Cursive Basics
Letter Lines
Letter Shapes
Tools & Practice
Letter Types
100

This writing style connects letters.

What is cursive?

100

The line where letters sit.

What is the baseline?

100

Curved shapes in cursive letters.

What are loops?

100

This tool is used to write cursive.

What is a pencil?

100

Big letters in cursive.

What are capital letters?

200

Letters in cursive usually lean this way.


What is slant?

200

Tall letters reach up to this line.

What is the top line?

200

A smooth, rounded line in cursive

What is a curve?

200

Doing this helps you get better at cursive.

What is practice?

200

Small letters in cursive.

What are lowercase letters?

300


Cursive helps improve this skill when writing.

What is neatness?

300

Some letters go below this line.

What is the bottom line?

300

Extra fancy lines added to letters.

What are flourishes?

300

This helps keep letters neat and straight.

What is lined paper?

300

This lowercase letter is often practiced first in cursive.

What is the letter A?

400

Cursive letters should be spaced so words are easy to _____

What is read?

400

This line helps letters stay the same size.

What is the middle line?

400

The letter l has a tall _____ in cursive.

What is a loop?

400

This helps your hand get stronger for cursive writing.

What is practice?

400

These letters are not big and not capital.

What are lowercase letters?

500

Writing cursive smoothly without stopping too much helps your writing look _____.

What is neat?

500

Letters like g and y go below this line.

What is the bottom line?

500

This word means adding fancy lines to letters.

What are flourishes?

500

This kind of paper helps keep cursive neat and even.

What is lined paper?

500

You use these letters at the beginning of a sentence or name

What are capital letters?

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