Tonight with your 5 to 8 year old

The prompt

“If you designed a silly obstacle course using only couch cushions, what would it look like?”

What to listen for

If they build something elaborate and full of rules, like lava floors and cushion bridges, that imaginative structure shows they enjoy creating their own little world with its own logic.

If they want to build it together right now, that eagerness for shared play shows connection through fun is important to them tonight.

If they're not into it, that's fine too, ask what game they'd rather invent using something else already in the room.

What this tells you

How enthusiastically they design the course shows how much joy they find in building their own imaginative worlds.