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Hink Pinks

Hink Pinks Hink pinks are riddles. The answers to the riddles are words that rhyme with each other and contain the same amount of syllables.

Hink Pink :
Impertinent young man

Rude dude

Hinky Pinky :
A spelunking slogan

Grotto motto

Hinkity Pinkity :
The White House

President's residence

This literacy website suggests that "through riddles children gather and interpret data, make inferences, and draw conclusions. When provided with the riddle's solution, they interpret this new information, construct meanings to clarify and extend knowledge, and gain insight into the essence of these brief puzzles as well as their own learning"

For younger kids, guessing a Hink Pink might be difficult. You may want to provide half of the Hink Pink for them.

Try these easy Hink Pinks. (Answers listed at the bottom of the screen.)
  1. What do you call a chubby kitty?
  2. What do you call an angry father?
  3. What do you call a huge hog?
  4. What do you call a rabbit that tells jokes?
  5. What is a cute young cat?
  6. What do you call a crying father?

Sample the following internet sites to find examples of hink pink activities to do with students.

Words and Stuff
http://kith.org/logos/words/upper/H.html

Hink Pink: Contents of an air-conditioned Fort Knox

Hinky Pinky: Norseman on wheels

Hink Pink
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4455/hinks.html

This site has some Thanksgiving Hink Pinks.

Easy Hink Pink Answers:
  1. Fat cat
  2. Mad dad
  3. Big pig
  4. Funny Bunny
  5. Pretty kitty
  6. Sad Dad

Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us