Rebus is a logic game in which you have to guess the answer from a picture. The latter depicts objects, animals and plants, letters and numbers. Their relative position matters. Even for fidgets, puzzles can be a fun activity if presented in a playful way. For example, you can offer to teach your child how to solve spy codes.

And from the simplest picture puzzles for preschool age to relatively complex ones. We assure you: if your child gets carried away and learns to use logical thinking, over time you will learn from him how to solve riddles in pictures.

Puzzles have been invented on a huge variety of topics. The main thing is that every word, letter and object that serves as an answer to the picture is already familiar to the baby.

How to solve puzzles for children with letters in pictures?

If you are interested in puzzles, then most likely you know the benefits of these logic puzzles. They develop memory, intelligence, speed of thinking, the ability to navigate a situation and apply the knowledge already acquired.

To teach a 6-7 year old child how to solve problems correctly, first explain to him the rules. There is no need to insist that he remember everything at once. Most likely, you don’t know them all yourself. It’s better to explain one or two things a day and support them with thematic tasks. The latter can be printed (more convenient for outdoor activities) or shown from the monitor. In subsequent classes, it is also better not to offer too much material. It is important to explain to the child that first he needs to correctly identify and name the object shown in the picture. And only then apply the rules in relation to this word.

So, let's read the basic rules! In particular, we will determine what a comma, a strikethrough, an inverted object and other subtleties mean in pictures.

• What does a comma mean at the beginning or end of a rebus?
  A comma at the bottom or at the top before the picture means that one letter at the beginning must be dropped from the name of the depicted object. Accordingly, we see two commas - we discard the first two letters. These icons are very common.
• What does an inverted comma at the beginning or end mean?
  The rules for inverted commas are similar to the rules for regular commas (see previous paragraph).
• What do the crossed out and added letters mean?
  A crossed out letter in the picture means that it needs to be excluded from the name of the drawn object (and another one must be added, if indicated). Added to the left or right of the picture - you need to add it to the word at the beginning and at the end.
• What do the numbers in the puzzles mean?
  Numbers can have two meanings. Do they stand above the word? To guess the answer, you need to rearrange the letters from place to place in the indicated order. The name of a number can be part of a word (often “one hundred”, “five” are used). A crossed out number means that the letter with that serial number must be excluded from the word. It should be remembered that some numbers, as well as objects, can have several names (unit - “count”, “one”, “one”).
• What does the plus sign and the equal sign mean?
  If there is a plus sign between words (symbols), then they need to be added to each other. Sometimes “+” means the preposition “to”; the necessary one is chosen according to the meaning. The equal sign (for example, A=K) indicates that all the letters “A” in the word should be replaced with the letters “K”.
• Vertical or horizontal line in tasks?
  A horizontal line means “under”, “over”, “above” and “on” at the same time, depending on the context. Used with letters or pictures, when one part is drawn below the line, the other above. Sometimes denotes a fraction (half of something, that is, “half-”).
• Arrangement of letters in the picture and prepositions
  It is important to look at the relative position of the letters. If they are placed one inside the other, it means that the preposition “in” is added to their names. One letter is drawn after another - meaning the preposition “behind” or “before”.
• The object in the picture is drawn upside down? To get the answer, you need to read the word backwards. Children 6-7 years old can easily turn short words in their minds. True, the number of such tasks is quite limited.

Most often, puzzles use several rules simultaneously. It is believed that at the age of 6-7 years, children are already familiar with letters and clearly know their names. If a younger student has not yet encountered commas, teaching him a new symbol will not be particularly difficult.

Examples of puzzles in pictures for children 6-7 years old with answers

Children 6-7 years old and younger perceive material much better in connection with some memorable event. Puzzles about animals will be solved with delight if you offer them to your child the next day after visiting the zoo. A first-grader girl who is eager to enroll in a music school will be interested in musical puzzles. And a child, a boy impressed by the planetarium, will like pictures about space.

About animals and birds

When giving children a task about birds or animals, make sure that they have already encountered such animal names and also understand everything that is shown in the picture.

Puzzles about family, about mother

Who is the sweetest for a child, if not mommy! And who does he happily meet every time, except mom and dad? Children will really enjoy recognizing and guessing their grandparents, sisters and other relatives in the encrypted pictures. Print or draw brighter pictures and start having fun while teaching your child at the same time!

About sports, about health

Puzzles about work, health, sports, professions and many others can be used as thematic game aids. Is there a lesson or conversation planned on one of the topics in the graduating group of kindergarten, first grades of school or at home? A riddle in the form of a picture will allow you to learn the material better than an ordinary faceless story. Kids will be interested in the non-standard presentation of the material.

Puzzles based on fairy tales

Fairy tales with familiar characters, modern or classic cartoons are an inexhaustible source of inspiration. If your child is not very interested in logical riddles, you can try to get him interested in guessing his favorite characters. There are many more mysteries on this topic than are given as an example. Knowing your child’s interests and favorite fairy tales, you can create puzzles in the form of applications yourself.

Adults try to develop children through games and entertainment, using a variety of forms. Coloring books, riddles, outdoor games according to given rules, simple puzzles - all this serves to educate children and prepare them for school.

Of course, a preschool child does not yet know or does not know letters well, so crosswords and other complex puzzles are not for him. Therefore, at the age of 6-7 he is introduced to puzzles. Usually these are the simplest puzzles with one hidden word. At this age, it is more important that the child understands the very principle of using pictures and syllables that make up the right word. I understood and remembered what a letter is and what it is needed for.

For elementary school, you can already use more complex puzzles that require the ability to read and write, the development of logical thinking, for example, such as crosswords. Rebuses and puzzles for children aged 9-10 years with answers in pictures are often used in school lessons. At home, together with their parents, children can easily create a puzzle themselves by drawing it or using coloring books.

Gradually they become more complex; the rebus pictures can form entire phrases, or spell out special terms. Puzzles in physics, puzzles in chemistry or mathematics are used in lessons and extracurricular activities to enhance children's cognitive activity and develop their logical and creative abilities.

The first puzzles appeared in the 15th century in France, where they turned into pictures illustrating wordplay. These verbal logic puzzles in the form of pictures came to us, in Russia, only in the second half of the 19th century. Then this intellectual game found loyal fans of all ages. Adults fell in love with solving complex puzzles, and then they attracted children to this, starting from preschool age.

Regardless of what age the puzzle is addressed to - children 6 years old or schoolchildren 16 years old - it must be composed or solved according to the same rules. If, when solving crosswords, we know the question to which we need to find the answer, then a rebus is a word game that uses the similarity of sounds of a variety of objects and concepts, and we need to find the answer by looking at the image.

• The object that we see in the picture of the rebus is always read in the singular, nominative case, but it can have several meanings. For example, if we see an eye in a coloring puzzle, then as a solution it can be denoted by the word “eye”. Or a drawing of an oak tree, when we solve a problem, can be taken specifically as “oak”, or maybe as a more general concept of “tree”.
• When to solve a problem you need to use not the whole word, but only part of it, then the discarded letters, if they are at the beginning or end of the word, are indicated by commas. The location and number of commas indicate how many letters should be dropped and from where. If a letter from the middle of a word is dropped, this is shown by writing and crossing it out.
• If letters, syllables, pictures are in a certain order or inside each other, this means that when solving you need to use prepositions: “in”, “on”, “under”, “for”, etc. Often the position “above” and “below” is indicated by a horizontal line.
• If one letter consists of another (others), then when reading, we add “from” (iz-b-a). When a letter is drawn after another letter, we use the preposition “by” (po-ya-s).
• Replacing one letter with another is indicated either by an equal sign, or by crossing out the letter to be removed, and writing the correct one next to it.
• When they want to show that to solve a problem you need to read the word denoting an object in the picture, on the contrary, then the picture is placed upside down.

Puzzles for children

Primary school students, children aged 9-10 years, begin to be introduced to mathematics puzzles. These include those in the composition of which they use numbers or numerals. Also classified as mathematical are those in which terms from mathematics are guessed. The puzzles also use the mathematical signs = and +.

1. The = sign means that all given letters in the picture word are replaced by another letter or combination of letters.
2. The plus sign warns that the parts of the rebus between which it stands are one word.
3. The numbers in the rebus represent the letters that need to be taken from the picture word and put them in the same order as they are written.
4. Both the answer to the rebus (in-o-seven) and its part can be numerals. (7th).
5. For a child 8-9 years old, a mathematical puzzle will also be one where, to solve it, you need to count the number of identical letters (seven).
6. The rebus can be solved not in one word, but in a sentence, including on the topic of mathematics.

Using the same rules, complex puzzles in physics and puzzles in chemistry are compiled, in which terms from these sciences are encrypted.

Pets

All children, no matter how old they are, love pets. Therefore, they will be happy to solve puzzles and crosswords, the answers to which will be their four-legged pets. The crossword puzzles that need to be completed include puzzle-type tasks. The answers are written under the same numbers as the rebus riddle.

Kinds of sports

Children have been involved in physical education since preschool age, and some even begin to get involved in certain sports. Therefore, it will not be so difficult for them to solve crosswords and other puzzles where they need to demonstrate knowledge of various sports and sports equipment. And if children think that the tasks are too difficult for them, this is a signal to adults that they need to pay extra attention to the topic of sports by watching sports together on TV, or simply downloading coloring books about sports.

Professions

Already at the age of 5, children begin to be introduced to the world of professions. Some professions are already familiar to them, they can imagine what they do and how they differ between a doctor and a hairdresser, a salesman and a driver, a teacher and a military man. They will tell him about other professions during classes at school, and the child will learn about them from films and books. Crosswords, coloring pages, and puzzles from this section will help you test your knowledge about the world of professions and expand it.

Syllables

Puzzles that include only syllables will be difficult for preschoolers. They are designed for children over 8 years of age who are confident readers and writers. When guessing puzzles with syllables, you need to take into account the arrangement of syllables and letters among themselves and use the appropriate prepositions - “in”, “at”, “above”, “on”, “under”, “by”, “for”, etc.

Names

The answers to these tasks will be names. This topic is familiar to everyone, so they are unlikely to be difficult for your children.

Cities

Crosswords and other puzzles in this section are designed to remind children of cities around the world that they have heard about, and perhaps even visited. Cities are hidden here behind pictures and riddles, which depict animals, plants, with numbers and letters. But it won't hurt to find answers. If you want to strengthen your children’s knowledge of geography, then use these puzzles, download coloring pages with views of cities, and remember the game of “cities” with your children.

How to solve and solve puzzles

Mathematical games puzzles in pictures for schoolchildren of grades 5-7

Klochkova Natalya Konstantinovna, mathematics teacher, MBOU "Bukharay Secondary School" Bukharay village, Zainsky district
Description: This work can be used in mathematics lessons in grades 5–7. Solving puzzles can be offered to students when performing mental calculations, and can be offered as didactic material for homework. This work can serve as a guide for extracurricular activities and electives. Solving puzzles develops a child’s intelligence and teaches him to find a way out of difficult situations, which, of course, will be useful in life. By solving puzzles, children replenish their vocabulary, develop attention and imaginative thinking, train visual memory, learn to write correctly and remember new words.
Target: development of intellectual abilities, formation of logical thinking.
Tasks:
Educational: teach students to solve puzzles with a mathematical theme.
Developmental: expand students' horizons in the field of mathematics.
Educational: to cultivate a conscious attitude towards mathematics as an important subject.
Introduction:
A rebus is a puzzle in which a word is encrypted. This word is given in the form of pictures using letters and numbers, as well as certain shapes or objects. Rebus is one of the most interesting puzzles.
The word COMPUTER is encrypted in this picture.

There are certain rules for solving puzzles.
1. A comma at the very beginning of a word indicates that you need to remove the first letter in this word, and a comma at the end means that you need to remove the last letter in the word. Two commas - remove two letters. In the word mosquito we remove the last two letters AP, in the word iron we remove the first letter U and the last letter G.
2. Crossed out numbers indicate that the letters standing in this place are removed. In the word five we remove the second and third letters, that is, YAT. If letters are crossed out, they are also removed from the word.
3. Numbers that are not crossed out indicate that the letters in places 2 and 3 must be swapped. In the word iron, the letters T and Y are swapped YUT. Now we read the word in full.
This picture encrypts the word PERPENDICULAR.

4. If the picture is upside down, then the word guessed using the picture is read from right to left. The word read is not turnip, but aper. The first letter A is removed. In the word stump, the last letter b is removed. The word whale is read backwards. In the word chair, the first two letters ST are removed. The names of all objects depicted in the rebus are read only in the nominative case.
5.An “arrow” or an “equals” sign indicates that one letter must be replaced by another. In our case, in the word tick, the letter T must be replaced with the letter D. Now the word can be read in full.
The word EAST is encrypted in this picture.

6.Letters, words or pictures can be depicted inside other letters, above other letters, under and behind them. Then prepositions are added: IN, ON, ABOVE, UNDER, FOR. Our letter O contains the number STO, so it turns out B-O-STO-K.
The word MAP is encrypted in this picture.

7.The numbers under the picture indicate that from this word you need to take the letters located in places numbered 7,2,4,3,8 and compose them in the order in which the numbers are located. In the word cheesecake you need to take the letters 7-K, 2-A, 4-P, 3-T, 8-A. You can read the word.
Let's try to solve a few puzzles in the field of mathematics.
PROOF

FIVE

TASK

CONE

VERTEX

DIAMETER

DENOMINATOR

LOBACHEVSKY

MINUS

AXIOM

VECTOR

SUBTRACTION

TWO

DIAGONAL

TRIANGLE

RHOMBUS

DEGREE

ADDITION

NUMBER

DOT

STEREOMETRY

All tasks are decorated with bright pictures and interestingly illustrated, so the puzzles will captivate the children. Or you can try and make it yourself. This will be even more interesting.

Extracurricular activity for elementary school students “In search of escaped puzzles”

Target: development of attention, innovative thinking, creative imagination.

Equipment: the teacher has a table for puzzle No. 1; Students have colored pencils, a squared notebook, and matches.

Teacher. Guys, a librarian I know came to me asking for help. The fact is that trouble happened: a book with puzzles escaped from the children's library. It was in a single copy and was in demand. But last summer, none of the readers took an interest in her even once. This is understandable: the summer was hot, and young readers tried to spend all their free time somewhere closer to nature, to water. But the school year has begun, and they are asking for this book again. However, the puzzles were offended, felt unwanted in the summer and ran away, leaving a note. Here she is.

The teacher shows the card.

The recording is encrypted, that is, it is a puzzle. Let's try to decipher it. Guess which “key” you need to use.

Independent work.

Children write down the deciphered text in notebooks. Examination.

Answer.“Nobody needs us! Let's go to the Island of Eternal Summer. Farewell". We read from bottom to top from right to left.

I suggest going to the Island of Eternal Summer and finding the escaped puzzles there. Maybe they will agree to return.

To find yourself in a land where the waves of the warm sea splash, where palm trees grow, magnolias bloom and where there is lots and lots of sun, it is enough to use our imagination, which never fails us. We close our eyes... Kreks-pex-fex!.. We open our eyes. We are on the Island of Eternal Summer! The island is surrounded on all sides by the sea. Let's walk along the coast. On the right the sea is blue, clean and gentle; on the left - wherever you look - palm trees, vines, coconuts, bananas... And under your feet there is light warm sand. Wow, it's hot! Need a swim. What is that splashing on the waves there? Let's swim closer. What a success! A tiny raft, on it is an open book, and next to it, with their bellies up, lie little men with large heads, thin arms and legs, sunbathing. On the raft stands a flag with the inscription:

OOOOLLMKGVI

What is this word? Maybe someone has already guessed?

Answer. PUZZLES. We rearrange the “scattered” letters.

Oh, that's it! The puzzles specially encrypted themselves so that those around them would puzzle over who was in front of them. Guys, draw at least one puzzle as you imagine it.

Children draw. Exchange of impressions.

Hello puzzles! We specially arrived on the Island of Eternal Summer to persuade you to return to the library, because the children miss you so much!

Puzzle. Is it really special for us? We miss the boys too. We were offended that they forgot about us for the whole summer. And so we decided to escape to this island. Let the readers feel that they feel bad without us.

Teacher. Readers have already felt that life without puzzles is boring. And we are happy to solve them right now. Come on, turn us to a more difficult page!

PUZZLE 1

We'll look at the table

And we will see faces on it,

Unfamiliar faces -

Sad, happy...

Now take a closer look

Look at them, my friend.

What pattern

Are they subordinate?

Answer. Each horizontal row has one round, oval and square shaped face, the faces have different shaped headdresses, different shaped noses, mouths and eyes.

The teacher covers one of the faces and asks the children to draw the hidden face in their notebook, after checking for a pattern in their answer.

PUZZLE 2

There is an “extra” concept

Literally in every line.

You, having thought well,

Mark it with a dot.

1. Birch, wood, maple, poplar, rowan.

2. Addition, multiplication, addend, division, subtraction.

3. Bitter, hot, sour, sweet, salty.

4. Precipitation, rain, snow, frost, hail.

5. Comma, period, colon, union, dash.

PUZZLE 3

Needs to be made out of matches

Various items.

Keep a strict count of matches

It follows this.

Lay out: a) a vase of 8 matches; b) an envelope of 8 matches; c) a Christmas tree made of 9 matches; d) a tower of 9 matches.

PUZZLE 4

Twin proverbs

In the list you will find,

From English to Russian

Draw an arrow.

English:

THE SMARTEST THING IS SILENCE.

CLOTHES DO NOT MAKE THE MAN.

AND A GOOD SHOOTER CAN

MISS.

FEAR HAS LONG LEGS.

YOU CAN'T CAPTURE THE WIND WITH A NET.

Russians:

DO NOT APPLY WATER WITH THE SIEVE.

AND THERE IS A MISSION.

THE WORD IS SILVER, SILENCE IS GOLD.

A COWARD MISTAKES A COCKROACH FOR A GIANT.

THEY MEET BY CLOTHES, THEY SEE AWAY BY MIND.

Answer. Silence is the smartest thing. The word is silver, silence is gold.

Clothes don't make a man. They meet you by their clothes, they see them off by their intelligence.

And a good shooter can miss. And Masha sometimes makes a mistake.

Fear has long legs. Fear has big eyes. You can't catch the wind with a net. You don't apply water with a sieve.

The meaning of proverbs is explained.

PUZZLE 5

So that the words are known

Be able to decipher

Multiplication table

Great to know.

Clue. To insert a letter instead of a number, for example, 4, you need to look at the code and think about how to get 4 by multiplying one of the numbers in the vertical line by one of the numbers in the horizontal line. Only if you multiply 2 by 2. Their intersection is the letter C. And so Further.

Answer. SEVEN SPANDS IN THE FOREHEAD. This is what they say about a very smart, outstanding, talented person.

Puzzles. And you guys are great. You crack the puzzles like nuts! We agree to return to the library, but on the condition: you will not forget about us, including in the summer.

Teacher. Guys, do you agree with the condition? Then we all leave the Island of Eternal Summer together.

Hello dear friends and blog guests! Today I want to bring to your attention puzzles for children 7-8 years old, tell you what types there are, and how to teach a child to solve them.

This activity is very useful for children of any age: it develops thinking, memory, logic and perseverance.

A rebus is a graphic riddle in which a word or phrase is encrypted. They use pictures, letters, numbers and some signs.

There are a huge number of different puzzles for children of different ages.

Of course, the division into age groups is arbitrary; there are no specific criteria, since each child is individual.
Some children at 5-6 years old can solve complex puzzles, while others at 8 years old find it difficult. It all depends on the child’s level of development and his individual abilities.

Puzzles for children 7-8 years old

Children of different ages, but especially 7-8 years old, show great interest in puzzles.
In order for the child to be able to solve encrypted words himself, you need to explain to him the basic rules of what the various signs mean.

Main types of puzzles

Let's take a closer look at what types of puzzles there are, and what the various combinations and signs in them mean.

1. Adding one or more letters to the picture.

> Letters are added in front of or after the design. This is the simplest type.

2. There is a crossed out letter next to the picture.

> This means that it needs to be removed from the word

3. Replacing letters

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> When there is another letter next to a crossed out letter, it must be inserted in place of the crossed out one.

> Sometimes there is a letter with an equal sign next to the picture, which means that it also needs to be replaced in the word.

4.Commas at the beginning of the picture or at the end.

> A comma indicates that a letter, the first or the last, is removed from the word, depending on where it appears: at the beginning or the end. How many commas are present, so many letters are removed.

5.The picture or word is turned upside down.

6. A horizontal line between letters or pictures.

> It denotes the prepositions “on, above, under”.

7.Different arrangement of letters relative to each other.

> When one is located in the other, it implies the preposition "in". If one letter is behind another, it means “behind” or “before”.

8. Several identical letters or syllables.

> This means that the number of letters must be pronounced in numbers.

9. Using various numbers together with letters or pictures.

A number is added to a word, picture or letters from different sides.

10. On the surface of one or more letters, some other letter is written several times.

> In this case, the preposition “by” is added. (Cook)

11. Below the picture there are numbers in small print.

> You need to rearrange the letters in the word in the same order.

Most often, several types are used simultaneously in one rebus.

Puzzles of varying complexity and for different ages can be found in children's magazines, special collections and on the Internet: online or printed.

Parents themselves can create puzzles for their children.

Now you know which puzzles for children 7-8 years old and other ages can be used for activities with children.

Most children love to solve puzzles and puzzles, so support their desire in this exciting and useful activity.

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