Heart
Learning letters H & P
Instructions
- Give the child a heart shape to trace around making two separate hearts on red paper. Click here for heart shape template
- Help the child cut out the two heart shapes with the scissors
- Write the letter H on one heart shape and the letter P on the other
- Give the two hearts to the child while saying the letter names and sounds
- Say the following words individually and ask the child to give you the correct heart for the beginning sound. Return the heart after each word - hat (child hands you the H heart), pig (child hands you the P heart), and continue with words - hole, heart, purple, hot, pot, etc
Simplify
Use only one heart shape at a time when asking the child to give you a heart when you say a word that begins with that letter sound. Give the child the H heart shape first and let the child give the heart back to you as you say a word that begins with the "H" sound - hot, table, say, happen, happy, bank, hope, hi, family, laugh, hat, hill, etc. Remember to give the "H" heart back after each word.
Now use the P heart shape and again let the child give the heart back to you as you say a word that begins with the "P" sound - pop, today, poor, pat, money, paddle, bed, spoon, pit, pot, fork, popcorn, etc. Remember to give the "P" back after each word.
Extend
If the child is comfortable with knowing the beginning sounds of "H and P", see if they can give you the correct heart for the ending or last sound in a word (no easy words end with an H sound) - nap, hop, top, cake, cup, tap, morning, sip, etc.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
What does it mean if someone says you broke their heart?
What one thing do you do now that you need an adult for but would like to try to do all by yourself?
Materials
- heart shaped cut out for the child to use as a stencil to trace around (or use a heart shape cookie cutter for tracing around). Click here for heart shape template
- red paper
- scissors
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
Books to Read
"Museum ABC"
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
"My Very First Book of Shapes"
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn"
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"My Very First Book of Shapes" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn" VIDEO
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"Museum ABC" VIDEO
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
Music Playlist
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
by Countdown Kids Album 100 All Time Children’s Favorites (Activity 10)
"SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias"
Album Salve Regina Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You’ll Be In My Heart"
by Phil Collins Album Tarzan (Movie Soundtrack) (Activity 18)
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" VIDEO
by Countdown Kids 100 Silly Songs (Activity 10)
'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice and Saint -Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.