Trace Letter H

Two tall lines and a bridge between them. The model H at the top has a numbered dot on the top of each line and a third at the left end of the bar, which sits on the middle guide line.

H is one of the first letters many children manage, since nothing in it curves or slants. What wobbles is the spacing: lines that lean toward each other, or a bridge that slopes like a slide.

Before bridging, have your child check that the two lines stand like goalposts. Hat, hen and house start with H, and breathing the "h" sound onto a hand is worth a minute too.