uKloo Riddle Edition Treasure Hunt Game

Product Description

Cognitive 4

Skills

• Riddles teach kids problem-solving and critical thinking skills as they decipher the clues to get the answer. 
• Reading comprehension is honed as riddles increase the ability to understand context.
• Riddles expand vocabulary. Riddles give words context which makes it easier for kids to learn, remember and use these words in the future.

Play Ideas

• Have kids write out tips and tricks or a guide for writing riddles.
• Mix in a game of Pictionary with uKloo Riddle Edition. If the person cannot guess the clue, draw a picture of the answer to try and solve. 

Adaptation Ideas

• Caregiver can create a bank of answers related to a clue card or a multiple choice list to help the child solve the clue without using the secret answer booklet. 

Communicative 4

Skills

• Riddles can teach kids about point of view. They can be written in 1st person (“I” and “me”) or 3rd person (“it”).
• Imagination and creativity are engaged as kids solve riddles.
• Riddles can encourage kids to recite or create poetry and even write rhymes! 

Play Ideas

• Have kids recite riddles like a comedian on stage. Get a microphone to add to the imagination and creativity!
• Caregiver can put different object names in a bag for the child to create a riddle on the spot while getting others to guess.
• The Riddle Edition clue cards can be used as a communication tool. When kids want to communicate about wants or needs, they can hand a caregiver the riddle for milk, television or shower to share. 

Interpersonal 4

Skills

• The riddles on the clue cards introduce kids to intellectual humor. Riddles keep the brain working while kids are laughing.
• Solving riddles allows kids to know and understand something that most other people do not, giving them an opportunity to repeat them and teach them to others--peers, parents, and teachers.
• Telling and teaching riddles can help kids form relationships with others and break through any social issues, making it easier to form social relationships in the future.

Play Ideas

• Kids can pretend to be a detective or a spy as they explore the riddles, following clues and reflect the answers.
• Kids can write their own riddles to describe themselves forming the answer.