Wren's Question Window — Ask the Right Word (Kindergarten)

About this activity

Wren takes orders at the diner window, and every order starts with a good question. The child reads a question with a blank — "___ would you like to eat?", "___ is next in line?" — and taps the question word that fits, choosing from who, what, where, when, why, and how. It's an interactive Kindergarten language activity that plays right in the browser, with no sign-up.

The big idea is matching each question word to the kind of answer it asks for: who asks about a person, what about a thing, where about a place, when about a time, why about a reason, and how about a manner. The blanks ask about different things across the rounds, so a child has to read the rest of the question and decide what is really being asked before choosing the word.

It is aligned to Common Core L.K.1.d — understanding and using question words (interrogatives) such as who, what, where, when, why, and how. No timer, no score — just calm, playful practice.

What's inside this activity

• Designed for Grade K learners (ages about 5–6)
• Common Core strand: Language
• Aligned to Common Core standard L.K.1.d

How to play

Read the question and think about what it is really asking.

Tap the question word — who, what, where, when, why, or how — that fills the blank.

A warm check confirms the choice and offers an easy retry; no timer, no score.

What your child practices

• Match who and what to a person or a thing
• Match where and when to a place or a time
• Match why and how to a reason or a manner
• Read the whole question to decide what is being asked

Learning goals

Understand and use question words — the focus of Common Core L.K.1.d

Match each question word to the kind of answer it asks for

Build the question-asking that early reading and conversation rely on