Christmas Riddles / Brain Teasers. Morning Meeting / Starter Activities

35 Christmas / Winter Themed Riddles for Lesson Starters / Form Time.

Are you looking for some more gripping ways to settle your students really quickly at the start of your lesson?

Here are 35 more of the best riddles out there that you can use as lesson starter activities for teens, perfect for the few months running up to this festive season!

I have done all the hard work for you to gather and create, some of the best Christmas riddles into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up whenever you need. These 35 riddles have passed my strict screening process to ensure they provide the right challenge and humour to suit that tough teenage market!

Many starters require some preparation and advanced planning, but in those emergencies, having these riddles all neatly packaged in this PowerPoint means no preparation or resources are required - simply pull up this document and have it ready on the board for your students when they enter the room.

These create an immediate buzz and settles the class at rapid speed! You can have students jot down their responses on personal whiteboards, on paper, or even have them discussing answers in pairs.

There are plenty of riddles to choose from and they vary in challenge, so take the stress out of engaging your class at the start of the lesson, and simply pop these riddles on the board - your students will love them!