Children always have zillions of questions, but they don’t always ask them. To help them get answers and expand their curiosity play “What Do You Wonder About.”

You’ll need to make a trip to the library first to gather resource books like a child’s dictionary or encyclopedia or BIG BOOK OF WHY. You can ssk your librarian to suggest a few that answer questions children are interested in at the age of your child.

When you are ready to play you will need your computer or phone and the resource books you gathered. Here is how you play.

1. Decide on a topic your child is interested in.

2. You each take turns asking a question about that topic. 

3. After each question the person who asks the question makes a guess about the answer and the other person agrees or disagrees.

4. Then, look up the answer together.

5. If the question is too complicated to easily find an answer, break it down into parts and try to find an answer to some part of the question.

6. Over time, keep looking for more information to add to the answer until the child is satisfied with the answer. Remember, young children like simple responses, so don’t dig more deeply than the child seems to need to be satisfied.

Change to a new topic and repeat the steps.