Target Words : Find pictures of these items or actions, print them, color them, paste them on 3"x5" notecards and laminate or cover with clear contact paper. Put them in a shoe box and use them to practice the sounds. Or find the real objects and collect them into a "h" bag. Remember to give lots of tactile cues (see How to Teach Specific Sounds in Articles).

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Activities:

1. Sit in front of a mirror. Show your child how the mirror fogs up when you make the /h/ sound. Draw a circle with a dry erase or other washable marker. Use the circle as a target for the breath flow.
2. Hold a tissue up in front of your face as you say the /h/ words. Watch how the tissue is moved by your airflow as you make the /h/ sound in each word.
3. Find double copies of each picture. Glue them onto 3"x5" cards. Then play Go Fish with the cards. Make sure you and your child ask, "Do you have a ____?", exaggerating the /h/ sound.
4. Make silly sentences, combining as many /h/ words as you can. (i.e., Harriet's horse has hot hair.)