Good afternoon, our curious readers! Puzzles for 1st grade in pictures are very useful to solve not only for children, but also for adults. They help pass the time with an exciting activity, and also develop imagination, ingenuity and logic.
Do you want your student to give his brain a good workout? Practice yourself first. We have selected for you 15 types of entertaining puzzles that will use the student's knowledge in writing, mathematics and other subjects. All puzzles come with answers.
Why are puzzles needed?
Teachers sometimes offer to solve puzzles in class and sometimes assign them to the children at home. In modern textbooks for the first grade, for example, in Goretsky's alphabet, you will find many similar tasks. These unusual puzzles allow you to:
- increase the student’s interest in perceiving new information;
- develop flexibility of thinking;
- look for non-standard solutions;
- open the mind;
- relieve unnecessary stress during the study process;
- add variety to your classes.
You can print interesting encryptions for every taste from the Internet. You can also sit your child down at the computer so he can solve puzzles online.
Basic rules for composing puzzles
Has it ever happened to you that your son or daughter asks you to help solve a puzzle, you eagerly take on it - and cannot solve it? We know why this happens. You should learn the basic rules for composing such tasks.
Upside down picture
If the picture shows an upside-down object, then its name should be inserted backwards into the answer.
For example, the solution to this puzzle looks like this: “KA” + inverted “CAT” = “KA” + “TOK”.
Answer: "Rink".
Using commas
This is one of the most common techniques. The comma in the figure means that a letter needs to be removed from the word. The number of commas always equals the number of characters to be removed.
In this case, commas to the left of the image mean that you need to remove the first letters, and commas to the right of the picture call for discarding the last ones.
Answer: "Boar".
The letter next to the picture
The letter next to the picture will definitely become part of the answer. If it stands before the image, then its place is at the beginning of the word, if after it, then at the end. Such tasks are simple, so it is best to start introducing a first-grader to puzzles with them.
Answer: "Screen".
Strikethrough letter or equal sign
Often a crossed out letter is written next to the picture, and another is indicated next to it. This means that the crossed out letter in the word denoting the depicted object must be replaced with another. Follow the same principle if you see a mathematical equal sign between letters.
Answer: "Cow."
Numbers below the picture
If you see numbers under or above the image, then write the name of the picture and rearrange the letters in the specified order.
Answer: "Strongman."
There are also more complex versions of such puzzles. If there are fewer numbers written under the image than there are letters in the given word, then from the name we take only those characters whose numbers are indicated in the picture.
Horizontal line
The horizontal line that divides the riddle into upper and lower parts indicates that in the middle of the word there will be a preposition “above”, “under” or “on”.
Answer: "Ditch".
Letters inside the image
A letter or object located inside a symbol or geometric figure means that the preposition “in” will appear in the answer.
Answers: “Crow”, “Harm”.
Drawing after drawing
If the images seem to be hiding one behind the other, then it’s time to use the word “for.”
Answer: Kazan.
A letter consisting of small letters
When small characters are made up of one big one, feel free to use the preposition “from”.
Answer: "Below."
Notes
The image of the notes in the puzzle serves as a reason for using their names in the solution. Children who don't know the notes are usually given a hint.
Answer: “Share”, “Beans”.
Symbols holding hands
If the letters are holding hands, then to guess the answer we use the preposition “and” or “s”.
Answer: "Wasp".
Running symbols
When cheerful letters run away from each other or joyfully run towards each other, we use the preposition “to” or “from”.
The answer is “churn.”
Numbers next to letters
If the picture shows letters and numbers next to them, then in the answer we use the name of the number in combination with the indicated symbols.
Answer: "Parking".
Some numbers may be encrypted under different names. For example, the number “1” can sound like “one”, “one” or even “count”.
Answer: “Fork.”
Mathematical operations
In rebuses you can encrypt not only words, but also numbers. For example, to guess these by sight simple examples, you have to think carefully and use your knowledge of mathematics:
A triangle denotes a number with one digit. Moreover, if you add it 4 times, you get a single-digit number, indicated by a square, and if you add it 5 times, you get a two-digit number, indicated in the figure by a circle and a diamond.
Examination:
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8,
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10.
Combined encryption
Offer to your student various options puzzles more often, and soon he will be able to easily solve them on his own. Now you can move on to more sophisticated task options. For example, how do you like this option?
Answer: "Oar".
Let's learn with interest
Well, are you convinced that solving puzzles is a whole science with your own concepts and rules? We hope we were able to help you understand it. How to instill in a child an interest in such a creative way of learning? "Eureka" will give some simple tips:
- Start with the simplest tasks and gradually move on to more complex ones.
- Act unobtrusively.
- Come up with puzzles yourself and involve your child in this activity.
- Use puzzle solving as a competition with prizes for the winners - e.g. children's day birth.
- Help your child if he cannot complete the task for a long time.
- Praise him for correct decoding and be gentle if he fails.
We are happy to dispel the myth that studying is difficult and boring. We hope we succeeded! Convey a positive attitude to your young student and share your impressions in the comments to this article. See you soon!
Date of: 12/19/2015 how to solve puzzles
These are the basic rules that will help you learn to solve puzzles. They are shown in the following short cartoon, and are also discussed in more detail below in the text.
Examples of puzzles enlarge when clicked.
1. Picture, geometric figure, a number or a musical note means that to solve the puzzle you need to read the name of what is depicted. For example, the number “100” together with the letter “L” turns into “TABLE”, the note “SI” with the addition of the syllable “LA” gives us the word “POWER”, and the figure “ROHMBUS” with the last letter taken away and the letter “G” standing in front " becomes the word "thunder":
How to solve puzzles. The rebus reads as: HUNDRED + L. It can be solved as TABLE. Rebus-1
How to solve puzzles. The rebus is read as SI (note) + LA. You can solve it like POWER. Rebus-2
How to solve puzzles. The rebus is read as G + ROM (a rhombus shape without the last letter). You can solve it like THUNDER. Rebus-3
2. A comma means that you need to remove the last letter (at the beginning or at the end) from the picture next to which there is a comma. Two commas mean removing two letters. The direction of the tail of the comma points towards the picture from which the letter must be subtracted. Puzzles containing an element with a large number of commas are undesirable, since they smear the meaning of the element used. Below is an example where the word “FENCE” with the first two letters taken away is solved as “BOR” - coniferous forest:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-2. Rebus-4
3. A crossed out letter or number above the picture means that to solve this word, this letter or the letter with the indicated number is removed from this word, and in some cases replaced with another letter. For example, the word “WHALE” turns into the word “CAT”, “TABLE” turns into “CHAIR”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-3. Rebus-5
How to solve puzzles. Rule-3. Rebus-6
4. Letters, numbers or pictures can be in each other, one on top of the other, hide behind the other, consist of one another, then “B”, “ON”, “FOR”, “FROM” are added to the puzzle solution. For example, the letter “O”, which contains the letters “YES”, turns into the word “WATER”, the letters “KA” standing on the letter “U” turn into the word “science”, the letter “C” standing behind the letter “ I" can be solved as the word "HARE", and the large letter "A", consisting of small letters "B" must be solved as the word "HUT":
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-7
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-8
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-9
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-10
It is necessary to say separately about puzzles in which the fragments “ON” and “ABOVE” appear in solving them, as well as about puzzles in which there is variability “ABOVE” - “UNDER” and “FRONT” - “FOR”. In the example you can see that the letters “ZhDA” standing on the letters “DE” are solved as “HOPE”. The same solution is obtained when "WAIT" hangs above the letter "E". The mirror version in the case of letters “hanging” one above the other may imply the position “UNDER”, as in the “BASEMENT” rebus. Similarly, a mirror solution is available in the case of placing some letters after others, then the rebus can be solved by varying the substitutions “FOR” and “BEFORE”, as in the “ALTERATION” rebus.
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-18
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-19
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-20
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-21
5. Several identical letters in a row when solving means adding a numeral forward - according to the number of these letters. For example, the seven letters “I” mean “FAMILY”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-5. Rebus-11
6. An inverted picture or part of a word means that the puzzle must be solved by reading the word backwards. For example, an upside-down picture of a cat turns into the word “TOK”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-6. Rebus-12
7. Inserting a “tick” means that you need to insert an additional letter into the word that the “tick” is directed to. For example, if there is this sign above the number “2”, and with the numbers “1” and “2” on the sides, then you need to insert the indicated letter into the word “TWO” - in our case “I” - between the first and second letters. And since after the two there is also the letter “N”, the whole puzzle can be solved as “SOFA”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-7. Rebus-13
The above rules are the basic ones, in addition to them there are also some “fuzzy” ones. additional rules: multiple selection of letters from the element name (when multiple numbers are indicated above the element); pointing with an arrow to a fragment of an element; unclear mutual arrangement of elements (playing on the prepositions “U”, “C”, “OT”, “PO”).
But these additional rules blur the meaning of the rebus puzzle, turning it into a multiple choice problem. If these rules are sometimes used in puzzles for older children, their use in puzzles for children is undesirable, because children first of all need to master the solution algorithms themselves, and this should be done based on clear rules.
Below are examples of “fuzzy” puzzles:
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-14
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-15
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-16
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-17
Also, sometimes puzzles use the technique of nesting, indicated by parentheses. In this case, the rebus consists of other rebuses nested within it. This technique is sometimes used in puzzles for older children. For children, such puzzles are undesirable, since children should first be given basic solving algorithms. An example of such a puzzle is in the figure below:
How to solve puzzles. Reception of nesting. Rebus-22
Puzzles (including and along with other tasks), when used correctly, are effective means for teaching children. By offering your child puzzles of the appropriate class, you can purposefully develop the “hardware” of the brain, consistently teaching him problem-solving algorithms and speculative design skills.
Text and illustrations: A. Fokin.
As already mentioned, the prototypes of the rebus can be considered Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese writing, Mexican pictography, etc. But for all their external similarity with ancient picture writing, rebuses differ in that each object depicted in them is usually very far from what was meant cryptographer If ancient man wanted to say that the soldiers, say, were walking along the road, then he would have drawn the road. In the rebus, instead of it, perhaps, the note C and horns will be depicted, that is, objects that have nothing to do with this concept. That is why it is not always easy to read a rebus without knowledge of encryption techniques.
Let's look at some of them:
1. The rebus is read from left to right, top to bottom.
2. Punctuation marks and spaces are not taken into account in the rebus.
3. The names of the depicted objects are read in the nominative case in the singular.
If several identical objects are depicted, then they are read in the plural.
4. Drawings can be interpreted in different ways. This is the main difficulty in solving puzzles. You need to choose a word that has the right meaning. For example, the sign “1” can correspond to: One, unit, count, etc.
5. If there are commas to the left of the picture, then you need to discard the first letters of the word (as many letters as there are commas). If commas are to the right of the picture, the last letters should be discarded.
6. If there are numbers above the picture, then the letters must be read in the order indicated by the numbers. Not all letters of the word may be indicated, in which case it is necessary to read only those indicated.
7. If a crossed out letter is shown above the picture, it means that this letter must be removed from the resulting word. Also, if there is a crossed out number next to the picture, then it is necessary to exclude the letter with such a serial number from the name of the item.
8. If another letter is written next to a crossed out letter, then it should be read instead of the crossed out one. Sometimes in this case an equal sign or an arrow is placed between the letters.
9. If a number, an equal sign and a letter are shown next to the picture, this means that the letter with the specified serial number must be replaced with the one indicated in the equality.
10. If a letter is inserted above the picture between the numbers, this means that this letter must be inserted into the resulting word between the letters standing in the places indicated by the numbers.
11. If the picture is turned upside down, then the word corresponding to the picture must be read from right to left.
12. If objects, numbers or letters are depicted one within the other, then their names are read with the addition of the preposition “in” (before or between the names).
13. If one letter represents another, then when reading, the preposition “by” is used (before or between names).
14. If the image of one letter is made up of another letter repeated many times, then when reading, the preposition “from” is used (before or between names).
15. If objects, numbers or letters are depicted in movement or the direction of movement is shown, as well as the actions they perform, then when solving a rebus it is necessary to take this into account.
16. If objects, numbers or letters are depicted one on top of the other, then their names are read with the addition of the preposition “on”, “above” or “under” (before or between the names).
17. If one object, number or letter is depicted behind another, then their names are read with the addition of the preposition “before” or “for” (before or between the names).
If your child is interested, be sure to select a few easy examples for him and, based on them, tell him all the rules for solving puzzles. Rebuses are a game in which words are encrypted using pictures, letters, numbers and signs.
We will highlight six basic rules that will help, how to solve puzzles with letters:
1. Objects or living beings that are depicted in the pictures are read in the nominative case, singular, but more complex puzzles have exceptions, both adjectives and verbs can be hidden there, and a whole phrase can be hidden behind the puzzle. If the picture shows several objects, then the desired one is indicated with an arrow.
2. When the picture is drawn upside down, the word must be read backwards. For example, a cat is depicted upside down, which means the word reads “TOK”.
3. The role of the comma in puzzles is as follows: the sign at the beginning or end of the picture indicates how many letters need to be “thrown out” from the word, respectively, from the beginning or from the end. For example, if a goat is drawn, and there are two commas at the end, then you only need to read “KO”. You can also see that in some puzzles there are inverted commas at the beginning; they also indicate the number of letters that need to be removed.
4. There may be numbers under or above the picture, with each number corresponding to the serial number of a letter in the word. So, number one indicates the first letter of the word, number two indicates the second letter, and so on. A certain order of numbers indicates that these letters must be read in the specified order. If there is a number and it is crossed out, this means that the letter must be removed from the word. For example, in the image “horse”, the numbers “2, 1” appear under it: as a result, you get “OK”. Numbers can also be used to indicate the serial number of a letter in a word that needs to be replaced by another. In this case, there should be an arrow or an equal sign between the number and the letter. For example, a “table” is drawn, “3=U” is indicated below, which means the word “CHAIR” is obtained.
5. There may be an equal sign between the letters; this indicates the replacement of a certain letter of the word with another. In some cases, the equal sign is replaced by an arrow. Also, the action of replacement is indicated as follows: the letter is crossed out, and the replacement letter is written above it. For example, a mole is depicted, the crossed out letters RO are next to it, and the letter I is on top, which means it should be “KIT”.
6. Letters can be depicted inside other letters or above other letters, below them and behind them, this is a designation of a spatial preposition, which is necessary to decipher a word. You need to understand the spatial relationship between the letters shown. For example, LCs will be drawn inside the O, which means you need to read “V-O-LC”. The letters AR are shown on top, and OK on the bottom, which means the word “UNDER-AR-OK.”
And don't forget how to solve puzzles with letters, because all the rules can be combined in one puzzle.
Date of: 12/19/2015 how to solve puzzles
These are the basic rules that will help you learn to solve puzzles. They are shown in the following short cartoon, and are also discussed in more detail below in the text.
Examples of puzzles enlarge when clicked.
1. A picture, geometric figure, number or musical note means that to solve the puzzle you need to read the name of what is depicted. For example, the number “100” together with the letter “L” turns into “TABLE”, the note “SI” with the addition of the syllable “LA” gives us the word “POWER”, and the figure “ROHMBUS” with the last letter taken away and the letter “G” standing in front " becomes the word "thunder":
How to solve puzzles. The rebus reads as: HUNDRED + L. It can be solved as TABLE. Rebus-1
How to solve puzzles. The rebus is read as SI (note) + LA. You can solve it like POWER. Rebus-2
How to solve puzzles. The rebus is read as G + ROM (a rhombus shape without the last letter). You can solve it like THUNDER. Rebus-3
2. A comma means that you need to remove the last letter (at the beginning or at the end) from the picture next to which there is a comma. Two commas mean removing two letters. The direction of the tail of the comma points towards the picture from which the letter must be subtracted. Puzzles containing an element with a large number of commas are undesirable, since they smear the meaning of the element used. Below is an example where the word “FENCE” with the first two letters taken away is solved as “BOR” - coniferous forest:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-2. Rebus-4
3. A crossed out letter or number above the picture means that to solve this word, this letter or the letter with the indicated number is removed from this word, and in some cases replaced with another letter. For example, the word “WHALE” turns into the word “CAT”, “TABLE” turns into “CHAIR”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-3. Rebus-5
How to solve puzzles. Rule-3. Rebus-6
4. Letters, numbers or pictures can be in each other, one on top of the other, hide behind the other, consist of one another, then “B”, “ON”, “FOR”, “FROM” are added to the puzzle solution. For example, the letter “O”, which contains the letters “YES”, turns into the word “WATER”, the letters “KA” standing on the letter “U” turn into the word “science”, the letter “C” standing behind the letter “ I" can be solved as the word "HARE", and the large letter "A", consisting of small letters "B" must be solved as the word "HUT":
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-7
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-8
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-9
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-10
It is necessary to say separately about puzzles in which the fragments “ON” and “ABOVE” appear in solving them, as well as about puzzles in which there is variability “ABOVE” - “UNDER” and “FRONT” - “FOR”. In the example you can see that the letters “ZhDA” standing on the letters “DE” are solved as “HOPE”. The same solution is obtained when "WAIT" hangs above the letter "E". The mirror version in the case of letters “hanging” one above the other may imply the position “UNDER”, as in the “BASEMENT” rebus. Similarly, a mirror solution is available in the case of placing some letters after others, then the rebus can be solved by varying the substitutions “FOR” and “BEFORE”, as in the “ALTERATION” rebus.
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-18
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-19
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-20
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-21
5. Several identical letters in a row when solving means adding a numeral forward - according to the number of these letters. For example, the seven letters “I” mean “FAMILY”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-5. Rebus-11
6. An inverted picture or part of a word means that the puzzle must be solved by reading the word backwards. For example, an upside-down picture of a cat turns into the word “TOK”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-6. Rebus-12
7. Inserting a “tick” means that you need to insert an additional letter into the word that the “tick” is directed to. For example, if there is this sign above the number “2”, and with the numbers “1” and “2” on the sides, then you need to insert the indicated letter into the word “TWO” - in our case “I” - between the first and second letters. And since after the two there is also the letter “N”, the whole puzzle can be solved as “SOFA”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-7. Rebus-13
The above rules are basic, in addition to them there are some “fuzzy” additional rules: multiple selection of letters from the name of an element (when multiple numbers are indicated above the element); pointing with an arrow to a fragment of an element; unclear mutual arrangement of elements (playing on the prepositions “U”, “C”, “OT”, “PO”).
But these additional rules blur the meaning of the rebus puzzle, turning it into a multiple choice problem. If these rules are sometimes used in puzzles for older children, their use in puzzles for children is undesirable, because children first of all need to master the solution algorithms themselves, and this should be done based on clear rules.
Below are examples of “fuzzy” puzzles:
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-14
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-15
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-16
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-17
Also, sometimes puzzles use the technique of nesting, indicated by parentheses. In this case, the rebus consists of other rebuses nested within it. This technique is sometimes used in puzzles for older children. For children, such puzzles are undesirable, since children should first be given basic solving algorithms. An example of such a puzzle is in the figure below:
How to solve puzzles. Reception of nesting. Rebus-22
Puzzles (including along with other tasks), when used correctly, are an effective tool for teaching children. By offering your child puzzles of the appropriate class, you can purposefully develop the “hardware” of the brain, consistently teaching him problem-solving algorithms and speculative design skills.
Text and illustrations: A. Fokin.