smile in cursive
This is how smile looks in school cursive: 5 letters, all joined smoothly from the baseline. Print the sheet below to practise it.
smile 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: s, m, i, l and e.
- When the word is finished, go back to dot the i.
All 5 letters, one by one
Tap a letter to see how it is written on its own.
Tips for each letter
- s
- Writing it like a print s. Cursive s is a point at the top and a small closed belly at the bottom.
- 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.
- e
- Making the loop too big, so e looks like l. The loop stays below the midline.
Write it yourself
Questions parents ask
How do you write smile in cursive?
Join the letters without lifting your pencil: s, m, i, l and e. When the word is finished, go back to dot the i.
How many letters are in smile?
smile has 5 letters: s, m, i, l, e.
Is smile hard to write in cursive?
No. Every letter in smile joins from the baseline, with no lifts or high joins, so it is a good word for beginners.