This week before Christmas vacation, I thought it would be fun to work on riddles in class. It is a great way to focus on our language, reading and logic skills. One of the student's asked if I had ever heard of Einsteins Riddle. I had heard of it, but I have never tried to work through it. It is really more of a logic puzzle than the language riddles I had given the class. I looked it up on the computer and Thorston decided he wanted to challenge himself to solve the riddle. He asked me to do the same, but working on logic puzzles while teaching a class in near impossible so I promised that over break I would give it a try. After bringing the riddle home, Thorston and his mom worked on the riddle and wouldn't you know, Mom solved it! It doesn't sound like much of a feat, but perhaps you have never read the riddle, it is quite complicated. It is estimated that 98% of the population can not figure the riddle out. Now I know where Thorston gets his intelligence from! Great job Mom!
This however was not enough for Thorston so he brought in the chart that he was using to figure put the riddle, and sure enough, he did it!
I will keep my promise and work on the riddle over break, but I am sure it will take me a lot longer!
Way to go Thorston!
You can google "Einstein's Riddle" and give it a try yourself.
Let us know how you did!
