Hh

consonant 08 · only air

Everything for
this sound

The activation, the inside of the mouth, a mouth up close, the beat, the reading and the sheet to print. All on this page.

Work on it here or take the printed sheet. The mirror, the activation and the syllables in the book work just as well without a screen.

See the other sounds

Place

The throat

Manner

Breath

Voice

Voiceless

Air

Warm and open

Before you start

The activation exercise

H has no place in the mouth. It's only breath, so let it be easy.

1

Open your mouth and breathe out warm air on a mirror, to fog it.

2

Hand in front of the mouth. The air feels warm.

3

Now h, and slide straight into a vowel: ha, ha, ha.

One

The H inside

4 steps. Listen to them, or use the arrows to go at your own pace.

The animation of the H is being drawn.
The four steps below already work.
1 of 4

The mouth opens

2 of 4

The tongue rests

3 of 4

The air comes out warm, from deep inside

4 of 4

Just breath, no voice: h

Two

Slowly, up close

The same mouth, syllable by syllable and up close: this is the model they'll copy in the mirror.

Ten of each

Now on ha

Tap each time they say it. At ten, it moves on to the next one.

0 / 10
All five, done.
Great work, both of you.

Three

The beat

English has strong and weak beats. Tap the table on the strong one as you say it. Touch a pattern to hear it.

Four

What they can read

Only sounds they've already worked on. The words with a heart are learned by heart. Touch any of them to hear it.

To take with you

The H sheet

The two pages you use every day: practice with tally marks and tracing, and reading with the words. Print it as many times as you need.

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If something doesn't work, write to hola@rootafamily.com.
This page goes with card 08 of the book. It isn't a diagnosis and doesn't replace an assessment by a speech-language professional.