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Brain Teasers for Kids

Don’t you just love whiteboards?

Recently I began writing a brain teaser of the day on the whiteboard for the kids to solve.
They love it.

Photo by Pietro De Grandi

SAMPLE BRAIN TEASER

What is greater than God,
more evil than the devil,
the poor have it,
the rich need it,
and if you eat it, you’ll die?

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