Riddles are one of my favorite intellectual entertainments. Children like to show adults their knowledge, and if they are also in poetic form, then they are happy to learn it. Mysteries about the sky are often included in kindergarten classes around the world.
Why are they being studied?
Why do puzzles include in pre-school and school activities? Because they help to solve some pedagogical problems.
- Teach the child to reason logically.
- Improve memory - due to the fact that many puzzles have a poetic form, it is easy for children to learn them.
- Beneficial effect on the speech development of the child. Therefore, they are often used in speech therapists. For example, when working on sound pronunciation.
- Using puzzles, you can organize children's play activities. They introduce an element of competition, which motivates to try to give the right answer faster.
- Riddles are also a source of new knowledge for children. The new knowledge gained is easily assimilated by the child, because he gets it in the game, which is especially important for children in preschool age.
- If the teacher has prepared unusual riddles (for example, in the form of a joke), then this contributes to the formation of innovative thinking and creative abilities.
Riddles help to raise an inquisitive child who likes to not only get knowledge from adults, but also to get it himself. They are perceived by children as a game, but they need to be selected according to age so that they do not seem too complicated or simple.
For preschoolers
Mysteries about the sky are not only for schoolchildren, but also for preschoolers. They are often used in classes around the world. Preschool children perceive riddles best in poetic form. But they should not be too long, the child’s vocabulary should also be taken into account - the words should be clear to him.
Above the forest, above the mountains, a carpet spreads,
He will spread over you and above me
Either he is gray, then he is blue, then he is bright blue.
It’s easy for a child to guess her: it says that the sky is above everything and it is spread over everyone. It also says that it can change color. This puzzle is suitable for studying around the world.
For schoolchildren
For school children, puzzles can be selected more difficult. For example, they may not be in poetic form and with more complex images. Here is an example of a puzzle about the sky for class 2:
Smooth, not a field
Blue, not the sea.
It is already more difficult, but it will be interesting for school-age children to guess it. The example says that it is smooth and blue, as well as endless, like a field or sea. Adults or children themselves can come up with new and interesting puzzles.