Spanish: Adivinanzas 1

Hello everybody, Claudia here,

Today I would like to share some Spanish riddles with you. I will be writing a series of posts with riddles to use in your class, you can find today's at the bottom of this post. Riddles are used as a teaching tool because they make students think about the clues and provide some challenge. So, what better way to make learning vocabulary really fun? Besides, who doesn't like riddles? You should try some in your classess and let me know how it goes!

Some activities you can do with riddles include:

- Starting your class with a riddle as a warm up activity.

- Divide the class in groups and give each group a riddle for them to figure out and try to come up with their own riddles.

- Divide the class in two, maybe three, teams and make it a race to see which team guesses the answer first to a list of riddles (you can either read or put on a screen for them).

- Bring lots of riddles and have your class try to categorize the riddles according to themes or types of riddle.

Can you think of any other possible activities where we can incorporate riddles?

Soy blanca como la nieve
y dulce como la miel,
alegro los pasteles
y la leche con café.

R: El azúcar

Vuela sin alas,
silba sin boca,
pega sin manos,
y no se le toca.

R: El viento.

Desde el lunes hasta el viernes,
soy la última en llegar,
el sábado soy la primera
y el domingo a descansar.

R: La letra S