- drawing materials
- glitter
- glue
- large outlines of uppercase letter “H” (one for each child)
- pictures of /h/ objects (such as horse, hand, hammer, heart, hat, house, hippo, hen)
- uppercase
MA Standards:
RF.PK.MA.1.d Recognize and name some uppercase letters of the alphabet and the lowercase letters in one’s own name.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge Recognizes that the letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named.
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing Copies, traces, or independently writes letters or words.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7 Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Learn About Letters Together: Decorate Letter (“Hh”)
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ELA Focus Skills: Letter Formation, Letter Recognition
Give each child an outline of the uppercase letter “H” to decorate. Invite children to draw a design or to draw or glue pictures of /h/ objects inside the outline. Suggest that children may want to include some colorful “H” shapes as well.
As children work, ask them to trace the letter outline with their fingers. Talk about the designs and encourage descriptions of the name and shape of the letter. Ask children to name any /h/ objects they used to decorate their letters.