Letter H Activities for Preschoolers

Here’s a huge collection of letter H activities for preschoolers. These ideas are a great way to help you plan out learning activities for young children.

Whether you are doing a letter of the week or looking for fun things to help your child discover and learn more about the world around them, these letter H activity ideas have been designed to give your child new learning experiences.

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Best Letter H Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers

• play hopscotch
• play with hula hoops
• hammer nails into a cardboard box
• build a cardboard house
• learn the Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhyme
• practice humming
• plan a Hawaiian luau
• make the letter H with sticker hearts
  • you can also print a block letter H onto cardstock using the free printables at the end of this post)
• make hot chocolate and curl up with a good book to read aloud together
• have a cookout with hamburgers and hot dogs
• punch holes with a hole puncher ( it’s also a great fine motor skill activity)
• play the game Hungry Hungry Hippos
• let your child make music with a harmonica
• learn a few hymns to sing together
• Set up a hummingbird feeder.
• Find a place where your child can ride a pony (a baby horse).
• Do you live near the shore? Look for horseshoe crabs.
• Research caring for a hermit crab or a hamster and see if it would make a good pet for your family.
• talk about opposites
  • hot / cold
  • high/ low
  • huge / small
  • heavy / light
  • happy / sad
• Make the letter H with dot markers. You can write a large letter H on a piece of paper for them you use or you can print out the block letter H from the free Letter H Worksheets at the bottom of the page.

Letter H Sound

The Letter H makes the sound /h/ as in hat.

Here’s a great resource from Jack Hartman – Learn the Letter H. This is a fun way to explore letter recognition, the letter’s sound H makes, and what the upper case and lower case letter Hh looks

Letter H Crafts for Preschoolers

These letter H alphabet crafts for preschoolers will be so much fun as your child is learning about this new letter.

• This adorable Handprint Hermit Crab Craft by Preschool Connection is a fun craft using paint, sponges, googly eyes, and your child’s handprint. 
• All you need is a piece of paper to Make Your Own Helicopter by Ben’s Coloring Pages
• Dip heart-shaped cookie cutters into paint and make a collage of hearts on white paper.
• Make an outline of a heart and let your child cover the outline in one of these ways:
  • put heart stickers on it
  • dip their finger in paint and then on the outline
  • use a Q-tip dipped in paint
  • use a cotton ball or a small piece of sponge on a clothespin dipped in paint
  • use dot markers
•  With some paint and a plastic fork this Fork Stamped Hedgehog Craft by Toddler at Play is sure to be a big hit with young learners.

Letter H Bible

Suggested Activities:

• Read about Heaven from a children’s Bible
• Watch the Veggie Tale movie Madame Blueberry ( it’s about having a Happy Heart – being grateful)

Letter H Book List

Here are my favorite Letter H books. I’ve included Amazon links for your convenience but many of these can be found at your local library.

• A Head is for Hats by Mary Serfozo
• A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
• Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
• But Not the Hippotamus by Sandra Boyton
• Do You Want a Hug? by Kevin Lewis ( Disney Frozen)
• Harry The Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
• Hiccups for Elephant by James Preller
• Hot Dog by Molly Coxe
• The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
• The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
• Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan Nodset

Letter H Worksheets for Preschoolers

For children who enjoy worksheets, they can continue learning with these free printables.  Children color, learn how to write an uppercase letter H and a lowercase letter h, and practice the letter sound for Hh. Writing and coloring are also a great way to strengthen fine motor skills

You can find more fun activity ideas to use with the Letter H in Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers.