Children learn the world in images. Riddles help them in this. About rain, for example, allegorically in quatrains it is said that he is a living being. Puzzles often use avatars, comparisons, epithets. They show the children how to beautifully and figuratively describe the most common phenomena and objects.
Rain puzzle for children with a rhymed answer
The easiest way for kids to choose a guess in those cases when they themselves ask for a tongue. This happens when the answer is the last word in the quatrain. Here's an example of a rain puzzle with a rhymed guess.
With thunder, lightning and wind
He came to us from heaven with greetings
The long-legged wet leader -
Walked on the ground ... (rain)
In the proposed riddle, the hint is not only the rhyme for the word "leader". Thunder and lightning often accompany precisely rain, thunder. Yes, and the definition of "wet" also indicates inclement weather.
But the meaning of the word “leader” must be clarified for children. Current youth often does not know him. We can say that the leader is the main person in a tribe or state, party. When he appears among his subjects, they rejoice, applaud, bow their heads.
But the mystery is not about people at all, but about the phenomenon of nature. So, not living creatures bow their heads either. Maybe these are plants? For example, herbs, flowers.
Only a person can applaud. And what in inanimate nature is very reminiscent of human palms? Of course, these are leaves! When they sway strongly, they are in contact with each other. So it turns out that the trees and bushes seem to applaud. So, on the example of analyzing one riddle about rain, an adult will teach children a lesson in the use of comparisons and personifications.
There are also colorful epithets. You can ask the children why the rain is called long-legged. If you imagine that the leader is walking on the ground, then his legs are jets of water, plunging from heaven. And they are very long!
This is how riddles about wind and rain reveal to the children the beauty of the Russian language, its versatility and imagery.
Short riddles in prose about rain
You can use allegories without resorting to versification at all. After all, riddles about rain are in prose. Most often they have the form of questions. Here are examples of such puzzles.
- What kind of weather is it in the yard when water is pouring from heaven from the sky?
- What kind of king is he walking on the ground with a roar and a flash of lightning?
- What is going on outside? You will go out into the courtyard and find yourself under a cold shower!
Mysteries about rain at children's parties
Often children play fairy tales at matinees. Performances are very vivid when they use poems, songs, puzzles.
The matinee is especially interesting when the audience themselves take part in the development of the plot. For example, some evil negative character captured the main character. He threatens the unfortunate and demands to solve a riddle. Only if the hero answers correctly, freedom is guaranteed.
And then the evil character, such as Goblin or Koschey the Immortal, pronounces the words of the riddle.
These are the miracles:
Heaven is crying bitterly ...
And thunder rumbles loudly -
Bam bam bom bom bo bom!
Yes, bad weather and rainfall
They imposed orders on us:
You are at home, my friend, sit
Yes, look through the window.
And then mushrooms into the forest
We’ll run with a basket!
But - oh, woe! A good character cannot guess her. And the audience is happy to help him in this difficult matter, while receiving unspeakable pleasure.