Who Did It Printables

Deductive reasoning is a super important skill of logic for kids to learn, but it’s not that easy to practice. It involves drawing logical conclusions based on the evidence or general ideas. One great way to practice with kids is by solving mysteries, using clues to figure out who did the crime.

If your kids can read (or you can read the clues to them) this set of who did it printables from Miniature Masterminds is fun for kids to use individually or in small groups.

The pages show different line ups of people and kids can use the clues to exclude people and figure out who did it.

For example one game card says the criminal was a short man with orange hair and there was a scrap of blue fabric found at the scene (among other clues). Using that information the kids can eliminate the other suspects until they have found the person who did it.

This printable set includes six lineups kids can solve.

There’s also a second game included with a bunch of different people you can cut out and make into cards. Two or more kids can play this game, where each kid gets a card with a person on it and they ask each other questions trying to find out which character they have.

If you’re playing with a small group, the person who guesses correctly gets to keep the card of the character they guessed, and the person with the most cards at the end wins. For larger groups you can play so that a person is out when their character is guessed, and the last person standing wins.

There’s also a printable clue page for kids to take notes on as they try to formulate their guesses.

These guessing games are a lot of fun for kids and improve their logical reasoning skills. You can download the printable pack for free from Miniature Masterminds.

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