[header] How to get a child to talk about school [title] Take an interest. [step] Start by asking simple questions such as " so, what did you do at school today? " or " how was school? " when your child comes home. When they shrug, don't respond or ignore you, try asking if they did anything interesting. 
There's a big difference between " things " at school and " interesting things " at school. " what was your favorite thing that happened at school today? " is a good question to get some conversation going.