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100 Open-Ended Questions to Extend Children's Thinking

Encourage richer conversations, deeper thinking, and meaningful learning with this printable resource designed specifically for early childhood educators.

Featuring 100 carefully curated open-ended questions across 10 key learning areas, this quick-reference guide helps teachers foster curiosity, problem-solving, creativity, language development, emotional understanding, and critical thinking through everyday interactions.

Perfect for use during play, investigations, routines, outdoor learning, story time, and group experiences, these prompts make it easy to extend children's thinking naturally and intentionally.

This downloadable resource includes:

✔ 100 open-ended questions
✔ 10 easy-to-navigate learning categories
✔ Print-ready A4 landscape PDF
✔ Staffroom-friendly quick reference guide
✔ Ideal for teachers, student teachers, and centre leaders

A practical resource to keep close by—because sometimes the most powerful learning begins with a simple question.
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