Making learning fun is the key to engaging some students, especially young learners! Preschool is a great time to teach letters and sounds. Letter recognition is something that takes time and practice and these creative, hands-on letter activities will help keep your little learners engaged!
1. Hopscotch
Playing hopscotch is a great way to incorporate outside play into learning letter recognition for the letter H! You could even make a twist on this game and add letters instead of numbers. This would be a quick and easy way to check for correct letter recognition!
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2. Hearts Galore!
Let your little learner decorate with hearts or draw hearts on a blank letter H. Practice writing the word heart so there is a chance to practice the letter formation for letter H!
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3. Alliteration and Honeybees
Students can get so much from this letter H activity! They can practice fine motor skills by drawing lines to match the correct sizes, learning new content about honeybees, and practicing the letter shape for so many letter H examples!
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4. House and Home
Creating a construction paper house is a great way to link learning to home life! This is an easy way to incorporate families into the discussion. This letter H is hidden in this paper house craft! Students can decorate their houses in the colors they choose!
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5. Hats!
Hats are a great way to let preschoolers show their personality and choose a hat or make their own! They can let their creativity shine through by decorating as they want or practicing writing the letter H on paper hats!
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6. Hair!
A fun paper craft to do when learning about the letter H is to create your own person and allow them to create some awesome hair to match! This fun letter craft is a great way to allow artistic expression as well!
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7. Hidden Messages!
Hidden messages are a great way to practice writing uppercase and lowercase letters. This is a great letter-building skill activity! Little learners can write on paper with white crayons and then paint over it with watercolor paints to reveal their hidden message letters!
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8. Galaxy Handprints
Making these adorable handprint crafts will help little learners stay engaged and interested in the letter H! Students could also work on correct letter formation by writing or painting the letter H!
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9. Helicopter Printable
This letter H preschool worksheet is a great way to engage learners who love things that go! Students can color this helicopter by color-coding letters and words. This is another way to practice fine motor skills!
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10. Letter H Hunt
Using a fun read-aloud passage is a great way to get preschoolers looking for the letter H! They can listen for the letter H sound and circle or highlight the letter when they see it!
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11. Cooking Time!
Kids love snacks! What better way to get them in the kitchen when learning about the letter H than to let them help make honey scones!?! They will enjoy helping read the recipe and looking for the letter H while helping bring this letter to life through food!
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12. Horse Craft
Preschoolers will love making this horse craft out of an uppercase letter H. This could be paired with a book about horses and students could listen for the sound the letter H makes throughout the book, while you make a list of the words they notice!
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13. Punch Paper
This letter sheet is a way to practice letter shape! Preschoolers will love the unique way they get to practice the letter H! This is especially good for kids who enjoy tactile learning.
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14. Hippo March
Most preschoolers enjoy moving around! You can print out hippos and add letters. As they hop on the letters, they could practice the letter name and sound! This is a fun way to get them moving while practicing a new awesome letter!
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15. Letter H Snack
Talking about honeybees and reading letter H books can help reading skills, but don’t forget a fun snack to go with it! Honeycombs are a great way to incorporate a snack into your lesson-the real thing or the cereal!
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16. Stick Houses
Preschoolers will enjoy building these houses out of popsicle sticks! This fun house craft and these STEM skills are fun and engaging and keep students involved and focused on learning more about the letter H!
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17. Glue Dot Art
Students will enjoy this papercraft when they make their own letter H, using glue dots and adding small objects like popcorn kernels. These learning skills include fine motor practice as well.
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18. H Bubble Letters
These fun word collages are a great way to practice letter recognition by finding words that start with H and gluing them into the bubble letters! Students could use newspapers or magazines!
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19. Hibernation Craft
Hibernation is a great H word! You can teach students about this word and what it means for animals to hibernate! You can also think about animals that start with the letter H!
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20. Hedgehogs!
These cute little crafts are a great way to show students a new animal: the hedgehog! They will enjoy learning about this cute little critter, whose name starts with the letter H!
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