10 Questions to Ask a 5-Year-Old About Animals

Conversation questions we've tested with actual 5-year-olds about animals. Use them at dinner, bedtime, or on the drive home. Each one is age-tested so it lands — not too simple, not too abstract.

1. If you could invent a new animal, what would it look like?
2. Would you rather live with dolphins or monkeys? Why?
3. Why do cats purr?
4. Which animal do you think is secretly in charge of the world?
5. If a kangaroo opened a school, what would it teach?
6. Do you think animals dream? What do they dream about?
7. Which animal would be the best boss, and which would be the worst?
8. What's something humans could learn from a turtle?
9. If your pet wrote a diary, what would it say about you?
10. Why do fish swim in groups sometimes?