Riddles help stretch the imagination, sharpen thinking, and help little minds make sense of the world around them.

1. I travel without feet, I roar without lungs; I carry people and mail and sometimes smell of buns. What am I?
2. I have keys but no locks, I have space but no room, you can type on me and make words zoom. What am I?
3. I can be cracked, I can be told, I can make you laugh or make you fold. What am I?
4. I’m not alive but I grow; I don’t have lungs but I need air; if you feed me I become a glare. What am I?
5. Two brothers stand back to back; if they turn they break a track. What are they?
6. I sleep in winter and wake in spring; I wear a green suit and to birds I sing. What am I?
7. I fly without wings, I cry without eyes; wherever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
8. I am full of holes but still hold water; I help you clean when you’re getting hotter. What am I?
9. I sit at the end of a long white line; I finish the sentence and keep it fine. What am I?
10. I am measured in meters but I’m sometimes a line; I stretch between places and let cars shine. What am I?
11. I can be short or I can be tall; I change my color in the fall. What am I?
12. I’m a number that’s even and neat; when you fold me in half I still equals me. What number could I be?

Answers

1. A bus (or a train)
2. A keyboard
3. A joke
4. Fire
5. Scissors (the two blades/back-to-back)
6. A tree (or plants waking in spring)
7. Cloud (or wind; both work—clouds fly and block darkness with rain)
8. A sponge
9. A period (full stop)
10. A road (or a bridge)
11. A tree (height varies; leaves change color in fall)
12. Zero (0) — folding 0 in half looks like 0; or any number symmetrical when halved — but 0 is neat and simple!