State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will feed Henry the Hippo while they listen for words that begin with the /h/ sound, such as hungry, hippo, hot dog, and hamburger. 

Literacy Activities
Feed Henry food with the /h/ sound

• Assemble the hippo puppet using the graphics and instructions.
• Tell the children that Henry the Hippo is very hungry, but he only eats things that start with the /h/ sound, such as hot dogs, honey, hamburgers and sometimes things like houses and hammers. 
• Allow the children to take turns choosing a picture card. 
• One at a time, have them show the card they chose to the class and help them identify what is on the card. 
• Ask the children, “Does that thing start with the /h/ sound? Is Henry the Hippo hungry for ___ (the item on the card)?” 
  • If the item begins with the /h/ sound, have them answer, “Yes, Henry the Hippo is hungry for ___ (the item on the card)” and have the child with the card "feed" it to the Henry the Hippo puppet. 
  • If the item does not start with the /h/ sound, have them answer, “No, Henry the Hippo is not hungry for ___ (the item on the card).” and set the picture in a discard pile. 

More Practice 
Repeat words with the target sound

• Ask the children to tell you the /h/ sound things that Henry the Hippo ate, and echo the words back, emphasizing the /h/ sound (e.g., /h/ /h/ /h/ honey). 
• Invite children to think of other words that start with the /h/ sound, such as head, hair, hand, helicopter, and hamster.
• When the children share words they think of, have them do one of the following
  • If they share a word that starts with /h/, let them make the Henry the Hippo puppet do a happy dance.
  • If the item doesn’t start with the /h/ sound, ask the child if the item starts with /h/ like /h/ /h/ Henry and /h/ /h/ hippo, then help them think of an /h/ word so they get to make Henry dance, too.