House 43 Digest Online

House 43 children created a long list of questions to ask their grandparents and/or special friends today. Some of the parents who volunteered in the classroom mentioned that this list of questions were so insightful that they thought everyone should know about them. I hope you enjoy reading through the list, and I hope they come in handy.

PERSONAL HISTORY
-    Where did you grow up? Was it the country? City? Or suburb? What kind of structure did you live in?
-    Did you move to other places during your childhood?
-    When is your birthday? Where were you born?
-    What are your parents’ names? Where were they born?
-    Do you have siblings? What are their names? Were you the oldest? youngest? middle? only child?
-    Where do you live now?
-    Are you a morning person or a night person?
-    Where and when did you get married?
-    Do you have a hobby? If so, what?
-    How old were you when you read your first book?
-    What was your best friend’s name when you were my age? Are you still friends? Why were you friends?
-    When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you fulfill your childhood dream?
-    Did you play an instrument? Do you still play an instrument?
-    Do you like art?
-    Did you go to sleepaway camp? Where was it? What was the name? At what age did you go?
-    Where did you go to high school? college? What classes did you take?
-    What were your jobs? For how long? Did you like them? Why did you choose your job? Which did you like best?
-    What was your first job?
-    How old were you when you first left home?
-    What is your dream job? Why?
-    Do you still work? Or are you retired?
-    What was your favorite thing to do when you were a kid? Why?
-    What is your favorite thing to do as a grownup? Why?
-    What did you (do you) do on rainy days?
-    Do you like cartoons?
-    What do you like most about life?
-    What was the most common invention when you were little? What has changed since then?
-    What big events happened in your life?
-    What was it like during WWII?
-    When and where were your children born? How many? What are their names?
-    Did you like to play any sports when you were growing up? If so, what/which sports? What sports do you play now?
-    Do you know any other languages? What are they?
-    What book are you reading now?
-    How many grandchildren do you have? What are their ages?
-    What do you like doing with your children? With your grandchildren?
-    How did you spend summer vacations? How do you spend them now?

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
-    What type of school did you go to? Where was it? How long was the school day? How many kids were in a class?
-    How did you get to school?
-    Was your classroom similar to mine? Why or why not?
-    Were there bullies at your school? Were you ever bullied at school?
-    What was your third grade teacher’s name? Was she/he nice?
-    What was your favorite teacher? Why?
-    What is your favorite memory of 3rd grade? Your worst memory?
-    Did you like to go to school? Why or why not?
-    Did you like to read? What books? What authors? Do you read now?
-    What was your favorite subject in school?
-    What was your favorite activity in school?
-    What was your favorite part of school?
-    What type of student were you?
-    What were you best at in school? What were you worst at?
-    Do you continue a friendship with anyone from grade school?
-    What was your favorite school year?
-    Did you have grandparents day at your school? What is your favorite grandparents day activity at Dalton?

NEW YORK
-    What is your favorite place in New York? Why?
-    Where is the place in New York that you dislike the most?
-    What was New York City like when you were a child?

PETS
-    Do you have a pet? If so, what? What was it’s name?
-    Did you have any pets when you were younger?
-    What is your dream pet?

TRAVEL
-    Where have you traveled?
-    What is your favorite place to travel?
-    What is your favorite continent? How many have you been to?
-    Where did you travel with my mom/my dad?

FAVORITES
-    What was your favorite thing to do when you were little?
-    What was your favorite food growing up? What is it now?
-    What was your favorite movie growing up? What is it now?
-    What was your favorite book when you were my age? What is your favorite book now?
-    What was your favorite color? What is your favorite color? Least favorite?
-    What was your favorite music? What is your favorite music? Least favorite?
-    What is your favorite store?
-    What is your favorite animal?
-    What is your favorite type of flower?
-    What is your favorite type of dessert?
-    Who was your favorite president? Why? Who is your least favorite president?
-    Who is your favorite artist?
-    Who is your favorite musician?
-    What was your favorite toy growing up?