Kids Journal
How Was Today
An Evening Question Journal for Parents and Young Children
Parents who use this journal hold a 90-day record of what their young child said before the words changed.
For parents of children ages 2-6. One question per night, 90 questions, 3 months. Parent records child's answer.
The Name It First Experience
Bedtime is when they talk — and this journal makes sure someone is writing it down. How Was Today gives parents of children ages 2 to 6 one question per night for 90 nights — answered by the child, recorded by the parent — producing a 90-day document of what this specific child thought, noticed, worried about, loved, and said before the words changed and the version of them that existed at this age was gone. This journal is for the parent who knows they will not remember what their child said at bedtime on a Tuesday in March — and who wants the record of that specific person, at that specific age, in their own words. An Evening Question Journal for Parents and Young Children is 90 nights, 90 answers, and the document that proves this person existed at exactly this age.
You can opt into 30-, 60-, and 90-day check-ins from your account. We recommend you do — the point is to see what changed.
Sample questions
- How was today — what is the one thing you want to tell me about it?
- What was the best part of today?
- What made you feel happy today?
Research basis
Grounded in Faber & Mazlish (1980) on parent-child communication / bedtime routine and attachment research (Mindell & Williamson, 2018) / repetitive structured dialogue as language development intervention for toddlers.
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We read every question and every scenario aloud. For the commute, the walk, the dishes.
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Answer on screen. Your responses save as you go and assemble into your finished document.
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Listen to each question and speak your answer. We capture it. You never touch a keyboard.
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