mother in cursive
This is how mother looks in school cursive: 6 letters, and the parts to watch are that ot is a high join. Print the sheet below to practise it.
mother 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: m, o, t, h, e and r.
- Watch the high join (ot): after b, o, v or w, the next letter starts at the midline, not the baseline.
- 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
- m
- Adding a fourth hump or losing one. Cursive m has three humps (three slants down); n has two.
- o
- Dropping the ending to the baseline. Cursive o ends high, so the next letter starts from the midline.
- 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 mother in cursive?
Join the letters without lifting your pencil: m, o, t, h, e and r. Watch the high join (ot): after b, o, v or w, the next letter starts at the midline, not the baseline. When the word is finished, go back to cross the t.
How many letters are in mother?
mother has 6 letters: m, o, t, h, e, r.
Is mother hard to write in cursive?
Most of it joins smoothly. The parts that need care: ot is a high join. Trace it a few times on the sheet and it soon feels natural.