These 150 get to know you questions for kids ask a child of 5 to 12 about themselves: favorites, friends, school and what they would choose. Under Easy 5-7, Medium 8-12, Easy needs one or two words, Medium a sentence.
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For a class, a team or a club
Before the first card, press Topic. Favorites, Things I like to do and Friends and play suit children who have just met: which of your toys has the silliest name? None of the first six sets asks about home or family, and no card asks for a full name, an address or a birthday.
One child and one adult
One to one: home, family and pets is for a new teacher, sitter, coach or step-parent with one child. Those are the questions to ask kids to get to know them: who at home pulls the silliest faces? Show follow-up gives a second question when the first answer is one word.
Tips
For partner interviews, pick a set, then Print these on the end card: slips, each with its follow-up.
Questions and answers
What are easy get to know you questions for kids?
Ones a five-year-old can answer in a word or two: Which fruit could you eat a whole bowl of? Which song do you sing the loudest? Press Easy to keep only those; every set has some.
What are fun questions for children who have just met?
If I could choose holds them: If you could choose a new color for grass, which color? If you could choose one toy to be real, which toy? None of them has a wrong answer.
What do the questions leave out?
Anything that identifies a child. No card asks for a full name, an address, a school's name or a birthday, and none is about bodies, money or faith. Home and family questions sit in one set that a group leader can skip.
Can children ask each other the questions?
Yes. Every card is worded to the child, so partners can take turns reading. The Medium cards, written for ages 8 to 12, ask for a sentence or a short story, which gives the listener something to tell the group.
What do you keep in a box, jar or drawer because it is too good to throw out?Follow-up: What would you never trade from it?
What is the yummiest thing you ate this week?Follow-up: Who made or picked that food?
What is your favorite kind of joke?Follow-up: Which joke of that kind do you know by heart?
What is your favorite thing to do in water?Follow-up: Where is the best water for doing that?
What is your favorite thing to eat with your fingers?Follow-up: Who makes it the way you like?
What is your favorite thing to wear on your feet?Follow-up: Where do those take you?
Which animal would you most like to see up close?Follow-up: What would you want that animal to do?
Which book would you hand to a friend who says reading is boring?Follow-up: Which part would win them over?
Which cartoon or story character would you invite to play?Follow-up: What would you two play first?
Which crayon gets worn down first in your box?Follow-up: What do you color with that crayon?
Which dessert would you choose for a celebration?Follow-up: Who gets the second piece?
Which fruit could you eat a whole bowl of?Follow-up: How do you like that fruit cut?
Which game do you almost never lose?Follow-up: Who comes closest to beating you?
Which holiday or special day do you wait for the most?Follow-up: What do you do on that special day?
Which movie or show could you explain from start to finish?Follow-up: Which part of it do you act out?
Which of your toys has the silliest name?Follow-up: Who picked that name?
Which pizza topping, taco filling or sandwich filling is your pick?Follow-up: Which filling do you always take out?
Which season do you wish lasted twice as long?Follow-up: What would you do with the extra weeks?
Which smell tells you something good is about to happen?Follow-up: What usually happens after that smell?
Which song do you sing the loudest?Follow-up: Where do you sing it?
Which sport or game do you like watching other people play?Follow-up: Who do you watch it with?
Which weather makes you want to go outside right away?Follow-up: What do you put on first?
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How high do you like to swing: low, middle or sky high?Follow-up: Who pushes you on the swing?
What do you like best to do with a ball: kick, throw, bounce or roll?Follow-up: Who do you play ball with?
What do you like making out of mud, dough or clay?Follow-up: Who gets to squash it?
What do you like to do at the top of a hill?Follow-up: How do you get back down?
What do you like to do on a long car, bus or train ride?Follow-up: What makes the ride feel shorter?
What do you like to do outside when it is getting dark?Follow-up: What changes when it gets dark?
What do you like to do that takes a lot of patience?Follow-up: How long did the longest one take you?
What do you like to do the minute you get outside?Follow-up: What do you do right after that?
What do you like to do with a stick you find outside?Follow-up: What does the stick turn into?
What do you like to do with music on?Follow-up: Which music fits it best?
What do you like to grow, look after or keep alive?Follow-up: What does it need from you each day?
What do you like to make a den, fort or tent out of?Follow-up: Who is allowed inside your den?
What do you like to make from scratch?Follow-up: Who did you make the last one for?
What do you like to make with scissors and glue?Follow-up: Where does it go when it is done?
What do you like to stir, pour or squish when you help make food?Follow-up: Which part do you get to taste?
What do you like to take apart or figure out?Follow-up: What did you find inside the last one?
What do you like to write, draw or record just for yourself?Follow-up: Who, if anyone, gets to see it?
What have you gotten better at this year just by doing it a lot?Follow-up: How did you notice you were better?
What hobby would you happily do every single day?Follow-up: What do you need to do that hobby?
What kind of puzzles, riddles or brain teasers do you like?Follow-up: Which one stumped you the longest?
Which do you like more: riding, running or climbing?Follow-up: Where do you get to do it?
Which silly walk or dance can you do best?Follow-up: Who taught you that move?
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How do you like to show what you know: writing, talking, drawing or building?Follow-up: What did you last show that way?
What can you do faster now than at the start of the year?Follow-up: What made it click for you?
What do you like to count?Follow-up: What is the biggest number you have counted to?
What do you like to do in the gym or at PE?Follow-up: Which game do you hope the teacher picks?
What do you like to make in art?Follow-up: What colors did you use last time?
What do you like to read when nobody tells you what to read?Follow-up: Where do you find your next thing to read?
What have you learned this year that you did not expect to like?Follow-up: When did you start to like it?
What is something you can explain better than most kids your age?Follow-up: Who have you explained it to?
What is the hardest thing to wait for at school?Follow-up: What do you do while you wait for it?
What is the most interesting fact you learned lately?Follow-up: Where did you learn that fact?
What kind of project do you do your best work on?Follow-up: How do you get started on one?
What question did you ask in class that you still wonder about?Follow-up: Who might know the answer?
What song or rhyme did you learn at school?Follow-up: How does the first line go?
What was the last thing you made at school?Follow-up: Who did you give it to?
What would you study if you could pick any topic for a month?Follow-up: What would your first question about it be?
Which part of lunch do you save for last?Follow-up: What gets eaten in the first bite?
Which part of the school week can you hardly wait for?Follow-up: Who would you tell about it first?
Which poster, picture or chart in your classroom do you like?Follow-up: Where in the room does it hang?
Which school day this year was nothing like the others?Follow-up: What made that school day different?
Which story did your teacher read that you liked?Follow-up: What happened at the end of that story?
Which subject would you like twice as much of?Follow-up: Which subject would shrink to make room for it?
Which word do you like to write in big letters?Follow-up: Where did you last write it?
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How did you meet one of your good friends?Follow-up: What did you two do that first day?
How do you and your friends decide what to play?Follow-up: What usually gets picked in the end?
How many friends is the right number for a good game?Follow-up: Which game needs that many?
What do you and a friend always end up doing, whatever you planned?Follow-up: Who gives in first?
What do you and a friend like to eat together?Follow-up: Where do you two sit to eat it?
What do you and your friends laugh about that nobody else gets?Follow-up: How did that joke begin?
What do you and your friends swap, trade or collect?Follow-up: Who has the best one?
What do you like to play on the floor?Follow-up: What do you need to play it?
What do you look for in a teammate?Follow-up: Which of those things are you?
What game do you play differently from the real rules?Follow-up: Who made up the new rule?
What have you and a friend built, made or invented together?Follow-up: Whose idea started it?
What is fun to play when it is just two of you?Follow-up: What changes when a third friend comes?
What kind thing has a friend done for you that you still remember?Follow-up: How did you thank your friend?
What makes someone fun to sit next to?Follow-up: What makes someone hard to sit next to?
What nickname or short name do you like to be called?Follow-up: Who gave you that name?
What would you bring to a friend's house to play with?Follow-up: What would you hope your friend has?
What would your friends say you are best at?Follow-up: What would you say they are best at?
Which game do you and your friends make the most noise playing?Follow-up: Who is the loudest one?
Which is more fun: chasing or being chased?Follow-up: Who is the fastest runner you know?
Which make-believe game is your best one?Follow-up: Who are you in that game?
Which playground game do you wish lasted all recess?Follow-up: Who would you pick for your side?
Which toy or game is the best one for sharing?Follow-up: Whose turn always comes first?
If I could choose 22
If you could choose a brand-new flavor of ice cream, what goes in it?Follow-up: What would you call your flavor?
If you could choose a costume to wear all day, what would it be?Follow-up: Where would you wear the costume?
If you could choose a grown-up's job to do for one morning, whose job?Follow-up: Which part of their morning would you skip?
If you could choose a new color for grass, which color?Follow-up: What color would the flowers be then?
If you could choose a new name for a day, what would it be?Follow-up: Who would get your new name wrong first?
If you could choose a new school subject, what would it teach?Follow-up: Who should be the teacher?
If you could choose a pretend pet nobody has ever seen, what is it?Follow-up: What does your pretend pet eat?
If you could choose a skill to have by tomorrow, which skill?Follow-up: What would you do with it on the first morning?
If you could choose anywhere for a day out, where?Follow-up: Who would you bring along?
If you could choose dinner tonight, what would it be?Follow-up: What comes with it on the plate?
If you could choose how late the sun stays up, when would it set?Follow-up: What would you do in those late hours?
If you could choose one animal's power, like flying or digging, which one?Follow-up: Where would you use that power first?
If you could choose one food to never eat again, which food?Follow-up: What would you eat in its place?
If you could choose one snack for the whole class, what would it be?Follow-up: Who would get the first one?
If you could choose one thing to be a little braver about, what would it be?Follow-up: Who would cheer for you?
If you could choose one thing to be allowed to do a year early, what?Follow-up: What is the best thing about being that bit older?
If you could choose one thing to be in charge of, what would it be?Follow-up: What would your first rule be?
If you could choose one thing to be the best in the world at, what?Follow-up: How would people find out?
If you could choose one thing to do all day tomorrow, what would it be?Follow-up: What would you plan for lunch that day?
If you could choose one toy to be real, which toy?Follow-up: What would you and the toy do together?
If you could choose the size of everything for a day: giant or tiny?Follow-up: What would you peek at first?
If you could choose where the next class trip goes, where?Follow-up: What would you want to see there?
When I grow up 22
What do grown-ups get to do that looks fun?Follow-up: Which grown-up do you know who does that?
What do you hope stays the same about you as you grow up?Follow-up: What do you hope changes about you?
What do you hope to know how to do by the time you are sixteen?Follow-up: Who could teach you that?
What do you want to be the best at by the time you are big?Follow-up: Who is really good at that now?
What do you want to try as a teenager that you cannot try yet?Follow-up: What do you picture when you think about it?
What job would you like to try: baker, vet, pilot or builder?Follow-up: What would you do on your first day at work?
What kind of car, bike or truck will you drive when you grow up?Follow-up: What color will it be?
What should somebody invent by the time you are grown?Follow-up: How would you use the invention?
What will be in your backyard when you grow up?Follow-up: Who gets to play in your backyard?
What will you build or make when you are big?Follow-up: Who will you make it for?
What will you do differently from the grown-ups you know?Follow-up: What will you do just the same as them?
What will you eat for breakfast when you are a grown-up?Follow-up: Who will cook that breakfast?
What will you stay up late to do when you are a grown-up?Follow-up: How late is late?
What will you still love doing when you are fifty?Follow-up: Who do you think will be doing it with you?
What will your grown-up shoes look like?Follow-up: Where will you walk in them?
What would you like to have your name on one day: a book, a sign or a trophy?Follow-up: Where would it be kept?
What would your dream workplace look like?Follow-up: What is on your desk or workbench there?
Where would you like to live when you are big: city, farm, beach or mountain?Follow-up: Who would live next door?
Which grown-up chore do you think you will enjoy doing?Follow-up: Which chore will you put off?
Which grown-up job do you think would suit you?Follow-up: What would you need to learn for that work?
Which grown-up job has the best uniform or hat?Follow-up: What would you do in that hat?
Who would you like to help when you grow up: animals, people or places?Follow-up: What kind of help would that be?
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What did you do when you were little that your family still laughs about?Follow-up: Which part of the story do they get wrong?
What do you and your family play on a rainy day?Follow-up: Who in your family hates to lose?
What do you call your grandparents or other grown-ups in your family?Follow-up: Who picked those names for them?
What do you do at home without being asked?Follow-up: Who notices when you do it?
What do you do on a weekend morning at home?Follow-up: Who is up first on a weekend?
What do you like to eat at home that tastes best there?Follow-up: Who is the cook for that?
What do you wish you had more time to do with a grown-up at home?Follow-up: Which grown-up would you ask?
What does your family do every summer or winter that you love?Follow-up: What would you add to that tradition?
What is the best thing near where you live?Follow-up: What would you show a visitor first?
What makes a day at home a great one?Follow-up: What do you eat on a day like that?
What pet do you have, or which pet do you wish you had?Follow-up: What would that pet do when you get home?
What would you like me to know about your family or your pets?Follow-up: What should I ask you about next time?
Where at home do you like to read, draw or play?Follow-up: What do you keep in that spot?
Where did your family go that you still talk about?Follow-up: What would you do again from that day?
Which grown-up job at home would you like to try?Follow-up: What do you think is the tricky part of it?
Which room at home is the noisiest?Follow-up: What is going on in that room?
Who at home pulls the silliest faces?Follow-up: Which face is their best one?
Who is closest to your age in your family, and what do you two play?Follow-up: What do you two disagree about?
How this list was compiled
Written for this page by the Game Night Generator editors in October 2026; no question or follow-up is copied from another list. Every card asks a child of 5 to 12 about themselves and has its own follow-up. No card asks for a full name, an address, the name of a school or a birthday. Questions about a child's home, family and pets sit only in the set One to one: home, family and pets, which a group leader can leave out; no card in the other six sets asks about home or family. Every line was screened against the site blocklist for children's pages: nothing frightening, nothing romantic, nothing about a child's body, money or faith, no real people and no brand names. Levels are an editor's judgment, not a measurement: easy cards, for ages 5 to 7, can be answered in a word or two, and medium cards, for ages 8 to 12, ask for a sentence or a short story. On 2026-10-02 a script compared every question and follow-up with every other list on this site, and lines that repeated one elsewhere were rewritten. Licence: own work