Riddles are one of the types of development of thinking in children. The child gets acquainted with riddles from the very childhood. Well, if the first of them contain a picture-answer. Auditory perception, together with visual perception, will quickly help the child to understand the essence of the hidden. Considering the answer-drawing, the kid will be able to compare the signs of the description of the object indicated in the riddle with those present in the picture. Riddles about nature with answers will be ideal for children of primary school age.
The riddle is a mental exercise. Russian folk art is permeated with them. Even in fairy tales, in order to achieve his goals, the hero had to go through a path strewn with riddles, the solution of which required him to have ingenuity, wisdom, knowledge and true friends.
Classification
There are a great many riddles on different topics and ages, they can be composed both in poetic form and in prose. Riddles with a rhyming answer are well suited for group activities, where the answer is called a chorus.
By origin they can be divided into 2 groups:
- folklore;
- author's.
Folklore riddles are those that have come down to our time, created by the people and not having a specific author. Since the origin of riddles is very ancient, dating back to the mythological era, in folklore riddles often animals, plants, natural phenomena are endowed with human qualities. The basis of folklore is the worldview of the ancient peoples. Riddles about nature make up a large part of folk art.
Author's riddles are created by a specific person, they are also called literary. By origin, they are divided into different topics.
Thematic classification
In literary riddles, the following main themes can be distinguished:
- Person: family, work, relationships.
- Home: dishes, furniture.
- Food.
- Drinks.
- Clothes, shoes.
- Tools, crafts.
- Musical instruments.
- Natural phenomena, nature.
- Letter reading.
- Spiritual values.
- The concept of time.
Riddles for kids about seasons
For kids, riddles about nature, animals (which they already know about) are better suited. It is necessary to make sure that everything that is said is already familiar to the kids. When guessing together with the child, one should highlight the main features of the described object and find an answer from them. The guessing process will stimulate the development of imagination, memory, and the ability to build a logical chain. It is better to start with simple riddles in whichthe signs of the object being thought of are indicated quite clearly, without metaphors and hyperbole.
For example, such riddles about nature with answers that consider the seasons are suitable for kids:
1. Does it cover everything with a white carpet, does it get cold?
Answer: winter.
2. The leaves became multi-colored and fell from the trees. So it comes to us, and brings rain with it …?
Answer: autumn.
3. Birds from the south flew in, sonorous songs sang. The sun is shining brightly, and children are walking around. Who came to us?
Answer: spring.
4. The sun is shining high, the river is warm for a long time. We have fun going swimming, sunbathing and indulging. What season is it?
Answer: summer.
5. The bear lay down in his lair, he will suck his paw. Now he will sleep sweetly, while the beauty came to visit us …
Answer: winter.
6. We harvested the whole crop and put things in order. We walked together into the kindergarten, because in the yard, quietly, quietly crept up to us and took the rain with her …?
Answer: autumn.
7. We rested, refreshed, we ate ripe berries. It came to visit, bright and hot, our long-awaited…
Answer: summer.
8. Streams ran, ice floes flowed in the river, the bushes woke up, everyone dressed in greenery. It's time to visit us, the season is …?
Answer: spring.
9. Outside the window is white and white and the colors have disappeared. Everything around was wrapped in white outfits. What season is it?
Answer: winter.
10. Snow clouds dispersed, meltedice floes. All the flowers bloomed, reaching for the sun. The frosty winter has gone, the green one has come.
Answer: spring.
Children's riddles about nature
Nature is what the baby gets to know when he is born. Developing, he notices how everything around is changing, the seasons change each other, gets acquainted with natural phenomena. Riddles about nature help children consolidate this knowledge and focus on the components that make up a natural phenomenon. Toddlers will be interested to analyze the signs of existing natural phenomena.
Riddles about natural phenomena:
1. Multi-colored arc, shining in the gray sky, the sun is calling?
Answer: rainbow.
2. White grains fell from the sky, covered the paths, wrapped the houses.
Answer: snowflakes.
3. The sky turned black-black, lightning flashed. Something thundered next, frightening everyone in the area.
Guess: Thunderstorm.
4. A cloud appeared in the sky, darkened, grew. She suddenly wet the whole earth and watered the flowers.
Guess: Rain.
5. Leaves fall, spin, cover the ground. In multi-colored colors all around change.
Answer: falling leaves.
6. White as sugar, flies from the sky. Has no legs, hurries to the ground.
Guess: snow.
Natural phenomena
In winter, riddles about winter natural phenomena will help to consolidate knowledge about weather conditions:
1. The nose is cold, the ears are cold, … crackling has come to us.
Answer: frost.
2. From the roofhanging, melting and shining in the sun?
Answer: icicle.
3. It falls from the sky, spins and sits on our hand. It melts in the palm of your hand, but it will remain on the fur coat.
Answer: snowflake.
4. It is very slippery underfoot, no walk, no step. Frost came to us at night, froze the water, turned it all into … he turned.
Answer: ice.
5. A strong wind suddenly blew, he brought snow with him. He swirled everything, swirled it, wrapped it in cold.
Answer: snowstorm.
6. Everything is covered with a white fur coat: paths, trees, swings, and houses. And the traces of everyone became visible, who walked on that fur coat. What kind of fur coat is this?
Answer: snow.
7. In the morning we got up, and the trees changed their dress. And a light white bloom appeared on the branches.
Answer: frost.
Wildlife
Growing up, the child begins to divide nature into living and non-living. Riddles about wildlife will help to consolidate the knowledge gained.
Here are some of them:
1. Barks, bites, caresses the owner?
Answer: dog.
2. He eats sour cream, he drinks milk. And purrs loudly, our beloved…?
Answer: cat.
3. What a miracle, here is a cow, without horns and without hooves. He wears red clothes with black polka dots. Who is this?
Answer: ladybug.
4. Flapping its wings, fluttering from flower to flower?
Answer: butterfly.
5. He will collect a lot of nectar and quickly take it to the house. She is hardworking, but her name is…?
Answer: a bee.
6. Little green, in the grassdoes it chirp?
Answer: grasshopper.
7. Green, fluffy came to us for the holiday?
Answer: Christmas tree.
8. He walks through the desert, carrying two humps?
Answer: camel.
9. White trunk, green braids. She spread her curls, hanging her earrings.
Answer: birch.
10. Jumping horse, in striped clothes?
Answer: zebra.
Riddles for schoolchildren
As you get older, riddles need to get harder. The presence of specific signs is optional, they can be generalized, exaggerated. The riddle may contain a hint, then you need to be smart.
Schoolchildren are guessing riddles only by ear, stimulating memory, auditory perception, logic, thinking, they teach to be smart.
Riddles about nature are difficult:
1. No arms, no legs, but draws patterns on the window.
Guess: frost.
2. A blue field studded with silver?
Guess: the sky with stars.
3. Noisy, screaming day and night, but the voice does not break?
Guess: waterfall.
4. In the green field, the circle is blue. Moves, splashes, does not spill onto the field?
Guess: lake.
5. Breaking out of the ground and flowing further?
Answer: spring.
6. The girl is chubby, in the blue sky. Hiding from the sun during the day, going out at night?
Guess: the moon.
7. Light and airy, do not catch with your hands. You can't live without it, it surrounds us everywhere?
Answer:air.
8. Without a stinger, without thorns, will it sting more strongly than a bee?
Guess: nettle.
9. No arms, no legs, no voice. Flying-running like a bird?
Guess: wind.
10. The river stands calm, the wind blows - will they run on the water?
Guess: waves.
Conclusion
The role of riddles is great in the development of a child's personality. However, little time has been devoted to this area in recent years. Riddles are present in kindergartens, and at school their number is sharply reduced. It is wrong to assume that they are created only for entertainment and do not carry a semantic load useful for mental development.
A child who knows how to solve riddles, has logic, developed thinking, imagination and versatile knowledge.
