A tricky and fun way for parents to improve their kids' problem-solving skills is with riddles. They encourage kids to think, analyze and be patient enough to solve it. Here are a few fun and tricky riddles to ask you kids.
Riddle: The more you take away from me the bigger I get. What am I?
Answer: A hole.
This teaches kids to think outside of the box, beyond objects and abstracts.
Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock.
A simple riddle to help kids understand wordplay, by helping them think of different meanings of words.
Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M.
This riddle challenges kids to pay attention to details in words rather than the literal meaning.
Riddle: The more of me you take the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps.
This one teaches kids to look at words in a different context and see how meanings can change.
Riddle: I am an odd number but if you take away one letter I become even. What am I?
Answer: Seven (remove the s and it becomes even).
This riddle makes kids think logically and observe patterns in language and numbers.
Riddle: I have keys but no locks open. I have space but no room. You can enter but not go outside. What am I?
Answer: A keyboard.
This one enhances critical thinking by making kids think about different meanings of common words.
Riddle: I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?
Answer: A candle.
This riddle teaches kids to think about objects in terms of their life cycle and function.
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