Short stories and clue riddles read aloud, then a picture or word answer. Who is it, what must be true, who is tallest. Five levels, daily five, printable worksheets.
Reading riddles builds one skill: working out an answer from the words of a short text instead of guessing. A child reads or hears one to four sentences, sees a question, and taps one of three to five picture or word answers. Every item is written to have exactly one correct answer, and the explanation after each answer names the clue that proves it, so a wrong tap becomes a small lesson. The game is for children of about 6 to 8 who can follow a short story that is read aloud. The harder levels use the kind of reasoning that appears in children's maths contests and logic clubs, written in plain sentences, such as who is the tallest when you are told about two pairs of children.
Level 1, Read it, asks for a fact that is stated in the text, such as what colour the kite is. Level 2, Two facts, needs two sentences put together, such as an animal that has four legs and says meow, or a small sum in a story. Level 3, Who is it, gives three clues in a riddle, and each clue rules out some of the answers until one is left. Level 4, Must be true, gives a short text and asks which sentence must be true, or which could be true, so a child learns the difference between what is certain, what is possible and what cannot be. Level 5, Clue chains, gives three or more clues that must all be used, and always says that no two things are the same. For example, four or five children are compared two at a time in a shuffled list of clues, and the question asks who is third tallest or second shortest. Other puzzles ask who has which pet, which box holds the ball or which seat a child is in, when every clue has to be used.
The game mixes two sources. The first is a bank of 165 hand-written items, with a short explanation for each. The second is generated by rules, and for those the answer is worked out by the program, never guessed. A Level 2 story is a small sum with random names and things. A Level 3 puzzle shows four children with a hat, a pet and something they hold, then gives three clues, and the program checks that each clue removes at least one child and that only one child is left at the end. A Level 4 puzzle lists every possible ranking that fits the clues and checks that the right sentence is true in all of them while each wrong one fails in at least one. A Level 5 puzzle checks that the clues allow exactly one order. The hand-written Level 5 puzzles that give out pets, hats, seats or boxes are also solved by brute force in the tests to show that exactly one answer fits; the other hand-written items were checked by hand. The tests repeat the generator checks over 500 seeds for every level.
By default the game moves up a level after three correct answers in a row and down after two wrong in a row, and a child or parent can choose a level instead. Today's 5 is a set of five riddles made from the date on your device, so everyone with the same date gets the same five. The Print a worksheet button makes a page of 4, 6 or 8 riddles for a level, on Letter or A4 paper, with new riddles each time and an answer key on the last page. The text is also read aloud by the speaker button, which uses the voice built into your browser.
It does not teach children to read letters or sound out words, and it does not check how well a child reads aloud. The answers are choices, so the game cannot tell a good guess from real reasoning, which is why every answer comes with its reason. Some riddles use an emoji picture, so how the picture looks depends on your device. The hand-written riddles are original and are not copied from any contest or book. Nothing is uploaded, and no account is needed.
They are written for ages 6 to 8. Level 1 has two short sentences and a fact to find. Level 5 asks questions such as which of five children is third tallest from four shuffled clues, which many adults answer with a pencil.
Yes, with help. Every story and question can be read aloud by the speaker button, and many answers are pictures. The game is meant for listening and thinking as much as for reading.
For the generated riddles the program checks it by trying every possible ranking or every child. The hand-written Level 5 puzzles that assign things to people are solved by brute force in the tests; the other hand-written items were checked by hand so that only one choice fits. The explanation names the clue.
It means the sentence is certain from the text. Given that all birds have feathers and a robin is a bird, a robin has feathers must be true, but a robin is red does not have to be.
Yes. Choose a level, pick 4, 6 or 8 riddles and Letter or A4 paper. Each print has new riddles and an answer key on the last page.
It stays in this browser on your device. Nothing about your child is uploaded, and no account is needed. The page counts visits with Google Analytics, never answers.