Children learn about the existence of a root crop such as turnip from a very early age. Listening to the Russian folk tale of the same name, they look at pictures of garden adventures of funny old people, granddaughters and their four-legged friends. Then the kids get acquainted with the appearance of the main character. Therefore, the riddle proposed by adults about turnips will be interesting even to younger preschoolers.
Riddle for kids 3-4 years old
Three-year-old / four-year-old children actively explore the world around them and absorb a lot of new information. But the puzzles for them should be simplified, based on a simple listing of the attributes of the subject. It is also important to connect them with something specific, familiar to the child: with a fairy tale, with appearance, with taste.
The following widely known riddle about turnips is suitable for this age category: round, but not the moon; yellow but not oil; with a tail, but not a mouse.
Or more simplified: round, yellow, with a tail, in the summer lives (grows) in the ground.
If the baby can not guess it in any way, you can offer this option:
Round but not a ball
With a tail, but not a mouse,
Yellow like honey
He lives in a fairy tale.
Clarification in the riddle will direct the baby's train of thought in the right direction and will help to find the right answer.
To uncover the mystery of verses, you can invite the child to draw an object according to the description: round, there is a tail, yellow, there is a fairy tale about it. Having drawn and colored the riddle, the little artist will quickly solve it.
Children 3-4 years old will really like the riddle about turnip in verse, where in the end you need to substitute a rhyme:
Large yellow gingerbread man
Hid in the garden.
I could not pull out my grandfather
And he sent for the grandmother.
Then the assistants came running,
Grasped tightly.
Friendship won again:
Pulled out ...!
(turnip).
A child who knows the taste of ripened turnip will use such a rhyme-riddle:
Round, yellow, sweet,
Her house is a garden patch.
To avoid misunderstandings, you can first find out how the baby understands the word "bed": he must associate it with the garden on which vegetables grow.
The riddle about turnips for children of preschool and primary school age
In older preschool children’s thinking becomes more imaginative, they understand the metaphorical descriptions. In this connection, by the way, there will be a riddle about turnips for children of five years and older, which was composed by Natalia from Armavir:
Throw the baby in the ground
She lies a little.
And look - already growing
Samovarchik root crop.
And schoolchildren will probably figure out what is being said in this poem:
In a hat with green feathers,
In the yellow caftan she is
This person is famous
Round like a moon.
Hiding in a black tower,
Fleeing the summer heat
And in the fall, he comes to our house
To the joy of all the kids.
These are the funny puzzles about the turnip you can make for kids.