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H is for horses this week as we continue our Letter of the Week Series with Letter H!
Each week for 26 weeks I created a new printable activity pack all about the focus letter of the week. The corresponding posts include book lists, a list of animals that start with the letter of the week and play ideas or activities relating to each letter.
If you’re just joining us, make sure to check out the other posts in this series on our Letter of the Week Page.
Letter H Notebook
The Letter H Notebook includes:
- Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Mazes
- Dot-to-dots
- Circle the letter H’s page
- Horse & House Craft pages with cut out templates
- Coloring Pages
- Do-a-Dot Pages
- 3 Types of Puzzles
Letter H Book List
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
This is one of my all-time favorite children’s books. It follows the life of a little pink house. And, draws us into her life story. Through the seasons, years, and decades of families and generations passing through her walls. We watch through her naive eyes as the city moves ever closer until one day the little house finds herself in the middle of it, abandoned and unloved. But, the story has a happy ending. And, the book offers so many opportunities for conversations about time periods, transportation, and the homes we live in, besides the bittersweet emotions the story brings up about the passage of time.
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
This is a favorite book from my childhood and it’s still so good now! Miss Hickory is a twig doll with a hickory nut head. The little girl she belonged to has moved from her New Hampshire home and left Miss Hickory behind to fend for herself during a long cold winter. This book is full of nature and imagination and a great choice to add to your library list this week.
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
On the 15th of May in the Jungle of Nool, in the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool… Horton the elephant is courageous and sweet and has taken it upon himself to protect the Who’s and their world, which all sit in a speck on a clover. The book’s familiar Dr. Seuss silly rhyming style doesn’t disappoint. And, will reassure your little one that, “A person’s a person, no matter how small!”
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
“‘Not I!’ said the cat. ‘Not I!’ said the dog. ‘Not I!’ said the mouse.”
Each time the little red hen asks for help, in the process that takes us from wheat to delicious cake, her friends won’t. And, in the end, they miss out on eating the cake too! This book has great illustrations and teaches a good lesson to our kids about getting out of life what we put into it.
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Harold and his purple crayon go on as many adventures as he can think up in this story all about imagination and the adventures it can take you on.
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Go for a walk on the ocean floor with a hermit crab in a beautifully illustrated Eric Carle book. Hermit crab keeps outgrowing his house and needing to find a new one. Your child will learn about the science of hermit crabs in this cute ocean animal story.
Letter H Animal List
Horse
Wild Horse Facts Canadian Geographic
Animals for Kids: Horse – from Ducksters
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus Facts National Geographic Kids
African Wildlife Foundation – Hippopotamus Facts
Hermit Crab
Wild Krats PBS Video – Secret of the Hermit Crab
Land Hermit Crab Smithsonian National Zoo
Heron
Great Blue Heron Facts from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Great Blue Heron Facts & Anatomy Diagram from Candian Geographic
Letter H Play Ideas
Hurricane Dough:
Try making some DIY Hurricane Dough this week with a DIY recipe my kids and I came up with last year. We were holed up in a hotel room waiting out an evacuation from Hurricane Harvey and we took the opportunity to learn some hurricane science.
Build a House:
I am a huge fan of the plain old cardboard box. It literally is one of those things my kids have never outgrown or gotten tired of. And, you can’t get much more frugal than a cardboard box for play time! This week why not try building a few different kinds of houses.
People House
Stand a box upside down and let your kiddos draw windows and a door on the sides. Then cut them out or cut just three sides and fold the 4th, so that they can be opened and closed again.
Your kids will probably be happy with just the box. But, you could get really detailed with it and add paint, paper, or cloth curtains. And, even color or cut out construction paper flowers and flower boxes to add to the front of the house under the windows.
Hermit Crab House
Your child can pretend to be a hermit crab this week too with just a few recycled cardboard boxes. Gather a few different sizes of boxes and let them “try on” different sized boxes as a real hermit crab would. They can even start with a small box and “grow” bigger and trade their old house for a new one.
More Play Ideas for Letter H Week:
- Be a helicopter pilot
- Set up a play hospital
- Hairdresser in a play hair salon
- Build a horse stable
Have fun learning about Letter H this week!
Heidi
