60 Get to Know You Questions for Kids (Icebreakers That Work)

Meeting someone new is genuinely hard at any age — the silence before someone says something is the worst part. These 60 questions are built to skip straight past that: easy to answer, easy to ask back, and good for a new classmate, a new neighbor, a camp cabin, or a first day on a team.

Why these work as icebreakers

Good get-to-know-you questions have one thing in common: they're easy to answer AND easy to bounce back ("what about you?"). Nobody wants to be interrogated. The goal is a question so simple that answering it and asking it back feels natural, not like a quiz.

Easy starter questions

1. What's your name, and is there a story behind it?
2. What grade are you in / what school do you go to?
3. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
4. Do you have any pets?
5. What's your favorite subject in school?
6. What do you like to do after school?
7. What's your favorite thing to do on weekends?
8. Where did you live before this?
9. What's your favorite snack?
10. Do you play any sports?

Favorites (fast, easy, always work)

11. What's your favorite color?
12. What's your favorite movie or show?
13. What's your favorite video game?
14. What's your favorite book?
15. What's your favorite food?
16. What's your favorite animal?
17. What's your favorite season?
18. Who's your favorite superhero or character?
19. What's your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
20. What's your favorite place you've ever been?

Getting a little more personal (once it's less awkward)

21. What's something you're really good at?
22. What's something you're excited to learn or try?
23. What's a hobby you have outside of school?
24. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
25. What's the best trip you've ever been on?
26. What's something that always makes you laugh?
27. What's a show or game you think everyone should try?
28. Do you collect anything?
29. What's something you're proud of?
30. What's your dream job, right now, today?

This or that (quick and low-pressure)

31. Dogs or cats?
32. Summer or winter?
33. Morning person or night owl?
34. Books or movies?
35. Sweet or salty snacks?
36. Indoors or outdoors?
37. Beach or mountains?
38. Video games or board games?
39. Pizza or tacos?
40. City or countryside?

Questions for a new classmate specifically

41. What was your old school like?
42. What are you most excited about here?
43. Is there anything about starting somewhere new that feels a little nerve-wracking?
44. What do you want people here to know about you?
45. Do you want to sit together at lunch sometime?
46. What's something fun happening at your old school that you'll miss?
47. Is there a class or activity you're hoping to try here?
48. What's something you're good at that people might not guess?
49. What would make this place feel more like home?
50. Want to show me your favorite spot here once you find one?

Fun hypothetical icebreakers

51. If you could have lunch with anyone, who would it be?
52. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
53. If you could learn any skill instantly, what would you pick?
54. If you had a whole day with no plans, what would you do?
55. If you could trade places with any animal for a day, which one?
56. If you could invent something, what would it be?
57. What's a talent you wish you had?
58. If you could time travel, past or future — which, and why?
59. What's something you'd want to be famous for?
60. If you started a club, what would it be about?

When a new friendship gets more complicated

Icebreakers are great for the first five minutes — but making and keeping friends involves harder moments too: feeling left out, figuring out who's a real friend, navigating a group. That's exactly what our Friends Like These topic is built for.