H is for...

This is an important letter to emphasize the sound the letter makes and not just the name of the letter since the letter name doesn't say its sound (or anything near its sound).  But there are great words that start with "h":  hippo, hair, house, horse, hospital, helicopter, happy, hooray, hello, hot, hand.

Books

Bear Wants More  Written by Karma Wilson; Illustrated by Jane Chapman

Bear wakes up HUNGRY!!  He looks for food, eats and eats, but is still hungry!  Will his friends be able to curb his appetite?  Children will enjoy reciting the familiar refrain, "But the bear wants more!"

Horses: Trotting! Prancing! Racing!  Written by Patricia Hubbell; Illustrated by Joe Mathieu

  Watch horses work, play, and rest in this simple rhyming text all about horses!

Songs/Fingerplays/Rhymes

Flannel Board:  5 Little Hippos
(chant just like 5 little monkeys--I just changed the words)

5 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!

4 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!

3 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!

2 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!

1 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!

Stand-up Song:  If you're happy and you know it

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!

If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet
If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet
If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet!

If you're happy and you know it shout "Hooray!"
If you're happy and you know it shout "Hooray!"
If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it shout "Hooray!"

If you're happy and you know it do all three (clap, clap, stomp, stomp, "hooray!"
If you're happy and you know it do all three (clap, clap, stomp, stomp, "hooray!"
If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it do all three (clap, clap, stomp, stomp, "hooray!")

Nursery Rhyme:  Hot Cross Buns

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns
One a penny, two a penny
Hot cross buns!

If you have you have no daughters
Give them to your sons.

One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!

Enrichment Activities

• Heart Matching Game (cardboard hearts from Oriental Trading Company)
• Hula hoops and bean bags
• Cutting practice Worksheet (from Kids Learning Station)
• Hopscotch (indoor foam hopscotch)
• Hand print Turkey (I printed the following poem on the bottom of a paper, then the child traces their hand.  Their thumb becomes the head of the turkey and the fingers are the tail feathers.  Decorate with markers or crayons...no messy paint!)

 

This isn't just a turkey.

As anyone can see.

I made it with my hand,

Which is a part of me.

It comes with lots of love,

Especially to say,

I hope you have a very,

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Love,