Teaching Ideas
Want ideas to help brighten up your classroom? Visit Display Photos
More Teaching Ideas Literacy Ideas and Resources Numeracy Ideas and Resources Science Ideas and Resources Information and Communication Technology Ideas and Resources Design and Technology Ideas and Resources Geography Ideas and Resources History Ideas and Resources Art Ideas and Resources Music Ideas and Resources Physical Education Ideas and Resources Religious Education Ideas and Resources Early Years Ideas and Resources Foreign Languages Ideas and Resources More Teaching Ideas
Riddles
Subject: Literacy
(This idea was contributed by Michele Papageorghiou)
Age Range: 5 to 11

Riddles are an ideal way to develop children's knowledge of rhyming. They are also great fun!

A worksheet which contains 7 riddles can be found here. Answers to these riddles are as follows:

This is a word which rhymes with cat,
It goes on your head because it's a HAT.

I'm useful for journeys when you're going far,
I need lots of petrol because I'm a CAR.

You'll find us near ponds or sitting on logs,
We jump and we croak because we are FROGS.

This is a word which rhymes with up.
You can drink out of me bcause I'm a CUP.

This is a word which rhymes with bake,
I'm nice to eat because I'm a CAKE.

This is a word which rhymes with spoon,
I shine at night because I'm the MOON.

A neverending circle, a bright shiny thing,
It's on my fourth finger because it's a RING.

When the children have worked out the answers to the riddles on the worksheet, they can easily try to make up some of their own. You could even make a riddles book, in which you can publish the children's riddles.


Rate / Review this idea:
Teaching Ideas
is kindly
hosted by
RM