father in cursive
This is how father looks in school cursive: 6 letters, and the parts to watch are that f goes below the line. Print the sheet below to practise it.
father 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, t, h, e and r.
- Let the f drop below the baseline and loop back up through it.
- When the word is finished, go back to cross the t.
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.
- t
- Making t as tall as l, or adding a loop. Cursive t is shorter than the tall letters and has no loop.
- h
- Making the hump too narrow, so h looks like an l and an i. Give the hump some width.
- e
- Making the loop too big, so e looks like l. The loop stays below the midline.
- r
- Rounding the top so r looks like an i or an n. The small flat step at the top is what makes the r.
Write it yourself
Questions parents ask
How do you write father in cursive?
Join the letters without lifting your pencil: f, a, t, h, e and r. Let the f drop below the baseline and loop back up through it. When the word is finished, go back to cross the t.
How many letters are in father?
father has 6 letters: f, a, t, h, e, r.
Is father hard to write in cursive?
Most of it joins smoothly. The parts that need care: f goes below the line. Trace it a few times on the sheet and it soon feels natural.