• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Home Time Activities logo

  • Home
  • About
  • Math
  • Science
  • Literacy
  • Arts and Crafts
Home » Literacy » Five W Questions - Who What When Where Why

Five W Questions - Who What When Where Why

Published: Jul 12, 2020 · Modified: Sep 7, 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See my Disclosure Policy for more information.

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Here are some fun activities to introduce the Five Ws to kids, including a song, craft and worksheet.

The Five Questions - Activities For Kids - Feature image with text

What are the Five Ws?

The Five Ws are questions that you can ask to gather information.

They are:

  • Who?
  • What?
  • When?
  • Where?
  • Why?

I ask these questions to help my kid understand a story, an event, or other happenings. Mostly, I ask him these to help his reading comprehension.

The Five Ws - Fun Activities for Kids with Free Worksheets - Pinterest collage to show the activities

The Five Ws song

This is our favorite song for the Five Ws. It's short, catchy, and breaks it down in a very kid-friendly manner.

The Five Ws craft cube

I made this Five Ws (and 1 H) craft cube to play with my kid when we read stories. The free printable is below.

The Five W questions on a cube for a story activity
The Five Ws Craft Dice Template - cut and glue to make a Five Ws and 1 H cube
The Five Ws Activity Dice - Free Printable PDFDownload

How to use: We will read a story book, then take turns rolling the dice and answering questions.

Making the craft: It is an easy craft to help kids remember and learn the Five Ws. It also helps:

  • develop scissor skills,
  • glueing skills, and
  • fine motor control by folding and assembling the cube.
The Five Ws activity craft to make a dice for kids

Practice discussing the Five Ws with these photos

I love these pictures because they are exciting with a lot happening that my kid can describe. We used these photos and discussed the Five Ws.

We made up entire stories around these photos using the questions below:

  • Who are the kids in the pictures? How old are they? Where do they live?
  • Why are the kids doing those activities?
  • What are they doing? What might the kids be feeling?
  • Where are the kids? Are they in a city? Are they at home? Are they in a foreign country?
  • When is the activity happening? Look at the clothes they are wearing - is it spring, summer, fall or winter? Is it day time or night time?
Child playing with bubbles outside
mom and son sitting at a park having a picnic
kids with headlights digging in the sand at the beach
2 boys petting their dog

The Five Ws worksheet chart

I created this little chart to help my kid with answering the Five W questions. We read a book together then he wrote down his answers.

The Five Ws Questions Worksheet - Free
The Five Ws Worksheet - Free Printable PDFDownload

Literacy

Primary Sidebar

Hello!

We are here to share fun ideas that you can do at home with kids. A lot of the activities on this site are educational, but we always try to learn through play. We will be adding new activities as we go through our home schooling journey.

More about us →

Find Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Find Ideas

Footer

About

  • About
  • Privacy Policy

Hello

  • Thanks for reading all the way to the bottom

Stay Updated

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.