Hiragana は Wa vs Ha

Mata aimashita ne! So, in my Hiragana writing book, Wa is listed as わ , whereas Ha is listed as は. In Rocket Japanese, Wa is は. A little confused as to what is correct. Any help is appreciated! Arigato

こんにちは (Konnichiwa) Heru-,

Thank you for your question! 

Your hiragana book is correct that わ is pronounced “wa” and は is pronounced “ha"; however, は can also be pronounced “wa" when it is used as a topic marking particle. 

In Japanese, the particle は (wa) is used to mark the topic of a sentence. You can learn about the useage of は as the particle “wa” in this lesson:

https://app.rocketlanguages.com/members/products/5/lesson/5040#making-sentences-using-the-particle-%E3%81%AF

So, depending on the context,  は could be pronounced as either “wa” or “ha."

As part of words, は is pronounced “ha" (e.g. はる (haru) “spring” or はい (hai) “yes”). 

As a particle, は is pronounced “wa" (e.g. わたし　は　たなか　です　(Watashi wa tanaka desu) “(I) am Tanaka").

I hope this helped! 

勉強を頑張ってください！ (Benkyō o ganbatte kudasai!) 

Domo arigato!