The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : Solving riddles is fun for them

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Solving riddles is fun for them

Nivedita Ganguly

The excited bunch of students comes up with creative answers to tricky questions

They correlate the sounds of the words with corresponding actions
As the game moves forward, giggles and claps fill the classroom

Photo: K.R. Deepak

A different learning: Students of School of Wonder Kids participating in skill enhancing games module of The Hindu NIE in Visakhapatnam on Monday. —

VISAKHAPATNAM: What do vampires wear to keep their heads warm? “Bat Hat”.

If you are taking more than a few seconds to answer this question, then you have to learn from the nuances of answering riddles from the smart kids of class VI of the School of Wonder Kids.

The excited bunch of students came up with all kinds of creative answers for the tricky questions during The Hindu’s Newspaper in Education (NIE) session on Monday.

They soaked in the joy and fun of the intellectually challenging sessions of NIE and grabbed the opportunity to showcase their skills in word power and mind games.

Witty start

After a witty start, there were some of those teasing riddles that left them confused. But, they promptly grabbed the clues offered by the NIE resource person Vineeta Agiwal who helped them crack the tough ones as well.

Wild guesses from the students sent peals of laughter across the class. Even as the children enjoyed the ‘rhyming riddles’ session, there was more fun to follow in the ‘concentration games’ during the last half of the session. The students were made to correlate between the sounds of the words with corresponding actions. “This game is a test of concentration power of a person. It’s a mind game and you have to remain alert all along,” they were told. The start was easy for most, but as the game moved forward, giggles and claps filled the class as they quickly spotted the mistakes of their classmates.

“Riddles are a great way to enhance the process of lateral thinking. It prompts the students to apply themselves and think creatively,” says Vineeta.

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