A Fantastical Take On Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Would You Rather Questions for Kids: What We Love
Children between the ages of 8 and 12 in the United States spend up to a quarter of their day using or watching screens. For teenagers, screen time amounts to 9 hours a day on average. During a developmental stage where it’s critical for families to start limiting screen time, Kurtz has created an engaging book to promote creative thinking and conversation. The best thing is, it doubles as a game.
Whether during recess, a long road trip, play dates, parties, classroom time, or stuck at home in miserable weather, The Big Book Of Would You Rather Questions for Kids by Kevin Kurtz is the ideal way to inspire laughter and conversation.
While older teens might not want the book as a birthday gift, they enjoy participating in the questions just as much as younger kids and even parents. From four-year-olds who love the pictures and silly discussions to teenagers in a classroom setting, we love that the book features 10 different categories that can be enjoyed by all ages in any scenario.
Kurtz covers topics such as daily dilemmas, school scenes, food, sports and hobbies, animals, and superpowers. He also provides space for kids to get creative and write their own questions.
With a background in science, biology, and educating kids hands-on in the field about these topics, Kurtz knows what makes their brains tick and what gets them thinking. We love how his expertise promotes natural curiosity and reasoning.
The Big Book Of Would You Rather Questions for Kids: Features
The book is a delightful display of color and fun images that help the reader envision exactly where their answers could take them. The 140-page, lightweight paperback is small enough to take with when traveling or jam into a backpack for recess while still offering a plethora of questions to work through. It is also available on Kindle. The questions range from silly to serious, allowing users to tap into many creative and critical thinking areas.
The Verdict
You might be surprised at what these questions evoke in your kids and the concerns they have about driving a hamburger-shaped car. This book will undoubtedly spark their imagination and innovation. Not only will this book provide loads of non-screen family fun, but you might just learn a little about your kids’ thought processes, and even your own.
A study by the NIH (National Institutes of Health) revealed that children who spend more than two hours daily on screen time activities exhibit lower scores on language and thinking assessments. Those who spend seven hours or more daily on screens show a thinning of the brain’s cortex – the part that manages reasoning and critical thinking.
While it’s sometimes hard to pry your kids away from their screens, non-screen activities and family time are essential to develop healthy communication skills, creativity, problem-solving abilities, and critical thinking.
With a passion to introduce children to the wonders of science, nature, reading, and writing, author Kevin Kurtz expertly gets kids thinking in a remarkably fun and entertaining way.
His book, The Big Book of Would You Rather Questions for Kids, places your child in a wonderland of scenarios from fantastical and frightening to silly and outlandish.
Here’s a peek into what you can expect and what we love about it.
- Age-appropriate, kid-friendly questions
- Choose from ten question categories
- Use it as a family game
- Colorful with loads of delightful images
- Ideal to take with traveling
- Develops critical thinking skills
- Entertaining and fun
- Not the ideal gift for older teens