How To Write In Cursive

Here is how to write in cursive.
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 How To Write In Cursive

       How To Write In Cursive

Click any letter below to find out how to draw that letter in cursive.

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There are a few ways to help you learn to write in cursive.  Writing in cursive is not difficult and once you pick it up.  In cursive, the letters flow together from one to the next.  While most people will learn cursive during their basic education, it stops being an emphasis the later in schooling you go.  While some may prefer to write in print letters, cursive writing has a better look and allows you to write at a greater speed, which is essential when taking lecture notes or try to complete an idea on paper before it escapes you.  The majority of college students will write in cursive, and learning how to write in cursive earlier will make everything you write more legible and easier to understand.

The first way to help you learn to write in cursive is to look at all the letters in the cursive alphabet and study how each letter is formed.  Each letter has a spot where is starts and end, and should be written in this manner.  Each letter should also be made in one sold stroke unless noted, since taking the pencil away from the paper will create a gap in the letter or make it look uneven.  Refer to the cursive alphabet pictured above.

Second is to practice writing each letter of the alphabet. Write the letters over and over until they look like the letters in the picture above.  Practicing writing the letter properly will make forming words from them easier.  If you can write the individual letters without thinking about them, you are ready to move on to words and sentences.  Make sure you have writing the letter down first, since learning this step incorrectly will make for more issues later.

Now try writing a few phrases, names, or small sentences.  Remember not to rush into things before you're ready.  If you start writing paragraphs before you are completely comfortable with words, you will start to make some mistakes.  Most people start with writing their name, starting with their first name, then their last name, finally putting them both together.  Learning your signature, which is your name written in cursive, is a key step in learning how to write in cursive. 

Now move onto writing larger sentences and paragraphs, using words that have a variety of letters.  Most of the sentences people start out writing use common letters such as A, I, S, T, R, O, U, M, and N.  While most will get really good at writing words involving these and other common letters, they will have issues using letters that aren't commonly used.  Make sure you use the letters Q, X, Z, F, and B.  Mastering the less used letters now will keep you writing in cursive smoothly when you encounter them.  It is quite common to observe someone writing in perfect cursive, then putting a print letter Q or Z in the middle of their writing.

Finally,  all you need to do is keep trying and don't give up.  The only way to get better at cursive is to keep writing.  (PRATICE MAKES PERFECT!)

A student is writing in cursive.Some Tips For Learning How To Write In Cursive

When you are starting out learning how to write in cursive, one of the easiest tips is to use tracing paper.  Putting tracing paper over something like the image at the top of this page will allow you to confidently practice your form.  Writing the alphabet over and over like this will ensure you get the proper strokes down, and that you're constructing your letters properly.  After you've moved away from tracing paper, start using larger ruled paper with a middle line.  This will make sure you're writing your letters the proper height and proportion.  Make sure you use this kind of paper until you've got paragraph writing down.

Make sure you work with writing in with both pencils and pens.  You should start out with pencils, but after you've gotten up to writing paragraphs, try writing in ink a bit.

Also, after you've got your letters down and are proficient at writing words and small sentences, try copying out of a book.  Copying a paragraph is a great technique for practicing your words and sentences.  It allows you to focus more on the writing without having to come up with the sentences yourself.  You will also have a wider variety of words to practice, rather than limiting yourself to common words you know.

With most of the emphasis in schools going towards computer skills, proper handwriting doesn't have as much space.  Many students will learn how to type before they learn how to write in cursive well, but handwriting is still an important part of the educational process.

Finally, don't be scared.  Anyone can learn to write in cursive at any age.  If you haven't learned yet, the sooner you start the quicker you'll learn.

A student erasing an error in writing.

Tips For Parents

If you are a parent trying to help your child learn to write in cursive, their are a few tips and traps you should be aware of while helping them.

  • If you have been writing in cursive for years, you have probably adapted some of your own letter and word difference, like using a print M instead of a cursive M.  Observe this and make sure you child is following the cursive alphabet only to avoid confusion.
  • Check their work closely, since one small mistake early can snowball into a big problem later.
  • Once they've gotten into writing paragraphs, select diverse paragraphs for them to copy in order to ensure they are getting practice with all their letters as equally as possible.
  • Learning how to write in cursive is usually taught in elementary school, typically around 3th grade.  If they are in the 5th grade and cannot write in cursive, you should start to work with them directly and discuss options with their teacher.
  • Remember to be patient and let them practice.  If you get frustrated with this, it will only hinder their learning.
There are several video links at the top of this page which can offer some additional guidance to learning how to write in cursive.  Good luck, and remember, practice makes perfect.

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Name: sita Date: Thursday, Mar 31 2011

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Name: deeanna Date: Tuesday, Mar 22 2011

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Name: Gabriela Date: Monday, Feb 07 2011

I am only in 5th grade & Ilearned cursive from my mom.But this site helps SSO MUCH BETTER!


Name: RJ Date: Tuesday, Jan 18 2011

I love this sight because it helped me learn cursive because im in 4th and its 3rd semester and i have to write in cursive all year know and i forgort but know all I have to do is memorize all the capitals and i've got it down just like that


Name: RJ Date: Tuesday, Dec 28 2010

i learned cursive in kinder but my big bro tat me but then i forgot so i looked this up and it helped me alot


Name: michelle schrock Date: Saturday, Dec 11 2010

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Name: Brandon Date: Sunday, Nov 07 2010

Lol, im 13 and I have to pick up cursive because in history im doing an assignment on The Magna Carta


Name: Nick Date: Tuesday, Oct 19 2010

I'm going to put a review about this in my column of the next issue of the new newspaper here in Las Vegas, NV. This website helped my child learn cursive while she is in first grade! This is outstanding work. Good job guys!


Name: nobody Date: Sunday, Sep 12 2010

thank you


Name: Sam Date: Thursday, Sep 09 2010

I still dont know!!!


Name: Sam Date: Wednesday, Sep 08 2010

Just Wow...


Name: bianca Date: Saturday, Sep 04 2010

im 7 years old and now i write cursive


Name: diana Date: Monday, Aug 23 2010

i love cursive how loves it graet how dosent
who cares about them


Name: bogidy boo Date: Friday, Jul 30 2010

like alot of people I am in the 6th grade and I need to learn cursive but I think that you should just do it out of a book this didnt help me at all


Name: leah Date: Wednesday, Jun 23 2010

i love it


Name: JENNIFER Date: Tuesday, Jun 15 2010

This is GREATE NOW I NOW WHO TO WRITE IN CURSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Name: JENNIFER Date: Wednesday, Jun 09 2010

I love this I learn cursive in this learning website thank you for this buil ding website


Name: jazzlyn Date: Wednesday, May 26 2010

my cursive is very ugly but the website is helpful///


Name: mary Date: Tuesday, May 25 2010

so cool! I learned cursive just in this website!


Name: destiny Date: Monday, May 03 2010

thanks now im teaching my neice


Name: destiny Date: Thursday, Apr 01 2010

i have my own writting kinnda like cursive


Name: doreyda Date: Saturday, Feb 27 2010

yah stupid people that hate cursive suks d*** and people that like cursive like meh is a winner not a weiner


Name: doreyda Date: Thursday, Feb 25 2010

DUDE!!! CURSIVE ROCKS!!! so does the Caps Lock key!!!


Name: yo Date: Monday, Feb 22 2010

this is cool


Name: yo Date: Monday, Feb 08 2010

when did you learn cursive?  I learned it a long time ago.


Name: kimberly Date: Wednesday, Jan 27 2010

i now know how to write in cursuve


Name: amber Date: Wednesday, Jan 27 2010

i cant write any of this dumb doo doo stuff


Name: amber Date: Wednesday, Jan 27 2010

this is so great i am in 1st grade and i can write my name


Name: amber Date: Tuesday, Jan 26 2010

Name:MY NAME

I LIKE PIES AND CHEESE SO THAT MEANS I LIKE CHEESY PIE!!!


Name: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Date: Tuesday, Jan 26 2010

I like pie


Name: AKASHWALE Date: Tuesday, Jan 26 2010

NAME:S.A.AAYUSHMAAN.
DATE:26.01.2010.
WRITING IN CURSIVE IMPROVES SPEED.


Name: Angel Date: Wednesday, Jan 20 2010

I love this website.At first i write in Nelson handwriting but now i saw this website and i started writing cursive.


Name: anya Date: Tuesday, Jan 19 2010

retards write in print!
Smart people in cursive.


Name: anya Date: Monday, Jan 18 2010

hi i am yael in fourth grade there is a green paper that saids how to write in cursive i was supposed to get it but my teacher didnt give it to me so i didnt fully remember how to write in cursive so i looked on google and found this website its helping me a tun THANK YOU


Name: tgft Date: Tuesday, Jan 12 2010

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Name: friejh Date: Tuesday, Jan 12 2010

how to write diane in cursive


Name: odd Date: Sunday, Jan 10 2010

The men who signed the Declaration of Independence signed their names in cursive. The Declaration was written in cursive. Most people have terrible hand-writing these days. I learned how to do it in the 2nd or 3rd grade. What has happened to our education systems?


Name: Briliantsun Date: Sunday, Jan 10 2010

This has helped me soooo much im in 8th grade and i am just learning how to do cursive it makes me feel so......... POWERFUL! thank you


Name: Briliantsun Date: Saturday, Jan 09 2010

this kind of helped me


Name: Briliantsun Date: Saturday, Jan 02 2010

Cursive can suckkk my di** because I'm in highschool and I still don't know how to write in cursive but I don't need to know anyways so whateverrrrrrrrrrrr, lmfao XD


Name: Briliantsun Date: Saturday, Jan 02 2010

I learned to do this in the 3rd grade. Education today is one horrible joke.


Name: Briliantsun Date: Saturday, Jan 02 2010

All of you idiots that are saying cursive is gay, or stupid, or "for fags"...or all the stupid comments you're making, well I have news for you.

If you've EVER signed your name you've used cursive.


Name: Briliantsun Date: Thursday, Dec 31 2009

hello


Name: jim Date: Thursday, Dec 31 2009

hello


Name: jim Date: Thursday, Dec 31 2009

I SUCK I CANT WRITE ANY OF THIS DOODOO DOWN


Name: Julia Date: Wednesday, Dec 30 2009

NICE!


Name: ana Date: Saturday, Dec 26 2009

thank you hope u show people im a teacher


Name: ana Date: Tuesday, Dec 22 2009

this is super hard even though im in the 7th grade XD


Name: 7th Grader Date: Friday, Dec 11 2009

I'm in 7th grade, and I want to learn cursive. This is taught me well. I wanna learn calligraphy next! Thank this site!!!


Name: haha Date: Tuesday, Dec 08 2009

CURSIVE IS FOR FAGS


Name: haha Date: Monday, Dec 07 2009

I am in the 11th grade and I figure I should learn to write in cursive, it makes me sound so ignorant when I say I don't know how. This site is very helpful.


Name: xyra Date: Wednesday, Dec 02 2009

this is awosome I learn this at 2 grade..haahahahahhahahahahah


Name: xyra Date: Sunday, Nov 29 2009

writing in cursive separates then men from the boys


Name: xyra Date: Friday, Nov 27 2009

cursive makes me smile


Name: xyra Date: Friday, Nov 27 2009

thank you so much it helped my brother.


Name: xyra Date: Thursday, Nov 26 2009

this is a awesome web site im in 3 grade too!


Name: XxJakkoxX Date: Tuesday, Nov 24 2009

Damn, i tried to write in cursive but i can't... im in 8th grade but f*** this is easy stuff! im trying to write in classical cursive not babt cursive...


Name: blah Date: Wednesday, Nov 18 2009

hello


Name: hannah Date: Wednesday, Nov 18 2009

can i get a papper to wright on


Name: shadowthehedgehog Date: Tuesday, Nov 17 2009

jeeeeeeeeeeeeez.I hate cursive.I mean look at me I'M IN THIRD GRADE AND HAVE 3 PAGES IN CURSIVE FOR GOD'S SAKE.DANG IT.But this just miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight help.P.s. it's due in 6 days


Name: amanda Date: Monday, Nov 16 2009

omg this heplped my so much


Name: katie Date: Thursday, Nov 12 2009

i love cursive and i want to learn more!


Name: katie Date: Thursday, Nov 12 2009

i want to learn more cursive!

its fun


Name: katie Date: Thursday, Nov 12 2009

this is tite


Name: Jake3893Myers Date: Thursday, Nov 12 2009

really cool site! I am in sixth grade and I never new how to write cursive capitals until now!!


Name: roar Date: Wednesday, Nov 11 2009

i still love it ive been using it for a while and i learned a few letters ive learned the w and i thought it was like a w where it does one more than it does in print and i have to write letter to people IN CURSIVE ugh this helps a lot though i love it THANK YOU


Name: janee Date: Sunday, Nov 08 2009

wow i am an 8th grader using HOW TO WRITE IN CURSIVE!!!!hahahahahahaha


Name: Alaina Date: Sunday, Nov 08 2009

This was such a great help! Im in my second year of highschool, and only learning cursive once in elementry school, this helps refreshen my memory. Thanks :)


Name: adrian Date: Thursday, Nov 05 2009

this website is so cool


Name: adrian Date: Tuesday, Nov 03 2009

hahah we learned this in like the 3rd grade. im in 10th now and i forgot how to write all the letters. you should see my signature, its embarrassing. thanks


Name: connie Date: Monday, Nov 02 2009

OMG this helped me so much i am in forth grade and
i am like a pro


Name: eli Date: Saturday, Oct 31 2009

Name:ElizabethDate:Saturday,Oct 31 2009
wow!! this is asom i learn cursive in a day !! is in it asom!!!



























































Name: leah Date: Saturday, Oct 31 2009

i like to write in cursiv.


Name: leah Date: Thursday, Oct 29 2009

How To Write In Cursive


Name: LE_BANANAwiffLE_APPLhEH Date: Thursday, Oct 29 2009

OMG CURSIFICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

where have you been, all my life!


Name: LE_BANANAwiffLE_APPLhEH Date: Tuesday, Oct 27 2009

zomg thanks!


Name: LE_BANANAwiffLE_APPLhEH Date: Tuesday, Oct 27 2009

i love writing in cursive


Name: LE_BANANAwiffLE_APPLhEH Date: Monday, Oct 26 2009

hello


Name: DIANA Date: Sunday, Oct 25 2009

HEY IN DIANA THIS IS SO HELPFUL AND AWESOME


Name: june Date: Sunday, Oct 25 2009

this work alot thankz:)


Name: june Date: Saturday, Oct 24 2009

It is so bad


Name: Aron Date: Friday, Oct 23 2009

Like some poeple said i am a freshmen to and I am just now learning to write and this website is helping me alot.


Name: Menma Uche Date: Thursday, Oct 22 2009

awesome site!!


Name: Menma Uche Date: Monday, Oct 19 2009

Hello


Name: Alexandra Date: Saturday, Oct 17 2009

And i'm only in 5th grade!!


Name: Alexandra Date: Saturday, Oct 17 2009

wow! This really helped me with a school project where we had to write in cursive. Thanks!!!


Name: Sam Date: Thursday, Oct 15 2009

show a place that people can type thire name and see it in cursive


Name: Molly Date: Saturday, Oct 10 2009

So cool! I'm in my freshman year of high school and am such a slow writer so hopefully this will help me get down notes faster! Thanks alot. :) Molly


Name: Molly Date: Wednesday, Oct 07 2009

This is a great help


Name: Allyson Date: Tuesday, Oct 06 2009

Hi I Know Everyone is here for the same reason and i hope this helped you as well as it helped me..


Name: Love girl Date: Tuesday, Oct 06 2009

This is so cool because im in the 6th grade and i still need a little bit of help writting in cursive because i never was great at writing in cursive but this gave me a big boost to writing in cursive much much much better..


Name: Love girl Date: Monday, Oct 05 2009

thanks for teaching me how to write in cursive


Name: Will Date: Sunday, Oct 04 2009

Our school district teaches cursive at 6th grade. I am now in 9th grade and want to try to refresh my cursive skills. Thank you for this great website. I appreciate it.


Name: phuc anh Date: Sunday, Oct 04 2009

this is a great website for kids


Name: phuc anh Date: Saturday, Oct 03 2009

Cursive is harder than I thought it would be.


Name: david Date: Saturday, Oct 03 2009

yo mama writes in cursive


Name: Austin Layne Date: Wednesday, Sep 23 2009

Ow man im in 4 grade now and i never lissened enough to figuar out how to write in cursive :( And i dont know how id ever be able to rember this.
Can somone Send me a tutorial to my email
Goofygooberaustin@gmail.com
Plz
I really Need Help With it


Name: funnyman Date: Tuesday, Sep 22 2009

omg this helped me alot now i improved my cursive! thank u


Name: roar Date: Sunday, Sep 20 2009

This helps allot i have to write a one page letter to some one in cursive today and i hate cursive its HARD


Name: roar Date: Saturday, Sep 19 2009

thank you


Name: nikki Date: Friday, Sep 18 2009

im in the sixth grade and every thing is in cursive thx fpr the help!!!!


Name: Seth Skyler Date: Saturday, Sep 12 2009

Cursive is kinda gay. :(


Name: Seth Skyler Date: Wednesday, Sep 09 2009

This is a great way, to teach kids going to middle school, how to write in cursive=ve.


Name: Seth Skyler Date: Wednesday, Sep 09 2009

waz up


Name: Seth Skyler Date: Tuesday, Sep 01 2009

now i can write in cursive its cool
>:]


Name: dragonkeeper678 Date: Wednesday, Aug 26 2009

I'm having a lot of trouble with writing the letters that i don't use a lot and the numbers. Thanks


Name: dragonkeeper678 Date: Wednesday, Aug 26 2009

I appreciate this simple straightforward information, despite having a love for English my Great Grandmother still calls me illiterate because I don't write in cursive. It Looks like this is all I need.

Thanks.


Name: lollypop Date: Monday, Aug 17 2009

This is so great im in 5th grade and i dont no cursive at all so yah this is helping me alot lol!


Name: daisy Date: Wednesday, Aug 12 2009

Bombskies;)


Name: barbra Date: Monday, Aug 10 2009

wow i really didnt get it because i need to write it with my hands instead of just learning i need hands on but thank you


Name: barbra Date: Friday, Aug 07 2009

I'm so glad you added individual pages with tutorials about how to draw each letter in the alphabet! That's a great addition!


Name: barbra Date: Friday, Aug 07 2009

thanks for this I have been trying to reacapture my cursive skills so thanks for this it's great.


Name: son Date: Thursday, Aug 06 2009

I love writing in cursive.  it is fun


Name: Diamond Date: Saturday, Aug 01 2009

This Is Good Help


Name: Diamond Date: Friday, Jul 31 2009

thanks


Name: paula Date: Monday, Jul 20 2009

Thank you for this page.  I succeeded in school because this website taught me the cursive letters and how to write the alphabet in cursive. = )


Name: paula Date: Monday, Jul 20 2009

hey, writing in cursive is awesome


Name: Name goes here Date: Sunday, Jul 19 2009

Thank u it is so useful I'm going into highschool and wanted to relearn how 2 write in cursive this is and will help me in the future.


Name: Name goes here Date: Friday, Jul 17 2009

lol .good thing


Name: blah Date: Friday, Jul 17 2009

im almost 15 and i have the cursive ability of a 5 year old :( lol so this is very helpful thx ^_^


Name: harter Date: Friday, Jul 17 2009

Wow i love to learn to right in cursive


Name: hehe Date: Wednesday, Jul 15 2009

When I learned to write in cursive was one of my proudest moments as a child.  Writing in cursive is fun and must faster than printing.


Name: hehe Date: Tuesday, Jul 07 2009

wooo cursive! yeah :P moooooooo


Name: hehe Date: Friday, Jul 03 2009

how to do cursife lol


Name: haha Date: Tuesday, Jun 30 2009

great website


Name: haha Date: Sunday, Jun 28 2009

this is awsome i am trying to teach my little sister cursive


Name: rahma Date: Wednesday, Jun 10 2009

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