Fun and Educational Riddles for Kids Aged 5-10: Boosting Brainpower and Curiosity This Summer

Educators agree that playing riddles between a child and their mother, father, friends, or grandmother is one of the best forms of entertainment and mental activity for children, especially between the ages of 5 and 10 years. Riddles, dear mother, help activate the brain and strengthen children’s memory. They also encourage children to love exploring and learning fun and useful information, motivating them to constantly acquire new knowledge.

Since children enjoy spending their time having fun and learning in a non-stressful and indirect way together, you can present them with a set of riddles, giving them enough time—if needed—to solve them. Let them embark on a journey of discovery on their own until they find the correct answers. When they do, they will feel smart and will continue learning even more.

Here, Dr. Elham Al-Marsafi, Professor of Education and Child Mental Health, offers easy and useful riddles under the title "Who Am I?" suitable for children aged 5-10 years, perfect for summer vacation time.

Amazing Benefits of Riddles

Did you know that everything new a child learns benefits them? Whatever a child actively searches for and discovers gets firmly stored in their memory and is not easily forgotten. The game of riddles, which some parents might overlook or see as just a way to kill time or simple fun, actually provides the following benefits:

• Develops all cognitive skills in the child.

• Helps the child solve problems.

• Supports the development of brain cells.

• Improves hand-eye coordination.

• Strengthens social bonds with the other person playing.

• Teaches the child the value of self-respect.

• Enhances the child’s exploratory skills.

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A Variety of Easy and Fun Riddles

Map: Countries and Places Without People

• What word has 28 letters but is written with only 6 letters?
  Answer: Alphabet.

• I am in front of you, but you cannot see me. Who am I?
  Answer: The future.

• Where are there many countries, regions, and shops but no people?
  Answer: On the map.

• What exists in summer, autumn, and spring but not in winter?
  Answer: The letter "Y".

• The biggest thing has a mouth but speaks without a mouth. What is it?
  Answer: The bell.

• Which month, if you remove the first letter, becomes the name of a fruit?
  Answer: July (Tamouz).

• What do we break before we eat it?
  Answer: The egg.

• The child of water, if you put it inside water, it dies. What is it?
  Answer: Ice.

• Sarah has four daughters, and each daughter has a brother. How many children does Sarah have?
  Answer: Five.

Other Types of Riddles

• I am very simple, I can only point, but I guide people worldwide.
  Answer: The compass.

• I am not alive but I grow; I have no lungs but I need air. Who am I?
  Answer: A balloon.

• Something that if you remove its skin, it doesn’t cry, but you cry because of it!
  Answer: Onion.

• What fills a room but takes up no space?
  Answer: Light.

• On which surface are there lakes always without water and mountains always flat and still?
  Answer: On the surface of the map.

• What is always in front of you but you can’t see it?
  Answer: The future.

• What has many teeth but cannot bite?
  Answer: A zipper.

• What has legs but cannot walk?
  Answer: A chair.

• What do children make but never see?
  Answer: Noise.

• What can you catch but not throw?
  Answer: A cold.

• What goes up but never comes down?
  Answer: Your age.

• I fly in the sky but have no wings made of feathers. Who am I?
  Answer: An airplane.

• I live in the house and love playing with a ball. Who am I?
  Answer: A child.

• I help you sleep when you are asleep. Who am I?
  Answer: The bed.

• I have teeth and love eating sweets. Who am I?
  Answer: A mouse.

Animal Riddles

• I live in the forest and love eating bananas. Who am I?
  Answer: Monkey.

• I jump and jump but have no feet. Who am I?
  Answer: A frog.

• I have a long trunk and love playing with water. Who am I?
  Answer: An elephant.

• I live in the sea and swim fast. Who am I?
  Answer: A fish.

• I have a long neck and live in Africa. Who am I?
  Answer: A giraffe.

Riddles From Around Your Room

• I stand in the room and tell the time. Who am I?
  Answer: A clock.

• I have teeth but can’t eat. Who am I?
  Answer: A comb.

• I help you write and draw. Who am I?
  Answer: A pen.

• I have pages but no trees. Who am I?
  Answer: A book.

• I have wheels but can’t walk. Who am I?
  Answer: A car.

Color Riddles

• I am the color of the sky during the day. Who am I?
  Answer: Blue.

• I am the color of the apple. Who am I?
  Answer: Red.

• I am the color of the banana. Who am I?
  Answer: Yellow.

• I am the color of grass. Who am I?
  Answer: Green.

• I am the color of the sun. Who am I?
  Answer: Orange.

Seasonal Riddles

• I am the season of rain and cold. Who am I?
  Answer: Winter.

• I am the season of flowers and green leaves. Who am I?
  Answer: Spring.

• I am the season of heat and playing in the sun. Who am I?
  Answer: Summer.

• I am the season of beautiful colors and falling leaves. Who am I?
  Answer: Autumn (Fall).