Cursive letters
Pick any cursive letter to see how it is formed stroke by stroke, the mistake children make most, how it joins the next letter, and sheets to print.
Start with i
Most school programmes teach i first: one undercurve, a slant and a dot. It is the start of half the alphabet.
Learn cursive iLowercase letters
Capital letters
Undercurve letters
They begin with an undercurve: a swing up from the baseline, like the start of a smile.
Downcurve letters
They begin like a c, curving back and around to the left.
Overcurve letters
They begin with an overcurve: a small hump up and over to the right.
How each letter page works
- The strokes. Each letter is broken into the strokes a teacher says out loud: undercurve, slant, loop.
- The common mistake. The one slip children make most with that letter, and how to fix it.
- The joins. Which letters it connects to. b, o, v, w end high, so the next letter starts at the midline.
- The sheets. A sheet for the letter alone and one with practice words, each with Print and PDF.
Questions parents ask
What is the difference between cursive letters and the cursive alphabet?
The cursive alphabet page shows all 26 letters together. These letter pages go one letter at a time, with its strokes and joins.
Which cursive letters are hardest?
Lowercase f, z and q and capital Q, G and Z, because they look least like their print shapes.