Playing Riddles
Riddles are a fun puzzle game that is a useful tool for developing the intellect. They invite us to think and solve problems, the results of which are in sight. Depending on their characteristics, riddles can be very successful to play with children.
These simple enigmas are not for the exclusive use of children, but there are several alternatives for children. In general, those intended to be solved by children take their vocabulary into account. In most cases they refer to everyday objects, animals, elements of nature or family ties.
A riddle is elaborated through a careful formula expressed in rhyme. As it is for children, it must be understandable in most of the elements and its result must be accessible. Those very complex riddles are not very fun for the little ones, the idea is that they can get answers.
Riddles for kids
Remember that these puzzles cannot be solved on their own. Let’s not wait for them to answer immediately, in addition, let’s take advantage of guiding them so that the game has educational purposes.
Similarly, it is important that there is a traditional component, that the riddles are based on the customs of each region. In most cases, they are expressed in verses, but they are popular. This contributes to the intellect, the social relationship and connection with the environment.
Some fun riddles for kids are as follows:
The way
They all step on me
but I don’t step on anyone;
everyone asks about me,
I don’t ask for anyone.
The pear
White inside
green on the outside.
If you want me to tell you
waiting.
The snail
I carry my house on my back,
behind me I leave a path,
I am slow of movements,
And the gardener does not like me.
Smoke
Tall tall like a pine tree
weighs less than a cumin.
The silence
If I name it, I break it.
Name
Everybody wears it
Everyone has it,
because they all get one
As for the world they come.
Language
A very noble lady,
who always goes by car
and it is always wet.
Water
A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to be always busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might what he wants.
-Paulo Coelho-
Guess who I am:
the more I wash,
dirtier I go.
The egg
A small box,
white as lime:
everyone knows how to open it,
nobody knows how to close it.
The cat
It has cat eyes and it is not a cat,
cat ears and not a cat;
cat paws and not a cat;
cat’s tail and it’s not a cat.
Darkness
What will it be, what is it:
the bigger it is, the less it looks?
Mom
She is a sister of your uncles, she
is the daughter of your grandparents
and who else loves you.
The book
I have leaves and I am not a tree,
I have a back and I am not a horse.
Sailing
A long, dry old woman dripping with butter
The corn
I have leaves and I am not a book,
I have a beard and I am not a goat.
Dictionary
He is a fat wise man
if they ask him, he does not speak, he
knows all the answers, he
has all the words.
The baby
He sleeps well in his crib,
sometimes he is a crybaby,
but he also smiles while
taking the bottle.
The letter L
In Melilla there are three,
Madrid has none,
in Castilla two
and in Galicia one.
The bones
They are hard like stone:
a good delicacy for the dog
and without them you could
neither jump nor walk.
