family in cursive
This is how family looks in school cursive: 6 letters, and the parts to watch are that f goes below the line and y goes below the line. Print the sheet below to practise it.
family written once as a model, then in grey to trace, then on empty lines to write alone.
Prints on US Letter and A4, in black and white. Free for home and classroom use.
How to write it, step by step
- Join the letters without lifting your pencil: f, a, m, i, l and y.
- Let the f and y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it.
- When the word is finished, go back to dot the i.
All 6 letters, one by one
Tap a letter to see how it is written on its own.
Tips for each letter
- f
- Leaving off the lower loop. Cursive f goes above and below the line: a top loop and a bottom loop.
- a
- Leaving the top open, so a looks like u. Close the circle before you slant down.
- m
- Adding a fourth hump or losing one. Cursive m has three humps (three slants down); n has two.
- i
- Stopping to dot the i in the middle of a word. Finish the word first, then dot.
- l
- Making the loop so thin it disappears, so l looks like a tall i without a dot. Keep the loop open.
- y
- Leaving the loop open below the line. Bring the tail back up so it crosses at the baseline.
Write it yourself
Questions parents ask
How do you write family in cursive?
Join the letters without lifting your pencil: f, a, m, i, l and y. Let the f and y drop below the baseline and loop back up through it. When the word is finished, go back to dot the i.
How many letters are in family?
family has 6 letters: f, a, m, i, l, y.
Is family hard to write in cursive?
Most of it joins smoothly. The parts that need care: f goes below the line and y goes below the line. Trace it a few times on the sheet and it soon feels natural.