Q. I don't like my children spending so much time on
computer and playing video games. Can you help me find or develop a fun quiz to stimulate their thinking?A. A fun quiz is an excellent way to keep kids occupied especially during
vacation months when learning takes a hiatus.
The key to designing a fun quiz is to keep
subjects relevant to things that interest your children while managing to stretch
limits of their knowledge.
A fun quiz does not have to be so easy that it's seen as a joke, nor does it have to be boring. Here's an example:
Let's say that one of your children enjoys playing with American Girl dolls and her favorite is Kirsten. Now, we all know that Kirsten moved to
United States from Sweden when she was a little girl, right?
Instead of asking a fun quiz question like "Where did Kirsten live before moving to
United States?", which any devoted Kirsten fan knows
answer to already, you could ask: "What colors are on
Flag of Sweden, where Kirsten used to live?". This serves
purpose of bringing subjects into
fun quiz that your children are interested in, yet it stretches
limits of their knowledge and forces them to learn while having fun!
Sneaky parents, aren't we?