Letter H Tracing Worksheets

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NameDateHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh h h hh h h hh h h hh h h hh h h hh h h hMade at homeroomtools.com
NameDatehathathathathathathathathathenhenhenhenhenhenhenhenhenMade at homeroomtools.com
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Rows of the letter 3

  • H Capital H. The starting dot sits at the top of the left-hand line. At Large 5 fit across a row on Letter and on A4, so 3 rows give 15 to trace.
  • h h h h Lowercase h in groups of 4. At Large 2 groups fit across a row, so 3 rows give 24 to trace. The starting dot sits at the top of the stick, close to the top line.
  • Hh Capital and lowercase side by side: 4 pairs to a row on Letter and 3 on A4. Both begin at the top of the left-hand line, and the lowercase stick is the taller of the two.
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Words that start with h and a short vowel, as in hat 21

  • ham Short a. It rhymes with jam and yam. 3 letters. Tall: h.
  • hammer Double m in the middle, said once. 6 letters. Tall: h.
  • hamster A small rodent that is a popular pet. Short a. 7 letters. Tall: h, t.
  • hand Short a. Trace the word, then trace around a real one. 4 letters. Tall: h, d.
  • happy Double p. The y says long e. 5 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p, p, y.
  • hat The first word on the opening sheet. Short a. It fits 3 times across a row, so 3 rows give 9 to trace. 3 letters. Tall: h, t.
  • hedgehog A small mammal covered in spines. One h starts each half, hedge and hog, and the dge says j. 8 letters. Tall: h, d, h. Tails: g, g.
  • helicopter An aircraft that can hover in one place. Four beats: hel, i, cop, ter. 10 letters. Tall: h, l, t. Tails: p.
  • helmet Short e in the first beat: hel, met. 6 letters. Tall: h, l, t.
  • hen The second word on the opening sheet. Short e. A hen is a female chicken. 3 letters. Tall: h.
  • hexagon A flat shape with six sides. The x says ks. 7 letters. Tall: h. Tails: g.
  • hiccup Short i, then short u: hic, cup. 6 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • hill Short i. Three of its four letters are tall. 4 letters. Tall: h, l, l.
  • hippo Short for hippopotamus, an animal of Africa south of the Sahara. Double p. 5 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p, p.
  • hop Short o. The p drops below the baseline. 3 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • hopscotch A playground game of hopping through spaces drawn on the ground. The second h is part of tch. 9 letters. Tall: h, t, h. Tails: p.
  • hot Short o, with a tall letter at each end. 3 letters. Tall: h, t.
  • hug Short u. The g drops below the baseline. 3 letters. Tall: h. Tails: g.
  • hummingbird Hummingbirds are the smallest birds, and they can hover. Double m. 11 letters. Tall: h, b, d. Tails: g.
  • hundred Ten tens. Short u. 7 letters. Tall: h, d, d.
  • hut Short u. Change the vowel and it becomes hat, hit or hot. 3 letters. Tall: h, t.

Words that start with h and another vowel sound, as in horse 18

  • hail Balls or lumps of ice that fall from the sky. The ai says long a. 4 letters. Tall: h, l.
  • hair The air says air, as in chair. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • hare A relative of the rabbit. It sounds exactly like hair. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • harp An instrument whose strings are plucked with the fingers. The ar says ar. 4 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • hawk A bird of prey. The aw says aw. 4 letters. Tall: h, k.
  • hay Grass that has been cut and dried for animals to eat. The ay says long a. 3 letters. Tall: h. Tails: y.
  • head The ea says short e, as in bread. 4 letters. Tall: h, d.
  • heart Here ear says ar. Your heart pumps blood around your body. 5 letters. Tall: h, t.
  • hello Double l, and an o that says its name. 5 letters. Tall: h, l, l.
  • high The igh says long i. Two h letters, and only the first is heard. 4 letters. Tall: h, h. Tails: g.
  • hive The home of a colony of honey bees. The silent e makes the i say its name. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • hole The silent e makes the o say its name. It sounds exactly like whole. 4 letters. Tall: h, l.
  • home The silent e makes the o say its name. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • honey Made by bees. The o says short u and the ey says long e. 5 letters. Tall: h. Tails: y.
  • hook The oo is the short one, as in book and look. 4 letters. Tall: h, k.
  • horse The or says or, and the e at the end is silent. 5 letters. Tall: h.
  • hose The silent e makes the o say its name, and the s says z. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • house The ou says ow, and the e at the end is silent. 5 letters. Tall: h.

Words that start with a silent h 4

  • heir The h is silent, so it sounds exactly like air. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • honest The h is silent: on-est. We say an honest answer. 6 letters. Tall: h, t.
  • honor The h is silent. This is the American spelling. 5 letters. Tall: h.
  • hour Sixty minutes. The h is silent, which is why we say an hour and not a hour. 4 letters. Tall: h.

h as the second letter of a team: sh, ch, th, wh, ph, gh 16

  • bath The quiet th at the end of the word. 4 letters. Tall: b, t, h.
  • chin c and h make ch. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • fish The sh team at the end of the word. 4 letters. Tall: f, h.
  • ghost The h is silent and the o says its name. 5 letters. Tall: h, t. Tails: g.
  • graph The ph team at the end says f. 5 letters. Tall: h. Tails: g, p.
  • laugh Here gh says f, and the au says short a. 5 letters. Tall: l, h. Tails: g.
  • lunch The ch team at the end, straight after n. 5 letters. Tall: l, h.
  • moth The quiet th at the end. A moth is an insect, a relative of the butterfly. 4 letters. Tall: t, h.
  • phone p and h make the f sound. 5 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • rhino The h is silent. Short for rhinoceros. 5 letters. Tall: h.
  • ship s and h make one new sound, sh. Neither letter says its own sound. 4 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • thin t and h make the quiet th, which is made with air alone. 4 letters. Tall: t, h.
  • this The buzzing th: the voice is switched on. 4 letters. Tall: t, h.
  • whale Most Americans say wh as plain w, so this h is seen and not heard. 5 letters. Tall: h, l.
  • wheel Most Americans say wh as plain w. Double e says long e. 5 letters. Tall: h, l.
  • who Here it is the w that goes quiet: who starts with the h sound. 3 letters. Tall: h.

Names, places and a holiday with a capital H 20

  • Haiti A country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Capital H and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: t.
  • Halloween Falls on October 31. Double l and double e. Capital H and 8 lowercase letters. Tall: l, l.
  • Hank A first name. A tall letter at the end as well as the start. Capital H and 3 lowercase letters. Tall: k.
  • Hannah A first name with an h at each end. It reads the same forwards and backwards. Capital H and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: h.
  • Havana The capital of Cuba. Capital H and 5 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Hawaii The only US state made up entirely of islands. Double i at the end. Capital H and 5 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Hazel A first name. With a small h it is the tree that hazelnuts grow on. Capital H and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: l.
  • Hector A first name. Two beats: hec, tor. Capital H and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: t.
  • Heidi A first name. The ei says long i. Capital H and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: d.
  • Helen A first name. Short e in the first beat. Capital H and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: l.
  • Helsinki The capital of Finland. Capital H and 7 lowercase letters. Tall: l, k.
  • Henry A first name. The y says long e. Capital H and 4 lowercase letters. Tails: y.
  • Himalayas The mountain range that holds Mount Everest, the highest peak on Earth. Capital H and 8 lowercase letters. Tall: l. Tails: y.
  • Holly A first name. With a small h it is a plant. Capital H and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: l, l. Tails: y.
  • Honolulu The capital of Hawaii. Capital H and 7 lowercase letters. Tall: l, l.
  • Hope A first name. With a small h it is an everyday word. Capital H and 3 lowercase letters. Tails: p.
  • Houston The city with the most people in Texas. Capital H and 6 lowercase letters. Tall: t.
  • Hugo A first name. It fits 2 times across a row. Capital H and 3 lowercase letters. Tails: g.
  • Hungary A country in Central Europe with no sea coast. Capital H and 6 lowercase letters. Tails: g, y.
  • Huron Lake Huron belongs to North America's five Great Lakes. Capital H and 4 lowercase letters, all the same height.

How this list was compiled: The words, names and notes were chosen and written for this page; no list was copied. Sounds follow General American and were checked in each word's entry on en.wiktionary.org, facts about places, animals and the letter on en.wikipedia.org (checked 2026-09-18). Herb was left out because its h is said by some speakers and dropped by others. Licence: own work

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Letter rows and word rows 6

  • h b k h b k In this letter style these three share a starting place: the top of a tall stick, close to the top line.
  • H h H h H h H h Capital and lowercase in turn. Both begin at the top of the left-hand line, and the lowercase stick is the taller.
  • h n h n h n h n The pair that gets mixed up. The stick of h climbs to the top line, and n stops at the dashed line. The two starting dots show it before a line is drawn.
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Letter rows and word rows, continued

  • hat hen hit hop hug Short a, e, i, o and u in turn, each one behind an h.
  • sh ch th wh ph Five teams with h as the second letter. Each pair of letters spells one sound.
  • ship chin thin when phone One word for each team, in the same order as the row of teams.

Sentences full of h words 5

  • Hannah has a happy hen. Every word but one starts with h. The letter h appears 5 times, counting the capital and the one that ends Hannah.
  • He hid his hat on the hill. The letter h appears 6 times, and five of them start a word with the h sound.
  • Henry hugs his hamster. Every word starts with h.
  • Hold my hand and hop. Three h words to say and then do.
  • The horse has hay at home. Four words that start with the h sound. The h in The belongs to th.

Sentences with a silent h 2

  • Be honest for a whole hour. Three h letters and only one is heard, the one in whole. There the w is the silent letter.
  • We waited for an hour. An hour, not a hour: the h is silent, so the word starts with a vowel sound.

Sentences with sh, ch, th, wh, ph and gh 5

  • The ghost made us laugh. Two gh pairs: a silent h in ghost, and gh saying f in laugh.
  • The ship has fish and chips. Two sh teams, one ch team and one th. Only the h in has says h.
  • This moth is thin. Three th teams: the buzzing one in This, the quiet one in moth and thin.
  • When did the whale swim by? Two wh teams. Most Americans say both as plain w.
  • Who has the phone? Who starts with the h sound. In phone the h helps p say f.

True sentences with a capital H 6

  • Halloween is on October 31. True. The numeral 31 can be traced too.
  • Havana is the capital of Cuba. True. Havana has three a letters.
  • Hawaii is a state made of islands. True: it is the only US state made up entirely of islands.
  • Helsinki is the capital of Finland. True. One capital H and one lowercase h, inside the.
  • Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii. Two capital H letters in one line.
  • Lake Huron is a Great Lake. True: one of five. Four capital letters in the line.

True sentences about h words 4

  • A hexagon has six sides. True. Two h letters: one at the start of hexagon and one in has.
  • A hummingbird can hover. True: it beats its wings fast enough to stay in one place.
  • H is the eighth letter. True. The name of the letter is spelled aitch.
  • Honey is made by bees. True. Only one h in the line, the capital.

Count the letter h 2

  • Hannah has an h at each end. True: a capital at the front and a lowercase at the back. The name reads the same both ways.
  • Which child has the third shell? The letter h appears 7 times, and only the one in has makes the h sound. The rest belong to wh, ch, th and sh.

How this list was compiled: Every practice line was written for this page; none was copied from a workbook or another site. Sounds follow General American and were checked in each word's entry on en.wiktionary.org, facts on en.wikipedia.org (checked 2026-09-18). Licence: own work

How it works

These letter H tracing worksheets give capital H and lowercase h 3 dotted rows each, then hat and hen, with an empty row after every set. Open Pick from the 82 rows and words for 63 H words, plus 16 with sh, ch or th.

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Two pages: 15 H and 24 h, then hat and hen

At Large (19 mm), 3 rows hold 15 capital H's and 24 lowercase h's. Page 2 holds hat and hen 9 times each. Both letters start at the top of the left-hand line, but lowercase is taller: 19 mm to capital H's 17. What you type replaces all four sample rows. To keep H and h h h h, press them first in Pick from the 82 rows and words.

Start with hat words, leave hour for later

In this list h is always followed by a vowel, so there are no blends. Begin with h and a short vowel: hat, hen, hill, hop, hug. Horse and hive bring other vowels. Hour, honest, honor and heir keep the h on paper and drop it in speech.

  • Classroom wording that fits the dot on lowercase h: start high, straight down, then over the hump.

Questions and answers

My child's h looks like an n. What helps?

The two differ only in the stick. The dot for h sits by the top line, the dot for n just under the dashed line. At Large, h climbs to 19 mm, n to about 12. Type h n h n in the Words box.

Why is the h silent in hour and honest?

A few English words, mostly from French, write an h and do not say it: hour, honest, honor, heir. The clue is the word in front: an hour. Herb is left out, because some speakers say its h and others drop it.

What sounds does h make with other letters?

Alone, h is the puff of air at the start of hat. As the second letter of a team it spells others: sh in ship, ch in chin, a quiet th in thin, a buzzing th in this. Pick another letter from the letter list.

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