21 Questions for Parents and Teachers to Ask Their Students

When a student returns from camp, what’s the number-one question that adults ask them? “How was camp?”

The typical response is a one-word answer like “good” or, if you’re really lucky, a full sentence describing just one of the many things they did at their camp session.

The reality is, camp is a major experience in a youth’s life, and when asked a sweeping overview question like “how was camp?” it can be too overwhelming to process everything they did into a sufficient answer.

So when your student returns from camp, instead of asking how it was, you can learn more about their experience by asking these questions:

1. How did it feel to spend so much more time than usual with your classmates?
2. Who was in your cabin?
3. What was your daily schedule like?
4. What was the most exciting activity you did?
5. Which Bible lessons did you study?
6. What classes did you take?
7. Is there anything you did differently at camp that you wish you could do at home?
8. What meals did you eat? Did you have a favorite food at camp?
9. How were the instructors at camp different from your school’s teachers?
10. Did anything challenge you?
11. Were there any benefits to being away from electronics?
12. What kinds of plants and animals did you see?
13. What science experiments did you do? Did you have a favorite?
14. Tell me something that felt life-shaping- or even life-changing- at camp?
15. What songs did you sing? Can you show me the dances that go with them?
16. Did you learn something new about anyone at camp?
17. Do you think you understand science better now that you’ve been to camp?
18. What happened at camp that made you laugh the most?
19. What did your class do at the campfire?
20. Did you end up using everything you packed? What stayed in your suitcase?
21. If you could do one thing at camp again, what would it be?

These questions are just the beginning! We hope the kick off a conversation about how meaningful the camp experience was to your student.