Riddles for kindergarteners
Funny riddles for kindergarteners from the original Riddles website. These are the best entry-level riddles, jokes, and brain teasers everyone will enjoy. Entertain your classmates or share with your family. In addition, this list of fun riddles for kindergarteners is a subset of our Riddles for Kids category, so if you're looking for more riddles for kindergarten, please check it out.
What is a Riddle?
A riddle is a type of puzzle that presents a statement or question, often in the form of a rhyme or metaphor, and challenges the listener or reader to solve or decipher it. Riddles are typically designed to be clever, amusing, and sometimes misleading, and require the use of critical thinking and problem-solving skills to find the answer. Riddles have been a part of many cultures and traditions throughout history and are often used for entertainment, education, and as a test of wit and intelligence.
101 Fun Riddles for kindergarteners
So, put on your thinking caps and see how many riddles you can answer.
Easy Riddles for kindergarteners
1. Riddle: What has a face and hands but no arms or legs?
Answer: A clock.
2. Riddle: What has a tail and a head, but no body?
Answer: A coin.
3. Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove.
4. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
Answer: The future.
5. Riddle: What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats?
Answer: A river.
6. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age.
7. Riddle: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: An artichoke.
8. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge.
9. Riddle: What is light as a feather but even the world's strongest man can't hold it for long?
Answer: Breath.
10. Riddle: What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Answer: Charcoal.
11. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin.
12. Riddle: What is brown, hairy, and wears sunglasses?
Answer: A coconut.
13. Riddle: What has a face that doesn't smile, a mouth that doesn't talk, and a bed but doesn't sleep?
Answer: A house.
14. Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold.
15. Riddle: What can you break without touching it?
Answer: A promise.
Hard Riddles for kindergarteners
1. Riddle: I'm always in front of you but you can never see me. What am I?
Answer: The future.
2. Riddle: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: An artichoke.
3. Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp.
4. Riddle: What has a face and hands but no arms or legs?
Answer: A clock.
5. Riddle: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Answer: A pencil lead.
6. Riddle: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: A fire.
7. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge.
8. Riddle: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence.
9. Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove.
10. Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps.
11. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age.
12. Riddle: What has a tail and a head, but no body?
Answer: A coin.
13. Riddle: What is light as a feather but even the world's strongest man can't hold it for long?
Answer: Breath.
14. Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold.
15. Riddle: What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human - crawling on hands and knees as a baby, walking on two legs as an adult, and using a cane in old age.
Math riddles for kindergarteners
1. Riddle: I am a number that is more than 5 but less than 7. What number am I?
Answer: 6
2. Riddle: I am a shape with 4 sides of equal length and 4 right angles. What shape am I?
Answer: A square
3. Riddle: I am a number that is one more than 3. What number am I?
Answer: 4
4. Riddle: I am a shape with 3 sides. What shape am I?
Answer: A triangle
5. Riddle: I am a number that is 2 less than 6. What number am I?
Answer: 4
6. Riddle: I am a shape with 4 sides, but only 2 sides are parallel. What shape am I?
Answer: A trapezoid
7. Riddle: I am a number that is 2 more than 1. What number am I?
Answer: 3
8. Riddle: I am a shape with 5 sides. What shape am I?
Answer: A pentagon
9. Riddle: I am a number that is 1 less than 3. What number am I?
Answer: 2
10. Riddle: I am a shape with 6 sides. What shape am I?
Answer: A hexagon
11. Riddle: I am a number that is 1 more than 4. What number am I?
Answer: 5
12. Riddle: I am a shape with 4 sides of equal length and 4 right angles, but not a square. What shape am I?
Answer: A rectangle
13. Riddle: I am a number that is 1 less than 5. What number am I?
Answer: 4
14. Riddle: I am a shape with 8 sides. What shape am I?
Answer: An octagon
15. Riddle: I am a number that is 2 more than 3. What number am I?
Answer: 5
Funny riddles for kindergarteners
1. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin.
2. Riddle: What starts with "E", ends with "E" but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope.
3. Riddle: What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck.
4. Riddle: What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom.
5. Riddle: What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle.
6. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
Answer: The future.
7. Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs.
8. Riddle: What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
Answer: Your breath.
9. Riddle: What starts with "P", ends with "E" and has thousands of letters?
Answer: Post Office.
10. Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove.
11. Riddle: What is black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper.
12. Riddle: What has one eye but cannot see?
Answer: A needle.
13. Riddle: What can you break without touching it?
Answer: A promise.
14. Riddle: What has a foot but no legs?
Answer: A snail.
15. Riddle: What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter "W".
What am I riddles for kindergarteners
1. Riddle: I have a heart that doesn't beat, a mouth that doesn't speak, and a head that doesn't think. What am I?
Answer: An artichoke.
2. Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps.
3. Riddle: What has a neck but no head, and wears a cap but has no hair?
Answer: A bottle.
4. Riddle: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
5. Riddle: I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead.
6. Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
Answer: A joke.
7. Riddle: I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
8. Riddle: I am a word that begins with the letter "i". If you add the letter "a" to me, I become a new word with a different meaning. What am I?
Answer: Isle, when "a" is added it becomes "aisle".
9. Riddle: I am always in front of you but can't be seen. What am I?
Answer: The future.
10: Riddle: I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?
Answer: A candle.
11: Riddle: I am not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
12: Riddle: I am light as a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold me for long. What am I?
Answer: Breath.
13: Riddle: I am always in the water, but I never get wet. What am I?
Answer: A reflection.
14. Riddle: I have a heart that doesn't beat, a mouth that doesn't speak, and a head that doesn't think. What am I?
Answer: An artichoke.
15. Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps.
16. Riddle: What begins with an "e" and ends with an "e", but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope.
Animal Riddles for kindergarteners
1. Riddle: What kind of animal can do Kung fu?
Answer: Kung fu pandas.
2. Riddle: I have a long trunk and big floppy ears.
What am I?Answer: An elephant.
3. Riddle: I am a furry animal with a long tail and I love to climb trees.
What am I?Answer: A monkey.
4. Riddle: I am a bird that can't fly and I can run really fast.
What am I?Answer: An ostrich.
5. Riddle: I am a sea creature that has eight arms and two tentacles.
What am I?Answer: An octopus.
6. Riddle: I am a small animal with long ears and a fluffy tail.
What am I?Answer: A bunny.
7. Riddle: I am a reptile that moves very slowly and carries my house on my back.
What am I?Answer: A turtle.
8. Riddle: I am a black and white animal that loves to eat bamboo.
What am I?Answer: A panda.
9. Riddle: I am a bird that can swim and catch fish with my sharp beak.
What am I?Answer: A pelican.
10. Riddle: I am a wild cat with spots and I can run very fast.
What am I?Answer: A cheetah.
11. Riddle: I am a pet that loves to chase mice and drink milk.
What am I?Answer: A cat.
12. Riddle: I am a big, gray animal that loves to take a bath and eat peanuts.
What am I?Answer: An elephant.
13. Riddle: I am a yellow bird that can sing beautiful songs.
What am I?Answer: A canary.
14. Riddle: I am a mammal with stripes and I live in the jungle.
What am I?Answer: A tiger.
15. Riddle: I am a domesticated animal that barks and wags my tail when I'm happy.
What am I?Answer: A dog.
English Riddles for kindergarteners
1. Riddle: One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?
Answer: MISSPELLED.
2. Riddle: What starts with the letter "t", is filled with "t" and ends in "t"?
Answer: A teapot.
3. Riddle: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: An artichoke.
4. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin.
5. Riddle: What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats?
Answer: A river.
6. Riddle: What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human - crawling on hands and knees as a baby, walking on two legs as an adult, and using a cane in old age.
7. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
Answer: The future.
8. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge.
9. Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove.
10. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age.
11. Riddle: What has a tail and a head, but no body?
Answer: A coin.
12. Riddle: What is light as a feather but even the world's strongest man can't hold it for long?
Answer: Breath.
13. Riddle: What has a face that doesn't smile, a mouth that doesn't talk, and a bed but doesn't sleep?
Answer: A house.
14 Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter "M".
15. Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold.
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