10 Questions to Ask a 6-Year-Old About Animals

Conversation questions we've tested with actual 6-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 talk to one animal for a day, who would you pick and why?
2. Do you think insects have feelings?
3. Why do some animals come out only at night?
4. Which animal do you think has the coolest job in nature?
5. If dogs could use phones, what would they text us?
6. What would happen if all the bees disappeared?
7. Which animal do you think is the bravest in the ocean?
8. If you could swap lives with a bird for a day, what would you do first?
9. Why do you think chameleons change color?
10. Which animal would be a great detective, and why?