Nursery World - Speech & Language: Part 12

Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni explain the purpose of asking questions of children, and what they should entail

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QUESTION...

I work in a daycare setting attended by children from the age of three months to five years old. We have recently been given conflicting advice about how to use questions with young children.

On one hand, we have been told to use questions as a tool for teaching. However, we have also been told that adult questioning can prevent children from talking and engaging in conversation.

We would welcome your thoughts on how to use questions and with which children.

There are many reasons why adults use questions with children. In some ways, recognising why you are asking a child a question is a good starting point to analysing and improving your practice.

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