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 a free, 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