Printable activity sheet featuring the classic Humpty Dumpty rhyme to help children identify the letter 'a'.

Let me carefully examine the image to identify all the "a"s in the nursery rhyme and the question.

First, I'll read the text in the image:

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

How many a's did you find?"

I need to count every occurrence of the letter "a" (lowercase or uppercase) in this text.

Let me go line by line:

1. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,"
- "sat" has 1 "a"
- "a" has 1 "a"
- "wall" has 1 "a"
→ Total: 3

2. "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall."
- "had" has 1 "a"
- "a" has 1 "a"
- "great" has 1 "a"
- "fall" has 1 "a"
→ Total: 4

3. "All the king's horses and all the king's men"
- "All" has 1 "a"
- "and" has 1 "a"
- "all" has 1 "a"
→ Total: 3

4. "Couldn't put Humpty together again."
- "again" has 2 "a"s (one at the beginning, one near the end)
→ Total: 2

5. "How many a's did you find?"
- "many" has 1 "a"
- "a's" has 1 "a"
→ Total: 2

Now let me double-check by writing out all the words with "a":

- sat (1)
- a (1)
- wall (1)
- had (1)
- a (1)
- great (1)
- fall (1)
- All (1)
- and (1)
- all (1)
- again (2)
- many (1)
- a's (1)

Let me count them: 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1 = 13

Wait, let me be more systematic and count each character:

Line 1: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,"
- s-a-t → 1
- a → 1
- w-a-l-l → 1
Total: 3

Line 2: "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall."
- h-a-d → 1
- a → 1
- g-r-e-a-t → 1
- f-a-l-l → 1
Total: 4

Line 3: "All the king's horses and all the king's men"
- A-l-l → 1
- a-n-d → 1
- a-l-l → 1
Total: 3

Line 4: "Couldn't put Humpty together again."
- a-g-a-i-n → 2
Total: 2

Line 5: "How many a's did you find?"
- m-a-n-y → 1
- a → 1 (in "a's")
Total: 2

3 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 14

Let me recount more carefully by writing out the entire text and marking each "a":

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. How many a's did you find?"

Let me go character by character:
- "sat" → position of 'a': 1
- "a" → 'a': 1
- "wall" → 'a': 1
- "had" → 'a': 1
- "a" → 'a': 1
- "great" → 'a': 1
- "fall" → 'a': 1
- "All" → 'A': 1 (counting case-insensitively)
- "and" → 'a': 1
- "all" → 'a': 1
- "again" → 'a' (first letter): 1, 'a' (fourth letter): 1 → 2
- "many" → 'a': 1
- "a's" → 'a': 1

That's: 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1 = 14

Actually, let me write the whole text and count:
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. How many a's did you find?"

Breaking into words:
1. Humpty - 0
2. Dumpty - 0
3. sat - 1 (a)
4. on - 0
5. a - 1 (a)
6. wall - 1 (a)
7. Humpty - 0
8. Dumpty - 0
9. had - 1 (a)
10. a - 1 (a)
11. great - 1 (a)
12. fall - 1 (a)
13. All - 1 (A)
14. the - 0
15. king's - 0
16. horses - 0
17. and - 1 (a)
18. all - 1 (a)
19. the - 0
20. king's - 0
21. men - 0
22. Couldn't - 0
23. put - 0
24. Humpty - 0
25. together - 0
26. again - 2 (a, a)
27. How - 0
28. many - 1 (a)
29. a's - 1 (a)
30. did - 0
31. you - 0
32. find? - 0

Now summing: 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1 = 14

Wait, let me list them explicitly:
- sat: 1
- a: 1
- wall: 1
- had: 1
- a: 1
- great: 1
- fall: 1
- All: 1
- and: 1
- all: 1
- again: 2
- many: 1
- a's: 1

That's 13 items but "again" has 2, so 12 + 2 = 14? No: there are 13 words with 'a', but one word ("again") contributes 2, so total letters = 12 words × 1 + 1 word × 2 = 14.

Let me count again by writing the text and circling each 'a':
"Humpty Dumpty s(a)t on (a) w(a)ll, Humpty Dumpty h(a)d (a) gr(e)(a)t f(a)ll. (A)ll the king's horses (a)nd (a)ll the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together (a)g(a)in. How m(a)ny (a)'s did you find?"

I see:
- sat: 1
- a: 1
- wall: 1
- had: 1
- a: 1
- great: 1
- fall: 1
- All: 1
- and: 1
- all: 1
- again: 2
- many: 1
- a's: 1

That's 14 total.

But let me verify with a different approach. I'll copy the text and use a counter:

Text: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. How many a's did you find?"

Removing punctuation for counting: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the kings horses and all the kings men Couldnt put Humpty together again How many as did you find"

Now count 'a's:
- sat: 1
- a: 1
- wall: 1
- had: 1
- a: 1
- great: 1
- fall: 1
- All: 1
- and: 1
- all: 1
- again: 2
- many: 1
- as: 1

Yes, that's 14.

Actually, let me be absolutely sure by writing out the exact string and counting:

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. How many a's did you find?"

Let me index it:
... sat ... positions: s-a-t → 1 a
... a ... → 1 a
... wall ... w-a-l-l → 1 a
... had ... h-a-d → 1 a
... a ... → 1 a
... great ... g-r-e-a-t → 1 a
... fall ... f-a-l-l → 1 a
... All ... A-l-l → 1 a
... and ... a-n-d → 1 a
... all ... a-l-l → 1 a
... again ... a-g-a-i-n → 2 a's
... many ... m-a-n-y → 1 a
... a's ... a-'-s → 1 a

Total: 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1 = 14

I think it's 14. But let me check if "All" and "all" are counted as 'a' (yes, case-insensitive counting is standard for such exercises).

Actually, looking back at typical worksheets like this, they usually count case-insensitively.

Let me do a final verification by grouping:
- First sentence: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall," = sat(1) + a(1) + wall(1) = 3
- Second sentence: "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall." = had(1) + a(1) + great(1) + fall(1) = 4
- Third sentence: "All the king's horses and all the king's men" = All(1) + and(1) + all(1) = 3
- Fourth sentence: "Couldn't put Humpty together again." = again(2) = 2
- Question: "How many a's did you find?" = many(1) + a's(1) = 2

3+4+3+2+2 = 14

I'm confident the answer is 14.

Final Answer: 14