Dragons are popular characters in fairy tales and cartoons. Therefore, it is not surprising that the children, both the smallest, and those who have already grown up, adore everything connected with dragons: stories, pictures, games and, of course, riddles.
Mysteries for the smallest
Dragon puzzles for the smallest are not so difficult to think of on their own, starting from the content of fairy tales that the child listens to. The simplest form of the puzzle is the question. But this will quickly bore the baby, moreover, prosaic questions are perceived more complicated than their rhymed counterparts.
There is a specificity of what a dragon puzzle for children should be like. Short and rhymed lines are better for babies than quatrains. But children of about five need more emotional and meaningful texts. Of course, kids should know the answer to the riddle, that is, understand who the dragon is.
Dragon puzzles for the smallest may be:
- Who has three heads? Who needs three hats?
- Who flies overhead , disperses clouds of fire ?
- Flies high, breathes hot.
- One tail and three heads, and four legs.
- He lives in a cave, sings three songs.
- Fire lets out a mouth, and sneezes with smoke.
Puzzling the baby, it is necessary to wait for his answer, give time for thought, not to rush with tips and leading questions.
Puzzles for older children
Instead of the implied answer (dragon) to the riddle, the “Serpent Gorynych” may sound in case the Russian fairy tales were read to the baby. Even if in the riddle itself there is no direct reference to the three-headed snake. It is not necessary to correct the child, as he answered correctly in general. Accordingly, the opposite situation is possible, when the baby answers “dragon”, referring to the Serpent Gorynych.
Mysteries about the dragon for children five years old and a little older can be:
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Clubfoot, but not a bear.
He flies high.
And when he gets close
It’s always warm next to him.
Kindle the fire while sneezing
He makes smoke while playing.
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Who is not a fish and not a beast?
Who doesn’t just enter the door?
Who has big wings
Does smoke come from the nose?
Who, sneezing by chance strongly,
Does the field set on fire?
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Quietly sleeping in his cave
Saving the chests.
He needs hats in winter snowstorms,
Three at once.
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He has scales.
But he is not a fish, friends.
In fairy tales, he steals princesses,
His mouth is on fire.
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Who needs three pillows?
But only pillows.
To sleep
He needs only one bed.
Children like riddles, especially when they relate to bright and familiar characters from fairy tales or cartoons. However, adults may well quench the enthusiasm of the kids and their interest if they begin to ask a large number of leading questions, prompt or simply drag out classes with riddles.
Mysteries for first graders
Just because a child went to first grade does not mean that he has ended his childhood. Accordingly, first graders also perceive riddles with great enthusiasm. Of course, the dragon riddle for children who are already in school should take this nuance into account. That is, tasks should be more difficult.
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Take the princess to the forest
Only there will not eat it,
And he’ll put him on a chest
Draw a circle with fire
With smoke he closes the entrance
And his name is ... (dragon).
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The heroes could not defeat him,
They fought from night to dawn and covered in soot.
Frightened the fire, swallowed smoke.
Why couldn’t they?
Because goals ... (three).
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In fairy tales, he is always angry
And when it flies, it smokes.
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Behind the dense forests
Behind a stone cooler
Sitting on a mountain
Smokes into the sky.
Burning fire
The forest will fall.
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From dawn to dusk
Guards a pile of gold.
And how the sun rises
So the triceps will go to sleep.
And he will watch a dream.
Call him - ... (dragon).
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Who carried the princess in a fairy tale?
Who set fire to a huge house?
Who lives alone, without affection?
Children, who is it? … (the Dragon).
As a rule, children lose their enthusiasm for riddles with age, and after elementary school this kind of educational games ceases to be relevant. But if the child liked the riddles, then his interest will not disappear, but simply move on to the next step. For example, a child may love to solve charades.
Why do we need modern puzzles?
Unfortunately, many parents do not pay enough attention to riddles. Some kids who come to kindergarten will only find out what it is. Meanwhile, the riddles are a full-fledged developmental thinking of the child, a game that is not one hundred years old.
Some parents try to make something up for the kids, but they face children's misunderstanding and abandon this type of activity. However, such an incident does not mean that the child is not interested. A similar situation occurs when the baby does not understand what the riddle is about.
For example, to the riddle "A girl sits in a dungeon, and a scythe in the street" you can’t wait for the right answer from a modern child if he was born in the city and never went to the country house or garden. The kid did not see how carrots grow, and associations with vegetables from the supermarket are unlikely to lead him to the correct answer. For this, modern questions are needed, or those based on fairy tales and cartoons, for example, riddles about the dragon.