Active Fit: Fun activities to aid your child's cognitive development

Licking Memorial Health Systems
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Parents can promote cognitive development by providing activities like riddles, puzzles, crossword puzzles and sudoku to test their child’s critical thinking skills.
Parents can promote cognitive development by providing activities like riddles, puzzles, crossword puzzles and sudoku to test their child’s critical thinking skills.

From ages 6 to 12, children develop the ability to think logically. To promote cognitive development, parents can provide activities to test their child’s critical thinking skills. Some examples include riddles, puzzles, crossword puzzles, and sudoku. Below are some fun, engaging riddles for children:

  • Riddle: How many letters are there in the English alphabet? Answer: 18 - three in "the," seven in "English," and eight in "alphabet."

  • Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? Answer: Footsteps.

  • Riddle: What goes up and down but never moves? Answer: The temperature.

  • Riddle: They come out at bedtime without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they? Answer: The stars.

Many cognitive thinking activities are available online for parents and their children. Below are links to several online resources:

This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Active Fit: Fun activities to aid your child's cognitive development