Find Your Partner

Each child gets a word card — they must find the classmate holding the matching picture card.

Shuffle the word and picture cards together into one pile.

Hand one card face down to each child — no peeking until you say go.

On your signal children stand up, show their card and move around the room.

They must find the classmate whose card matches theirs — word matches picture.

When they find their partner they sit down together.

Once all pairs are seated, each pair stands up and says their word aloud for the class.

Remind children to walk — the excitement can make this very hectic very quickly.

For weaker readers pair the word card with a child who can read it confidently.

Time the activity and challenge the class to beat their record each round.

Play two or three rounds swapping cards so children practise different vocabulary.

Definition match — one card has the word, the other has a simple definition.

Translation match — one card in English, one card in Thai for bilingual reinforcement.

Sentence match — one card has the first half of a sentence, partner has the second half.

Category sort — after finding partners, groups sort themselves into categories like food, animals, colours.