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Letter Lab
h
/h/ as in 'hat' and 'house'
Mimi the mascot, smiling

Starts with this letter

house, hat, horse

Trace over
Trace the whole letter

Start at the top, draw a tall straight line down to the baseline.

Mimi the mascot, thinking
For parents

Lowercase 'h', 'n', and 'm' all share the hump shape. The number of humps and the height of the first stroke separate them. Practise them in a row: h (tall, one hump), n (short, one hump), m (short, two humps). Drawing all three together teaches the contrast better than each in isolation.

H is a ladder. Two posts, one rung. Build the posts first, then the rung. The order matters more than the speed.