Easy riddles for young kids about animals and everyday things, each with two hints and an answer to reveal.
I wag my tail, bark, and often like a game of fetch. What am I?
I am a pet that lives with many families.
I say "Woof!"
A dog.
Dogs wag their tails when they are happy, bark to talk, and love to chase a ball and bring it back. That game is called fetch.
I wag my tail, bark, and often like a game of fetch. What am I?
I am a pet that lives with many families.
I say "Woof!"
A dog.
Dogs wag their tails when they are happy, bark to talk, and love to chase a ball and bring it back. That game is called fetch.
I purr, have whiskers, and say meow. What am I?
I am a soft pet with pointy ears.
I like to chase a ball of yarn.
A cat.
Cats purr when they feel calm and happy, use their long whiskers to feel their way, and say "meow."
I am a huge land animal with a long trunk instead of a little nose. What am I?
I am gray and I have big floppy ears.
I am the biggest animal that lives on land.
An elephant.
An elephant's trunk is its nose and top lip together. It uses the trunk to breathe, smell, drink and pick things up.
My long neck helps me reach leaves high in trees. I have a spotted coat. What am I?
I live on the grasslands of Africa.
I am the tallest animal in the world.
A giraffe.
A giraffe's long neck lets it eat leaves from the tops of trees that other animals cannot reach. Its coat is covered in brown patches.
I have fins and gills and spend my life swimming. What am I?
I live in water.
You might see me in a fish tank or a pond.
A fish.
Fish use their fins to swim and steer, and their gills to take in oxygen from the water.
I began as a caterpillar. Now I flutter on colorful wings. What am I?
You can find me visiting flowers in a garden.
I sip sweet nectar from flowers, and my wings can be bright orange, blue or yellow.
A butterfly.
A butterfly starts life as a tiny egg that hatches into a caterpillar. The caterpillar eats and grows, then rests inside a hard case called a chrysalis. When it comes out, it is a butterfly with four wings. Moths begin as caterpillars too, but butterflies are the ones famous for bright, colorful wings.
I have four legs, a shell attached to my body, and I can swim. What am I?
I move slowly when I walk on land.
Many of us can pull our heads into our shells to stay safe.
A turtle.
A turtle's shell is part of its body: it grows from the turtle's ribs and backbone, so a turtle can never crawl out of it. Turtles swim in ponds, rivers and the sea. A tortoise is a kind of turtle that lives on land and is not a swimmer.
I have a broad bill and webbed feet, and I say quack. What am I?
I am a bird that loves ponds and lakes.
I float on the water, and my babies follow me in a line.
A duck.
Ducks use their broad, flat bills to scoop up food, and their webbed feet push the water like paddles. Many ducks say "quack." Baby ducks are called ducklings.
I hop on strong back legs, have long ears, and twitch my nose. What am I?
I am soft and furry, and some families keep me as a pet.
I have a short, fluffy tail, and I nibble grass and clover.
A rabbit.
Rabbits have strong back legs for hopping fast. Their long ears hear danger from far away, and they twitch their noses to sniff the air. A hare looks a lot like a rabbit, with even longer ears and legs.
I am a bird with big eyes. Many of us hunt at night, and some of us hoot. What am I?
Many of us sleep in the daytime, often up in a tree.
I can turn my head much farther than you can, to look behind me.
An owl.
Owls have big eyes that help them see when it is dark, so many owls hunt at night. Some owls hoot, and others screech or whistle. Olly, PlayOwl's helper, is an owl too!
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I have a face and hands, but no arms or legs. I tell you the time. What am I?
I often hang on a wall or sit beside a bed.
My hands move around in a circle, pointing at numbers.
A clock.
A clock's "face" is its front, where the numbers are. Its "hands" are the pointers that move to show the hour and the minutes. A watch has a face and hands too, so a watch is a good answer.
I have teeth but cannot bite. You pull me through your hair. What am I?
You might use me when you get ready in the morning.
I am thin and flat, with a long row of little points.
A comb.
The "teeth" of a comb are the thin points in a row. They cannot bite, but they slide through hair to untangle it and make it neat.
I have a neck and hold a drink, but I have no head. What am I?
I can be made of glass or plastic.
You twist a cap off my top before you pour.
A bottle.
The narrow part near the top of a bottle is called its neck, just like the part of your body under your head. A bottle has a neck but no head at all: just a cap or a cork on top.
People use me to go up and down, but I stay in the same place. I have steps. What am I?
Many houses and schools have me between their floors.
You climb me one foot at a time, and there may be a railing to hold.
A staircase.
A staircase helps people go up and down between floors, but the staircase itself never moves: you do the moving, one step at a time. An elevator is different, because it moves up and down with you inside.
I have a heads side and a tails side, but no body. You can spend me. What am I?
You might keep me in a piggy bank.
I am small, round and made of metal.
A coin.
The "heads" side of a coin usually shows a person's head, and the other side is called "tails." A coin has no body, but you can spend it as money. People flip a coin and call "heads or tails" to make a fair choice.
I have an eye that cannot see. Thread goes through it when someone sews. What am I?
I am long, thin and shiny.
My other end is very sharp, so handle me with care.
A sewing needle.
The small hole at the top of a needle is called its eye. The thread goes through the eye, and the sharp point pulls the thread through the cloth, stitch by stitch.
I show towns, roads, and rivers, but no real people or flowing water are inside me. What am I?
People look at me when they want to find their way.
I am a flat picture of a place, as if you saw it from high above.
A map.
A map shows where towns, roads and rivers are, using lines, colors and little symbols. The rivers on a map are only drawings, so no water flows, and the towns have no real people in them.
I have keys that cannot open a door. Press them to make music. What am I?
My keys are black and white.
Someone sits on a bench and plays me with both hands.
A piano.
A piano has 88 black and white keys. When you press a key, a little felt hammer inside hits a string, and the string makes a musical note. These keys play music; they do not unlock anything.
My keys have letters, and pressing them can put words on a screen. What am I?
I am often connected to a computer or built into a laptop.
My keys sit in rows, and one long key at the bottom makes spaces.
A keyboard.
A computer keyboard has a key for every letter. When you press a key, the computer shows that letter on the screen. The long key at the bottom is the space bar, which puts a space between words.
I get wetter while I dry your hands. What am I?
You can find me hanging in a bathroom or a kitchen.
I am soft and fluffy, and I soak up water.
A towel.
When you dry your hands, the water moves from your skin into the towel. So your hands get drier while the towel gets wetter.
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