Activities

Flex Your Mental Muscles

Dollars & Sense

  1. Imagine that you held up a five-dollar bill and let it fall to the ground five times. How many times would Lincoln’s picture face up?
  2. How many times does “one” (the word) appear on a one-dollar bill?

Can You Guess?

  1. What has teeth but no head?
  2. What’s never wet, but can be seen in the water?
  3. What rock is not a rock?
  4. What building has the most stories?
  5. Where in the world does Thursday come before Wednesday?

Name That State

You can spell the name of a U.S. state by rearranging the letters of the word
“nominates.” What state is it?

Riddles & Rhymes

Use these clues and find two words that rhyme. Here’s an example:
Color of the sky + narrow boat = blue canoe

  1. foolish + nickname for William
  2. very large + feline
  3. corny + slow
  4. circle + dog
  5. out of control + kid