Riddle Time! Let's Think Critically!

English Language Arts Grades Pre-K 5:08 Video
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Lesson Description

Join us for a fun adventure in critical thinking! We'll watch a video with riddles and learn how to use our brains to find the answers. Get ready to think, play, and learn!

Video Resource

Critical Thinking Riddles for Kids | Let's practice our critical thinking skills!

Learn Bright

Duration: 5:08
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Key Concepts

  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Riddles and Wordplay

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to define critical thinking in simple terms.
  • Students will be able to solve simple riddles using clues.
  • Students will be able to identify different problem-solving strategies.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by introducing the concept of 'critical thinking' as using our brains to solve puzzles. Explain that they will be watching a video with fun riddles. Establish rules for listening (quiet hands, quiet voices, listening ears).
  • Video Time (10 mins)
    Play the 'Critical Thinking Riddles for Kids' video by Learn Bright. Pause after each riddle to give students time to think. Encourage them to shout out their answers.
  • Riddle Review (10 mins)
    Go through each riddle again. Discuss the answers and how the students arrived at them. If students struggled, guide them through the thought process.
  • Activity: Create Your Own Riddle (10 mins)
    As a class, try to create a simple riddle together. Focus on using descriptive words and clues. For example: 'I am yellow and sweet. Monkeys like to eat me. What am I?'

Interactive Exercises

  • Riddle Charades
    Act out the answers to some of the riddles from the video without speaking. Have the other students guess what the answer is.
  • Picture Clue Matching
    Draw pictures representing the answers to the riddles. Mix up the pictures and have the students match them to the correct riddle.

Discussion Questions

  • What does it mean to 'think critically'?
  • How did you feel when you solved a riddle?
  • Was it easy or hard to come up with your own riddle?

Skills Developed

  • Critical Thinking
  • Listening Comprehension
  • Problem Solving
  • Vocabulary

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What is it called when we use our brains to solve problems?

Correct Answer: Critical Thinking

Question 2:

I am a number that comes after six. What number am I?

Correct Answer: Seven

Question 3:

What is always in front of you, but you can't see it?

Correct Answer: The Future

Question 4:

What is full of holes but still holds water?

Correct Answer: A sponge

Question 5:

What happens when it gets dark?

Correct Answer: You see less

Question 6:

What did we solve in the video?

Correct Answer: Riddles

Question 7:

What do monkeys like to eat that is yellow and sweet?

Correct Answer: Bananas

Question 8:

Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?

Correct Answer: A map

Question 9:

What is light as a feather and even the strongest person can't hold it for more than a minute?

Correct Answer: Breath

Question 10:

How many months in a year have 28 days?

Correct Answer: All

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

We use our ______ to solve riddles.

Correct Answer: brain

Question 2:

A tricky question is called a _______.

Correct Answer: riddle

Question 3:

Seven is an ______ number.

Correct Answer: odd

Question 4:

The opposite of light is ________.

Correct Answer: dark

Question 5:

Dozen is a word that means _________.

Correct Answer: twelve

Question 6:

The answer we could not see was the ______.

Correct Answer: future

Question 7:

If you add letters to 'short' it becomes _______.

Correct Answer: shorter

Question 8:

When you don't see anything its ________.

Correct Answer: darkness

Question 9:

Learning new things is a lot of ______.

Correct Answer: fun

Question 10:

When solving riddles, it is important to be _________.

Correct Answer: patient

Educational Standards

PK.1.L.1:Students will actively listen using agreed-upon rules with prompting. PK.1.S.3:Students will ask and answer questions with prompting. PK.4.R.3:Students will begin to acquire new vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge. PK.2.PA.2:Students will recognize spoken words that rhyme (e.g., wall & fall).

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