
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What do you think heaven is like?
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What do you like best about your brother or sister?
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Who is your favorite Bible character?
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Note! You can also use questions from the previous lists that are relevant to your kids!
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Middle School
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If you were a superhero, what would your name be and what powers would you have?
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Would you rather travel back in time or travel into the future?
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If you could meet anyone from history, who would you want to meet?
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If you grew up to be famous, what would you like to be famous for?
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If you had to go live on a space station for a month, what three things would you take with you?
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What is the funniest joke you’ve ever heard?
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Is there anything you really want to talk about that we haven’t discussed?
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How do you know when God is near? When do you feel His presence the most?
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When do you feel most proud of who you are?
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If you could invent something, what would it be? What would your invention do?
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If you had a thousand dollars to help someone, what would you do?
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When you are praying, how do you picture God?
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Note! You can also use questions from the previous lists that are relevant to your kids!
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High School
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What is the weirdest dream you’ve ever had?
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If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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If you joined the circus, what circus act would you be?
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What is your dream vacation?
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If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?
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If you were a photographer for a day, who or what would your subject be?
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What is your favorite family tradition?
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If you had to live in another country for a year, which country would it be and why?
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If you could have lunch with anyone – living or deceased – who would it be and why?
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What do you think college would be like?
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If you were President, what would you do first?
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What is the most important thing you’ve learned from the Bible?
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If you could ask God one question right now, what would it be?
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Note! You can also use questions from the previous lists that are relevant to your kids!
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