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Cursive writing is easy! 'Just connect the letters with five basic strokes.
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Print these free Cursive Writing Worksheets with instruction guides for upper and lower case cursive alphabet letters.
Well, some children do not think cursive writing is easy.
If so, encourage them that fancy cursive writing is simple, fun, and actually faster than manuscript.
These free PDF cursive practice sheets are easy to file, print, and use. Jump to oodles of free practice PDF worksheets below:
All of the free printable worksheets on this page use the usual third or fourth grade sized line spacing.
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Teaching cursive writing can be easy if you make it an adventure. Basically there are six strokes to connect letters:
See more instructions below.
If your elementary school students already know how to write in manuscript, encourage them that writing in cursive is as easy as connecting the letters together. The rest is style.
Write the manuscript alphabet on the board or a piece of paper, or some part of it. Then make the connections both on the board and in their minds by drawing the connecting strokes.
Truly, that's most of writing in cursive.
With beginners or those who struggle, another idea for teaching cursive handwriting is to drag your lines on the board as you move to write the next letter in a word. Say the letter or its sound as you write the letters naming the strokes you're using.
Students like seeing that
Practicing cursive offers an "Aha!" moment for some reluctant readers. When they see the break between the words in their own handwriting, they often make a better association for where words start and where they end in their reading, certainly in their handwriting. :-)
Cursive writing instructions for adults is the same as for children. A beginner is a beginner.
Learning how to write in cursive as an adult can actually be easier, especiall if you've been printing with an italic hand , meaning your letters already slant as if for cursive script.
Best advice? Long story short?
Connect the letters as you write.
You can learn style as you practice writing in cursive hand.
For adults who will be using these cursive script sheets print the pages "two-up" so that you can use the smaller font and less paper.
No sense trudging through larger handwriting to learn cursive.
It is the same for basic cursive practice sheets for older kids and high school students. Keep it short and sweet.
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Basically, there are five cursive strokes to add to the manuscript letters.
Romalda Spalding has an excellent description in her book at Amazon, The Writing Road to Reading. In a way, this is my favorite cursive writing book as she makes cursive seem easy.
The whole lesson is only six pages and can be taught in just a few classes. Truly, I've seen even small children learn to write in cursive in just two weeks using what she wrote.
She taught several general rules like "All letters sit on the base line." Then she writes that you should teach the terms for the five strokes as you show how to connect the letters:
You can read more about using her book for teaching reading by teaching writing.
Usually, the capital letters do not connect with the rest of a word, yet these capitals letters can be connected to the rest of a word:
Once your students have learned both upper and lower case cursive, they can stay sharp practicing this cursive sentence with all letters present:
The first image can be used for crayon or finger tracing "just to get the idea" of the cursive alphabet.
Each of the A-Z letters have a dotted cursive writing PDF.
These 26 PDF printable cursive worksheets show the alphabet in cursive with upper and lower case practice for each individual letter of the alphabet.
The instruction guides show the upper and lower case cursive directions for where to start and where to end each letter, A-Z.
Each page has the capital or upper case letter and the lower case letter for each letter of the alphabet.
