Overview
The children will help a hungry hippo as they recognize and name the uppercase letter H and the lowercase letter h.

Literacy Activities
Feed the hungry hippo 

• Use the hippo puppet instructions to create a hippo puppet.
• Write the uppercase letter H and the lowercase letter h on a whiteboard, name the letters and have the children write the H and h in the air with their fingers. 
• Display the hippo puppet and explain to the children that they will help feed a hungry hippo, but the hippo will only eat the letter H.
• Mix up the letter cards and have the children take turns choosing a card.
• Decide as a group whether or not the letter on the card is an H or an h.
  • If the letter is an H, have the children feed the card to the hippo.
  • If the letter is not an H, have the children set the letter card aside.
• Continue until all of the letter cards have been chosen.

More Practice
Write the target letter

• Have the children write the letter H and h several times on paper.
• Help the children cut out the letters and let them feed the letters to the hungry hippo puppet.