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An AR classroom game for Grade 1. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.

Curriculum indicatorท 1.1 ป.1/3

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Which word means the four-legged animal that barks?

    • หมา (maa - dog)
    • ปลา (plaa - fish)
    • นก (nok - bird)
    Read the explanation

    หมา (a dog) has four legs, barks, and is kept to guard the house.

  2. Which word means something you write with?

    • รองเท้า (rong-taow - shoes)
    • ดินสอ (din-sor - pencil)
    • จาน (jaan - plate)
    Read the explanation

    ดินสอ is the writing tool; สมุด is what you write in.

  3. Which word means something you can eat?

    • หิน (hin - stone)
    • ไม้ (mai - wood)
    • ข้าว (khaao - rice)
    Read the explanation

    ข้าว (rice) is the staple food in Thailand, eaten at every meal.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practise working out a word from a short description (หมา, ดินสอ, ข้าว) and finding the opposites of ใหญ่, ร้อน and ดี, so children understand words in what they read and can answer questions (ท 1.1 ป.1/3).

What's in the worksheet

6 multiple-choice questions, 3 options each - Which word means the four-legged animal that barks: หมา / ปลา / นก - Which word means something you write with (ดินสอ, pencil) - Which word is the opposite of ใหญ่, big (เล็ก, small) - Which is the opposite of ร้อน, hot: อุ่น warm / เย็น cold / แห้ง dry - Which is the opposite of ดี, good: เก่ง clever / สวย beautiful / เลว bad

How to use it in class

Use as a word-guessing game at the start of a Thai lesson, 4-5 minutes in solo mode. - Read every question aloud, as some P1 children can't yet read long sentences - After items 1 to 3, children make up riddles of the same kind for friends, such as the animal that says meow - If item 5 goes wrong, compare hot, warm and cold water Play it linked to a class and the results go into the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Opposite of ร้อน: choosing อุ่น (warm), also a temperature word; explain warm sits between hot and cold - Opposite of ดี: hesitating because เลว is rare in daily speech; children know ไม่ดี better - Opposite of ใหญ่: choosing สูง or ยาว, thinking of size words

Word meanings — AR game for Grade 1 | Krufahda