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| Thread ID: 89427 | 2008-04-30 06:59:00 | Quiz Questions For Children and Teenagers? | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 664274 | 2008-04-30 06:59:00 | My children aged 10 -14 love quiz questions when we are in the car but have worn me out - or are getting too clever . :D I've tried Trivial Pursuit questions but they are too hard and besides, I really need something I can photocopy and stuff in a glovebox . Does anyone have any sites or resources for questions? I've googled a few times but most stuff is online, not download and print . Any suggestions welcome . Cheers Winston |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 664275 | 2008-04-30 08:44:00 | Wikipedia's (en.wikipedia.org) front page has a cool "Did you Know" section which changes daily. Also, try a Google (www.google.co.nz) which comes up with some neat results. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 664276 | 2008-04-30 08:50:00 | www.mathsisfun.com has a fair few questions.... try the quiz section. | the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 664277 | 2008-04-30 17:54:00 | They are old enough to create and find their own questions to entertain. Give them each the same task and they can be the leader for game. Make suggestions that they have to follow a theme to compliment their strengths eg Sport, music, hobbies. By doing this they will be able to share their own knowledge at the same time giving you the parent more insight into how they are developing, providing more opportunities for you to extend that. Plus you wont have to do any work. |
sam m (517) | ||
| 664278 | 2008-04-30 19:09:00 | They are old enough to create and find their own questions to entertain . Give them each the same task and they can be the leader for game . Make suggestions that they have to follow a theme to compliment their strengths eg Sport, music, hobbies . By doing this they will be able to share their own knowledge at the same time giving you the parent more insight into how they are developing, providing more opportunities for you to extend that . Plus you wont have to do any work . . . . . . . yeah, but (there's always a "yeah, but") . . then you have to pay attention to them in the back seat . My parents always excluded my sister and me from talking to the "adults" when they were in the act of driving, arguing, reading maps, driving, arguing, reading maps . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 664279 | 2008-04-30 19:45:00 | We do a lot of travel overseas so driving around NZ we tend to do Geography questions . Capital Cities, What Countries boundary x country etc . Turns at picking a letter and matching a Country name or City name etc . Also places in NZ, even next or last town we drive/drove through . I also have a fact book on NZ which has some good stuff in it for doing various questions on NZ . It has helped my daughter a lot over the past few years with Geography at school as well . |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 664280 | 2008-04-30 20:22:00 | . . . . . . yeah, but (there's always a "yeah, but") . . then you have to pay attention to them in the back seat . My parents always excluded my sister and me from talking to the "adults" when they were in the act of driving, arguing, reading maps, driving, arguing, reading maps . Yeah they were good old days . Back then 6 kids, 2 adults in a station wagon with no seatbelts! Trips away as a whole family were rare but singing played a big part is what I remember most . |
sam m (517) | ||
| 664281 | 2008-04-30 20:34:00 | Google paulsquiz...heaps of trivia. | Marnie (4574) | ||
| 664282 | 2008-05-01 01:28:00 | Thankyou everyone for your ideas and I'll follow up the links . I've Googled several times, drilling down into results but most of what I found was on-line questions rather than a printable list, or the questions were for adults . I like and want to be involved with asking/answering the questions, because my children connect with me doing that . We've done it for years so there is a family tradition which is worth retaining . Kids remember this sort of thing years later with fondness . My problem quite simply is at 10, 13, and 14 they've outgrown my brain . Can't drive and think up questions at the same time . I believe it is important to foster curiosity and general knowledge in children so this is one way of doing it . |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 664283 | 2008-05-01 01:44:00 | Thankyou everyone for your ideas and I'll follow up the links . I've Googled several times, drilling down into results but most of what I found was on-line questions rather than a printable list, or the questions were for adults . I like and want to be involved with asking/answering the questions, because my children connect with me doing that . We've done it for years so there is a family tradition which is worth retaining . Kids remember this sort of thing years later with fondness . My problem quite simply is at 10, 13, and 14 they've outgrown my brain . Can't drive and think up questions at the same time . I believe it is important to foster curiosity and general knowledge in children so this is one way of doing it . Of course you're right! A questioning mind is a living mind and we don't want to instill silence and fear amongst out next gen-ers . With all the distractions of driving, map reading, radio tuning, cd- and DVD playing, and answering or texting (Gasp!) the cellphone and getting dressed whilst en motion (ask me later) and wimmen putting on/taking off makeup and stockings (don't EVEN ask about that later!) . . . driving is a 100%-full time experience . I of course mean that those are the actions of OTHER drivers . . . not any of youse guys (or meez either!) . :p . . . . and with age . . of course it becomes harder! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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