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Summary Today, mastering the mother tongue of preschool children is one of the important tasks of education. The development of a child's speech and thinking, perception of the world around him, is closely linked with the comprehensive formation of his personality. Riddles play an important role in developing children's thinking and speech, broadening their understanding of the environment, and enhancing their observation skills. The purpose of creating riddles as an important means of mental education is to help develop attention and speech, to be able to pronounce difficult words well, to acquire the habit of saying them correctly by speaking and repeating them often, to concentrate and to enrich vocabulary. Thus, riddles polish children's minds, give them knowledge about different areas of life, expand the circle of meetings, enrich their knowledge about objects and events. Key words: preschool education, mother tongue, speech development, importance of riddles, knowledge, skill, habits