Family Table

Get everyone talking around the table.

One pack of conversation prompts for families: around the dinner table, on car journeys, at bedtime, on walks and at gatherings with grandparents, cousins or friends.

96 questions · 8 suits · 5 recipes · 2 missions

What's inside

Easy Starters12Is the table quiet or just getting started?
Today12Does everyone just say the day was fine?
Imagine12Do you need fun with no right answers?
Family Stories12Are different generations sitting at the table together?
Big Questions12Is the family ready to think something through together?
Feelings And Friends12Is someone carrying a feeling they haven't named?
Dreams And Futures12Is it time to talk about hopes and plans?
Closing Round12Is the meal or the day coming to an end?

Sample questions

If you could rename our pet, or a pet we might have one day, what would you call it?

Easy Starters

Who made you smile today, and how?

Today

If animals could talk, which one would be the most interesting to chat with?

Imagine

Can you be brave and scared at the same time?

Big Questions

What's one thing that worries you a little at the moment?

Feelings And Friends

What kind of grown-up do you want to be?

Dreams And Futures

Recipes

After A Hard Day: Make room for a tough day without turning the meal into an interview.
Grandparents At The Table: Get grandparents and other older relatives telling stories the children have never heard.
Long Car Journey: Fill a long drive with playful what-ifs that need no eye contact and no right answers.
Sunday Wrap-Up: Close the week together: look back at highs, lows and laughs, then plan something shared.
Weeknight Dinner: Turn an ordinary weeknight meal into a short round of talk, from a silly warm-up to tomorrow's plans.

Missions

Make A Family Story Book: from a few half-remembered stories to a short book or recording of ten family stories, gathered with the Family Stories prompts from at least two generations.
Start A Table Habit: from silent or screen-lit meals to four weeks of one prompt a night at three or more shared meals a week, with the family choosing the next suit each Sunday.

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