Boosting a Child’s Intelligence with Daily Questions

In addition to physical and health care, it’s a mother’s responsibility to stimulate her child’s intelligence and develop their thinking skills. Setting aside a daily question session during evening family time, especially after homework, helps reduce screen time, strengthens family bonds, and enhances the child’s mental and social skills.

Why Daily Questions Are Important

• Enhances critical thinking: Questions outside the school curriculum help children analyze situations and solve problems creatively.

• Improves memory and focus: Puzzles and tasks that require recalling information strengthen concentration and memory.

• Develops motor skills: Questions involving hands-on activities or building objects help improve hand-eye coordination and pencil control.

• Expands general knowledge: Asking about history, events, animals, or nature increases the child’s knowledge base.

• Boosts social skills: Group problem-solving and puzzle activities encourage communication, teamwork, and positive behaviors.

Types of Thinking-Boosting Questions

1. Logical questions: Focus on reasoning and understanding concepts.

   • Example: “What has many rings but no fingers?” → Answer: a telephone

2. Scientific questions: Teach about nature, the environment, and animals.

   • Example: “What is the longest river in the world?”

3. Critical and creative thinking questions: Encourage children to imagine solutions and alternative possibilities.

   • Example: “What would you do if you were in another country?”

4. Imaginative questions: Use the child’s favorite heroes and creative scenarios.

   • Example: “If you were Superman, what would you do first?”

Sample Questions for Children

Logical Questions

• What has one eye but cannot see? → Needle

• What decreases the more it increases? → Age

• A house with no doors and no windows? → A tent (or poem house)

• A family has 6 daughters and one brother for each daughter. How many family members? → 7 members

• Your cousin’s sister, but not your aunt? → Your mother

Scientific Questions

• Which animal is known as man’s best friend? → Dog

• Which sea creature has eight legs? → Octopus

• Which animal can live up to 100 years? → Crocodile

Math Questions

• If there are 3 apples in a basket and you take away 2, how many apples remain? → 1 apple

• Math riddle: Which three numbers give the same result when multiplied or added?

  • Answer: 1, 2, 3 → (1+2+3=6) and (1×2×3=6)

Practical Tips for Parents

• Dedicate 10–15 minutes daily for a question session.

• Rotate question types: logical, scientific, mathematical, and imaginative.

• Include interactive puzzles to make learning fun and engaging.

• Encourage your child to answer freely and praise all attempts, whether correct or incorrect.