The Letter H

It always amazes me how much fun preschoolers have with the letter H.  Something about making the H sounds makes them silly.  From eating "H"ershey kisses to visiting the zoo to see the "H"ippos, we thoroughly enjoyed learning about the letter H.  It's always fun walking through the zoo singing the "I see a Hippopotamus" song while wearing hippo ears.  On the ride home we had a letter find contest.  Whoever could find ten H's on signs that we passed, got to eat 1/2 a "H"ershey Bar. 

Word Stretching

  We have recently been working on phonemic awareness (becoming aware of each sound in words) in our home.  This is a prerequisite to successful reading.  My four year old is very hands-on so to solidify this concept we have been working with rubber worms to "stretch out" the sounds in words.  He had so much fun while he learned.  Watch as we stretch out single vowel words such as DOG, ROCK, and FISH.
                                                                                                
                                                                                                 

DOG

D

O

G