Description

What our Alphabet: Letter H lesson plan includes

Lesson Objectives and Overview: Alphabet: Letter H teaches young learners about the eighth letter of the alphabet. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to recognize the uppercase and lowercase letter H and name at least two words that begin with H. This lesson is for students in preschool.

H OF HEARTS ACTIVITY

For the activity, students will decorate a large H outline with hearts. Provide students with the large outline of the H. Pass out paint and mini heart cookie cutters. Demonstrate how to carefully dip the cookie cutter in the paint and then stamp it on the letter H. Assist students as needed to create a heart-stamped H paper. Let dry and display.

Options and Extensions

There are lots of additional things you could add to the lesson. Sing the “Hokey Pokey” song using the H words: hand, head, hair, heart, hip, heel, etc. Option: Using Styrofoam or play-dough, give students a pretend hammer and golf ball tees, and let them hammer a letter H. Read the nursery rhymes “Hickory Dickory Dock,” “Humpty Dumpty,” “Hot Cross Buns,” and “Hickety, Pickety My Black Hen,” and have children clap every time they hear an H word. For gross motor practice, use tape to create a hopscotch grid and fill with uppercase and lowercase H‘s instead of numbers, and lets student hop to each one, or set up hula hoops and have students hop in and out of each hoop. Have students wear a hat and have a hat fashion show.

As an extension to the lesson, read The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond, Little Hearts: Finding Hearts in Nature by Charles Ghigna, Hooray for Hat by Brian Won, and My Heart Is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Our preschool lessons include additional resources that you can use throughout the lesson. They are provided to give you as much content as possible to complete the lesson without having to find sources on their own. For instance, if the lesson requires you to show students pictures, you can use the ones in the additional resources.

Preschool Philosophy

Our preschool curriculum is thoughtfully designed by professional teachers to nurture curiosity, build foundational skills, and prepare young learners for kindergarten and beyond. Each preschool lesson plan offers age-appropriate activities to promote early literacy, math readiness, creativity, and social-emotional growth.

At the preschool level, children are developing rapidly—socially, emotionally, physically, and academically. The goal of our lesson plans for preschool is to provide structured yet engaging learning experiences that spark imagination, encourage problem-solving, and foster a lifelong love of learning.

CURRICULUM FOCUS

Our curriculum focuses on key objectives such as:

• Building early literacy and language skills through stories, songs, and interactive activities.
• Developing number sense, shapes, colors, and patterns with hands-on lessons.
• Encouraging creativity and self-expression through art, play, and music.
• Supporting social-emotional development, cooperation, and confidence.
• Strengthening fine and gross motor skills through active learning.