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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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.
• Learn about animals that start with the letter H
  • Hippos
  • Horses
  • Horseshoe crabs
  • Hermit Crabs
  • Hedgehogs
  • Honeybees
• play hide and seek
• go for a hike
• make a snack out of honey
• learn how to play horseshoes

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 like.

Letter H Crafts for Preschoolers

These letter H alphabet crafts for preschoolers are a fun way for your child to reinforce learning 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.
• Make a picture with handprints.

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 Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton
• 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 great ways to strengthen fine motor skills

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