Some days our day is thriving, we are all raring to go and everyone is just getting with their project (and actually enjoying themselves). However we definitely have those days where everyone just seems a little out of it. Like they’re still half asleep or something!

Trying to speak to them is honestly like speaking to a brick wall and trying to get a conversation started is like trying to get water out of a rock!

That’s usually the point where I would be likely to pull out a conversation starter. Not specifically this one but just anything to just get the conversation going.

I like this one because it has the fun of cutting and making your very own dice first! (OK I know the word dice is plural and die is the singular term but why does it feel so weird! Maybe I needed to be exposed to the word die a little more when I was younger)

OK where was I…. I get sidetracked wayyy too quickly!

As I was saying, I like that there’s an element of prep before actually taking part in the conversation starter, that way their walls are already starting to come down before we’ve even begun with the questions.

If you have multiple children, this could be a fun activity they could do together while you work one on one with your child. It keeps them busy but also keeps them working together. I find my kids start off reluctant to do it (especially since I pull it out when they are already in an off mood) and by the end they are laughing as loud as they possibly can. This is usually the point where I feel glad my neighbours don’t work from home! Otherwise I would need to go and apologise, possibly with some baked goods in tow.