Riddles for children are an important part of educational games and activities; they are used in any early development method and develop the mind, logical thinking and intelligence. In this section, we have selected for you the best and most interesting riddles for children with answers (2000 in total! children's riddles). And to make it easier to navigate their diversity, we have grouped children's riddles into categories.
Riddles for children. What are their benefits?
Riddles for children are always:
- training their memory;
- the good science of concentration;
- a great opportunity to pacify an active child and make him more diligent;
- unobtrusive switching of attention;
- expansion of vocabulary;
- reason for fun;
- active stimulation of imaginative thinking;
- a fun way to get to know the world around you;
- a great chance to chat with your child for an extra minute, give him your attention, and turn from an always busy parent into a true friend.
The most important thing is to choose the right riddle. If you overestimate a child’s capabilities and choose something that is too complex, it will quickly turn from an interesting pastime into a boring, uninteresting activity for him. As, however, too simple riddles that quickly deprive children of enthusiasm.
The secret of the amazing effect of riddles for children lies in several of its components.
- Firstly, in the form of a children's riddle, which so attracts children, turns learning into a fascinating game, an adventure that forces them to think logically, analyze, develop observation skills, and strive to understand the world. Curiosity is the engine of many discoveries.
- Secondly, in the content of the riddle, which most successfully reflects various aspects of a person’s life and activity, his life, environment, relationships, etc.
- Thirdly, the riddle is universal: children of all ages can make riddles, and this can be done anywhere (at home, in nature, on the road, at a party, at a party) and at any time. They are always appropriate, especially if selected in accordance with the chosen location and occupation.
When choosing children's riddles, first of all, give preference to those to which the child can not only guess the answer, but also pronounce it.
No more restrictions! Make a wish for any object, animal, fairy-tale character, profession, transport, holiday, number, letter...
Naturally, it is more interesting and easier for a child to find answers among what surrounds him and what he likes, so always try to ask children’s riddles that are relevant at that moment. In the forest, ask riddles about mushrooms, trees, at your grandmother’s in the village - about pets, on the road - about transport, at lunch - about vegetables, fruits, food. It is especially important that the answer be in the field of vision of the little ones, because their logical thinking is still being formed, and therefore needs hints - audio, visual.
Turn any of your child's learning (development) processes into an exciting puzzle game and see how interesting and fun it is to learn together.
We have already heard and guessed most of the famous riddles, which means we remember the correct answer. Children 4-5 years old sometimes like to “guess” the same easy riddles for the hundredth time, but schoolchildren will not give any pleasure to a riddle like “winter and summer in the same color.”
Here is a selection of difficult riddles with answers (so you can test yourself).
When you offer your child a difficult riddle, and after thinking, he names the wrong answer, which is indicated as correct, do not rush to correct it right away. Perhaps the child’s answer also fully corresponds to the conditions of the riddle and can be accepted.
Riddles with a trick are often funny. Well, the answer will definitely make you smile. After all, it is assumed that the answer to such a riddle is not easy to find, and it is not as predictable as it seems. Most often, in trick riddles there is some apparent contradiction in the condition.
- Without work - it hangs, during work - it stands, after work - it dries. (Umbrella).
- Although I found her in the forest, I didn’t even look for her.
And now I’m taking it home because I didn’t get it. (splinter) - What has a head but no brain? (Cheese, onion, garlic).
- Neither sea nor land. And ships don’t float, and you can’t walk. (Swamp).
- Even a child could lift it from the ground, but not even a strong man could throw it over a fence. (Pooh).
- She eats quickly, chews finely, does not swallow anything herself and does not give anything to others. (Saw)
- It is dropped when needed and picked up when not needed. (Anchor).
- In a competition, a runner overtook another runner in second position. What position does he occupy now? (Second).
- You have passed the last runner. What position are you in now? (Such an event is not possible, because there is no one to overtake the last runner).
- What stone can't you find in the sea? (Sukhoi).
- Who speaks all languages? (Echo)
- If it is worth it, you can count it on your fingers. But if she lies down, you’ll never count it! (Number 8, if it falls, it will turn into an infinity sign)
- What allows you to see through walls? (Window)
- If it breaks out, new life will appear. And if it is broken inside, for him it is death. What is this? (Egg)
- A child was sitting in the room. He got up and left, but you cannot take his place. Where was he sitting? (On your lap).
- What builds castles, tears down mountains, blinds some, helps others see? (Sand)
- My yesterday is Wednesday's tomorrow. My tomorrow is Sunday's yesterday. What day of the week am I? (Friday)
- Imagine that you are a driver. The train has eight cars, each car has two conductors, the youngest of them is 25 years old, the oldest is Georgian. How old is the driver?
Answer. The catch is in the words: imagine that you are a driver. The driver is as old as the person in charge.
Complex logic riddles
- A tired man wanted to get some sleep. He got ready to go to bed at 8 o'clock in the evening and set the alarm for ten o'clock in the morning. How many hours will he sleep before the bell rings? Answer. Two hours. The alarm clock does not distinguish between morning and evening.
- Do the math in your head, without a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 4100. Often the answer is 5000. - Two fathers and two sons were walking and found three oranges. They began to divide - everyone got one. How could this be? (They were grandfather, father and son)
- Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Chacha 2. Cheche 3. Chichi 4. Chocho. Question: What is the name of the fifth daughter? (Mary).
- Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How did they do it? (They were on different banks)
- There were four birch trees,
each birch has four large branches,
on each large branch there are four small branches,
There are four apples on each small branch.
How many apples are there in total?
(Not a single one. Apples don’t grow on birch trees!) - How many steps does it take to put a hippopotamus in the refrigerator? (Three. Open the refrigerator, place the hippopotamus and close the refrigerator)
- How many steps does it take to put a giraffe in the refrigerator? (Four: open the refrigerator, take out the hippopotamus, plant the giraffe, close the refrigerator)
- Now imagine: a race is organized, a hippopotamus, a giraffe and a turtle are participating. Who will reach the finish line first? (Hippopotamus, because there is a giraffe in the refrigerator...)
- How many peas can fit into one glass? (Not at all, because peas don’t move)
- Small, gray, looks like an elephant. Who? (Baby elephant)
- How do day and night end? (Soft sign)
- When is the easiest time for a black cat to get into the house? (When the door is open. Popular answer: at night).
- In what case, looking at the number 2, do we say “ten”? (If we look at a watch and the minute hand is at “2”).
- Your friends use it more often than you, although it belongs to you. What is this? (Your name).
- Seven sisters are at the dacha, where each is busy with some kind of business. The first sister is reading a book, the second is cooking, the third is playing chess, the fourth is solving Sudoku, the fifth is doing the laundry, the sixth is taking care of the plants.
What does the seventh sister do? (Plays chess with the third sister). - What disappears as soon as you name it? (Silence).
A complex logic riddle from the book “The Starry Adventures of Numi and Nika” by Lyuben Dilov
The girl Numi, from the planet Pyrrha, asks the earthly boy Niki a riddle:
One glof and two mulfs weigh as much as one dabel and four laci. In turn, one dabel weighs as much as two laci. One glof and three laci weigh together as much as one dabel, two mulfs and six kraks. One glof weighs as much as two dabels. The question is, how many kraks must be added to one mulfa to get the weight of two dabels and one lazi?
Answer with a hint on the solution:
So, Nikolai Buyanovsky took out a draft notebook from his briefcase, or, as he dubbed it, a notebook on all kinds of knowledge, and a pen, and Numi slowly began to dictate to him the weight of all these mysterious dabels, mulfs, lazi and kraks. And when he, having written everything down in order and swapped a few things around in his mind, composed several short equations, and then, suddenly realizing, brought the weight of all the data to the weight of the same mysterious creatures, the answer seemed to come out by itself. The problem was logical, and in this part Niki Buyan was a god and a king.
“Eight,” he said confidently. “We need to add eight kraks to this mulfa of yours.”
If you have any favorite difficult riddles in mind, write in the comments, and we’ll try to guess!
Incredible facts
We all know the feeling of satisfaction you feel after solving a difficult problem.
While intelligent jokes can be understood in seconds, solving riddles takes longer, making the pleasure is much greater.
Here , one of the most complex logical problems that are not so easy to solveb.
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Check yourself, Do you have the intelligence needed to solve these riddles?.
You will find out answers to riddles and explanationsbelow the image. However, do not rush to see the answer and try to think about it decision
Riddles with answers
Riddle 1
Answer 1:
Secret
Riddle 2
You are trying to get out of a maze and there are three doors in front of you.
The door on the left leads to hell. The door in the center leads to the deadly assassin. The door on the right leads to a lion who has not eaten for three months.
Which door will you choose?
Answer 2:
Door on the right
A lion will be dead if it is not fed for 3 months.
Riddle 3
An old man dies, leaving two sons. In his will, he asks his sons to organize horse races, and the one whose horse is slowest will receive the inheritance.
The two sons are having a race, but since both are trying to hold their horses, they turn to the sage and ask his advice.
After this, the brothers begin racing again, but this time at full speed. What did the sage advise them?
Answer 3:
Change horses.
If they switch horses, whoever wins the race will inherit because he owns the losing horse.
Logic riddles
Riddle 4
Turn me on my side and I become everything. Cut me in half and I'll be nothing. What am I?
Answer 4:8
If you turn the 8 on its side, it looks like an infinity sign. If you cut it in half, the number 8 turns into two zeros.
Riddle 5
A peasant needs to transport a fox, a chicken and a bag of grain across a river. The only way across the river is on a small boat, which can accommodate a peasant and one of three others (a fox, a chicken or a sack).
If left unattended, the chicken will eat the grain and the fox will eat the chicken. However, the fox will not try to eat the grain, and the fox and chicken will not run away. How will the peasant transport everyone across the river?
Answer 5:
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The farmer needs to do the following:
· Transport the chicken across the river.
· Return with an empty boat, take the grain and transport it across the river.
· Take the chicken and transport it back.
· Take the fox and carry it across the river.
· Return with an empty boat and transport the chicken back across the river.
Riddle 6
You have a 7 minute hourglass and an 11 minute hourglass. How do you boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes?
Answer 6:
To boil an egg exactly in 15 minutes, you need to do the following:
· Turn over the entire hourglass when you start boiling the egg.
· After the 7-minute clock has expired, you need to start it again.
· After 4 minutes, when the time on the 11-minute hourglass has expired, you need to turn the 7-minute hourglass over again.
· Wait until the 7 minute hourglass timer runs out, which will take 4 minutes and you will have cooked the egg in 15 minutes.
Riddle 7
You are walking along the road and come to a fork. One path leads to certain death and the other to eternal happiness, but you don't know which one.
One brother always tells the truth, and the other one lies all the time. You can only ask them one question. How do you decide which road to take?
Answer 7:
Ask each brother: “If you were your brother, what would you say is the road to eternal happiness?”
· Let us assume that the road to the right leads to eternal happiness. After you ask the question, both brothers will give you the same answer: "He would say that the left path will lead to eternal happiness."
· Either way, you will choose the opposite of what they said, since one is telling the truth that it is a lie and the other is lying about being true.
Logic riddles
8. What number will be next in this series: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, ...
Answer 8:
13112221
· Each sequence of numbers is a verbal representation of the sequence that comes before it. So, for example, starting from one, the next sequence will be “one 1” or “11”. It will be followed by the sequence “two 1s” or “21” and so on.
· The first digit is 1 (quantity) "1" (digit from 0 to 9). So if you say "One 1", the next number will be "11". Now it turns out to be "two 1" or "21". After that "one 2 and one 1", which gives us 1211. Then "one 1, one 2 and two 1", which gives us 111221 and so on.
Riddle 9
Four people came to a river with a narrow bridge that only 2 people could cross at a time. It's night outside and they only have one flashlight, which they need to use when crossing the bridge.
Person A can cross the bridge in 1 minute, person B in 2 minutes, person C in 5 minutes, and person D in 8 minutes.
When two people cross a bridge together, they must pass at the speed of the slower one. Can they cross the bridge in 15 minutes or less?
Answer 9:
They will cross the bridge in exactly 15 minutes.
A group of 4 people must do the following:
· First A and B will cross the bridge and A will bring back a flashlight. It will take 3 minutes.
· Then, C and D will cross and B will bring back the flashlight. This will take another 10 minutes.
· Finally, A and B will cross the bridge again. This will take another 2 minutes.
Riddle 10
During the last census, the man said he had three children. When asked about their ages, he replied that the product of their ages was the number 72.
The sum of their ages is the same as the house number. The census taker looks at the front door to find out the house number and says he still doesn't know.
The man replies: “I forgot to say that the eldest son likes chocolate pudding.” After that, scribe records the ages of three children. How old are the children?
Answer 10:
three children are 3, 3 and 8 years old.
When the man looked at the house number, he knew the sum of the children's ages. However, he could not say the ages of the children. So he had several options. Only two options for a set of numbers when multiplied give 72: (2,6,6) and (3,3,8).
After the man said that his eldest son liked chocolate pudding, the man was able to make a choice. Since it is in the second option that one can name the eldest son.
Riddle 11
You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, what will you light first?
Answer 11:
Match
Riddle 12
You have five bags of gold that look identical, each containing 10 bars.
One of the bags contains fake gold. The only difference between the two is that each piece of fake gold weighs 1.1 grams, while a real bar weighs 1 gram.
You have an accurate digital scale that you can use just once. How can you tell which bag contains fake gold?
Answer 12:
Take 1 bar from the first bag, 2 from the second, 3 from the third, 4 from the fourth, 5 from the fifth. If the weight ends with,1, then the fake gold is in the first bag. If the weight ends in,2, the fake gold is in the second bag and so on.
A riddle is a brilliant invention of the human mind. It helps to search and find connections between objects, show attention to detail, and look at familiar things from a different angle. This tiny puzzle teaches us to think, subtly feel language and better understand the world around us. Most adults are convinced that riddles are fun for children. However, you should train your brain at any age - at least for prevention. How many folk puzzles can you remember right away? 10? 20? Surely these will be the most famous. But there are thousands of mysteries! In addition, you can compose them yourself.
How to come up with a riddle? Let's give some advice.
We study
To begin with, we recommend accumulating material for observations. To start creating yourself, you need to familiarize yourself with how other authors do it. Take a collection of riddles with you on a long journey to the sea or to the country. Solve them with the whole family, discuss how successful they are, admire folk (or literary) wisdom and successful comparisons.
Please note that the same object or phenomenon can be described in completely different ways. For example, sleep.
- He knocked down both the army and the governor.
- What's the sweetest thing in the world?
- He won’t knock or blurt out, but he’ll approach anyone.
How to come up with a simile riddle?
To compose a simple problem, you need to learn how to find the properties of an object and compare it with other objects (phenomena) based on these qualities. It is very convenient to fill out a small table.
You can combine the obtained data like this:
It's as hot as an oven.
Golden like a dandelion.
Round like a wheel.
Bright as fire.
Try it - it's a fun process!
What if an object or phenomenon does not have clearly defined characteristics? Ask yourself the question: “What can he do? Who else does this?
Here's what happened:
Flying like a bird.
Howls like a wolf.
Whistles like the Nightingale the Robber.
Bends trees like a giant.
Another option is to use negations:
It's flying, but it's not a bird.
Howls, but not a wolf.
He whistles, but not the Nightingale the Robber.
He's bending trees, but he's not a giant.
How to come up with a riddle “on the contrary”?
We will still draw verbal pictures, but in addition to similar features, we will find characteristic differences between the object or phenomenon under consideration and others. For example, a cloud is white, like cotton wool, but you can’t pick it up. The fog is gray-haired, like an ancient old man, but it won’t tell a tale. The moon is delicious, like a cheesecake, but you can’t bite it.
Which? | What (who) is it like? | What can he do? | What is the difference? |
winged | yes without a tail |
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for a ram | don't let it gore |
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on the plane | let him sit on the leaves of the trees |
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don't bite |
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Possible variant:
Winged like a bird, but without a tail.
Horned like a ram, don't let him gore you.
It flies like an airplane and lands on
It buzzes like a bee, but doesn't bite.
Consider the parts and the whole
Which one can you come up with? Let's use mathematics to help! Consider the human body. What parts does it consist of? One tongue, lips, one mouth, two eyes, two ears, a pair of arms and legs. How did the people reflect this in folklore?
One chatterbox
Another whistler
And the third one is coming.
Two brothers vidaki,
And two are hearers,
Two runners
Yes, two brothers-grip.
And now, using this principle, we come up with riddles ourselves.
I'm sitting on a chair myself,
feet on the steps
He grabbed the pitchforks with his hands.
I'm rushing on two plates like a rocket.
We have given only a few examples. Of course, most of them are unlikely to ever find their way into folklore or author’s collections, but we don’t pretend to do so. The main thing is that this fun entertainment will be extremely useful for both kindergarteners and primary schoolchildren. Surely, in the process of playing together with your child, you will develop your own techniques and artistic discoveries.
A large selection of riddles with answers for the most fun and intellectual entertainment with children. Plunging into a “mysterious” world where fantasy and reality intersect, adults forget about everything in the world and turn back into children, and children learn to find the right solutions hidden in the most ordinary words. It's no secret that children's riddles help your child's development.
Riddles for children are different. You can hold home quizzes on holidays and weekends with your family. Such activities can include riddles about food, animals, birds and insects, as well as trick riddles.
One of the famous psychologists of our time said that riddles make you think. Still would! A riddle, or a small funny quatrain that explains a word, influences the formation of a child’s worldview, develops intelligence, logic, imagination and attention, and reaction speed.
How to choose children's riddles?
Children's riddles should be exciting, funny, and a little difficult so that the child does not immediately guess. Children are naturally curious. They will enjoy riddles for children to test their wits. You should not accept the child’s defeat until the last moment, even if he asks for an answer. Better offer him a prize if he solves the riddle himself.
Beyond seriousness, among encrypted answers, mysteries and secrets, a game of imagination begins, during which the logical, associative and creative thinking of children develops.
