Riddles are small works of poetic form containing information about some object or living object, but not calling it. Puzzles are logical tasks that teach children to think, analyze what they hear. Use riddles as early as preschool in kindergarten in the classroom. You can choose your own for each topic.
For example, when studying animals in Africa, you can conceive a riddle about a crocodile. We will present in the article several puzzles of varying complexity, designed for children of different ages.
There are puzzles at the end of which you can guess the character by rhyme.
Rhyming riddles
1. There is a log on the river.
Well, it's furious.
To everyone who got into the river,
The nose will snap off ... (crocodile).
Children guess about the meaning of what was said and learn the answer in rhyme. This riddle about a crocodile is funny, makes the guys smile.
2. It looks like a snag
The teeth are sharp as a knife.
He swims, raising silt,
Predator, scary ... (...).
Hearing a riddle, children recognize a predator compared to snags and the presence of sharp teeth.
3. A terrible mouth opened
Angry and strong ... (...).
Such crocodile puzzles that require a continuation of the rhyme are used in early and middle preschool age. These are children 3-4 years old.
Learning Puzzles
There are puzzles that describe the main features of the animal, here you will not hear the proposed answer in rhyme. Here you need to carefully listen and understand the meaning of the riddle, to have the necessary knowledge about the predator.
Here is an example of such crocodile puzzles:
1. Tail, like a fish, but it is not her.
The teeth are huge and sharp, but it's a reptile.
2. It is green, with a number of teeth,
Lives in the African river.
He was born from a testicle,
But remember, he is not a bird.
3. Hatched from an egg, and grew into a huge dragon.
In Africa, lives in a river and waits for prey in the water.
Children who are given these riddles about a crocodile should already know that this reptile is born from an egg, lives in the rivers of Africa and South America. It can lie motionless for a long time, waiting for its prey to come to a watering place.
Riddles about fairy-tale heroes
The crocodile is the hero of many fairy tales and cartoons loved by children. You can arrange an evening of mysteries about fairy-tale heroes. Children must guess the character and the story itself. Take some of the most popular crocodile puzzles for kids.
This may be an excerpt from the tale of Korney Chukovsky. For instance:
1. Who with Totosha and Kokosha
Did you go through the park?
And a washcloth, like a daw,
Swallowed very quickly?
Take, for example, the character from Edward Ouspensky’s fairy tale “Crocodile Gene and His Friends”.
2. An accordion in hands,
A cap on his head
And next, very important
Worth Cheburashka.
Portrait of our heroes
It turned out to be funny
Drawn Cheburashka,
And next to him ... (Gene).
3. Even babies know this,
That there is a big comrade at Cheburashka,
To the accordion of the song sings.
Who will call his name?
Children will immediately recognize the popular hero in the riddle about the crocodile Gena for children. After all, this is one of the most beloved fairy tale characters. Although the cartoon is old, from the Soviet era, the children continue to watch it with pleasure and sing songs about the crocodile Gena and his friend Cheburashka.
Riddles not only develop the logical thinking of the children, but carry a cognitive meaning. Children repeat the signs of the hero of the riddle, the names of fairy tales and their characters. This is a useful activity for both toddlers and older children.