Stimulate one's brain child it can be a challenging task. The positive side is that there are a multitude of techniques that can be used. Some even in a fun and playful way. Enigmas, for example, are excellent for teach and entertain the child about the importance of persevering until an answer is reached.
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By bringing in elements of this type, you are encouraging critical thinking and mental agility. Therefore, learn some riddles on different subjects to use with your children when you need to educate them.
riddles for children
Charades are playful, illustrative and funny ways of teaching something new, especially for children. Deciphering riddles has been seen since classical antiquity. Just remember Oedipus in Classical Greece. According to the tale, the sphinx asked him “what is it that has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?”.
The answer is “the man”, because he crawls in childhood, grows up and walks on two legs and, in old age, needs a cane (totaling three legs) to get around efficiently. By answering this riddle, the city of Thebes was freed from the terror of the sphinx.
Even if the purpose of the riddle is not to free a city, teaching children is also a heroic act, isn't it? Charades are mental gymnastics that stimulate competitiveness, intimacy with words, with your senses and reasoning. So, check out some of them that you can teach your children:
riddles about food
- What needs to be broken before you use?
- You bought me so you can have dinner. Who am I?
- You cut me, but you were the one who cried. Who am I?
- How many eggs does a rooster lay if you feed him enough?
- I am the father of all fruits. What is my name?
Result
And those are the answers to the riddles on the questions above. Leave it to tell the children only at the end.
- Egg. It needs to be broken down to be useful as food.
- Cutlery.
- An onion!
- None. Roosters don't lay eggs.
- A papa-ya!
riddles about geography
- Where is it possible to see cities, towns, shops and streets, but not the people?
- If you go up, we will. If you fall, we stay. Who we are?
- What crosses cities but never moves?
Result
These are the answers to the riddles about geography:
- On a map.
- Anchors.
- Roads.