Letter H

Letter H –Horses, Hippos, Hats and Hens

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Country Goes Raffi

1.   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.   Read first story Are You a Horse?, Hush, Hush!, Ten Fat Hens, Elmer and the Hippos, or I Want My Hat Back

3.   Action Poem: Hats

A cowboy wears a cowboy hat [Hands encircle head.]
As he gallops on his horse,  [Galloping motion.]
A firefighter's hat keeps her safe  [Hands encircle head.]
As fires run their course.  [Spraying motion as with hose.]

A clown wears a pointy hat  [Hands form point on head.]
And a smile upon her face.  [Smile broadly.]
And astronauts wear helmets  [Encircle face with hands.]
When blasting into space.  [Palms together, shoot hands up to sky.]

4.             Read second story Don't Touch My Hat!, My Favourite Hat or Chicken, Pig, Cow Horse Around, Hat

5.   Flannel Board: The Three Little Pigs (3 pigs, 3 houses and wolf)

There was a little pig,
And he built himself a house,
For the Wolf was eating
Every pig he saw, saw, saw.
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With straw, straw, straw.

A second little pig,
Built himself a little house,
When he heard the Wolf was
Eating all the pigs, pigs, pigs,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With twigs, twigs, twigs.

Another little pig,
Built himself a little house,
But he never thought of
Using straw or sticks, sticks, sticks,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf blew, but not enough,
For this pig got wise and built his house
With bricks, bricks, bricks.

 

5.     Crafts- Clothes Pin Horse (idea from the National Wildlife Federation)

Materials: horse shape cut out from construction paper, yarn, clothespins, glue, markers

Colour and glue on yarn for mane and tail, clip on 2 clothespins for legs.