English Cursive Foundations
by Calihand
Course Description
Learn joined cursive handwriting from the very first stroke. This course follows the classic letter-family method used in schools: you start with rhythm warm-ups, master lowercase letters in groups that share the same movement, learn to join them, and finish writing full sentences in a smooth, confident hand. Every exercise comes with a model written in a modern US school cursive style. Write your version on paper, photograph it, and get instant AI feedback on letter formation, stroke consistency, spacing and baseline control.
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Set up your grip and posture, then train the two movements every cursive letter is built from.
Exercises:
Rhythm Slants
Undercurve Waves
Three more building blocks: the tall loop, the oval and the arch.
Exercises:
Ascending Loops
Ovals
Overcurve Arches
Your first letters — i and t are the undercurve wave with a stem.
Exercises:
The Letter i
The Letter t
First Word: it
Word: tit
Two letters made of nothing but undercurve swings.
Exercises:
The Letter u
The Letter w
Word: wit
The two purest loop letters — small e and tall l.
Exercises:
The Letter e
The Letter l
Word: let
Four letters built on the tall loop.
Exercises:
The Letter h
The Letter b
Letters f and k
Word: belt
Letters built on the counter-clockwise oval.
Exercises:
The Letter a
The Letter c
Word: add
Word: cat
Ovals with tails below the baseline — and the special exit of o.
Exercises:
The Letter g
The Letter o
Word: dog
The arch letters — and your first diagonal letter.
Exercises:
The Letter n
The Letter m
Word: vex
Word: man
The six letters that follow no family rules.
Exercises:
The Letter r
The Letter s
Word: jazz
Word: spry
The standard join — from the baseline up into the next letter.
Exercises:
Join: in
Joins: an and un
Word: chin
The tricky joins — after o, b, v and w the join starts at the midline.
Exercises:
Join: on
Join: we
Word: brown
The most frequent English words, in cursive.
Exercises:
Word: the
Words: and, with
Word: have
Longer everyday words — rhythm over speed.
Exercises:
Word: friend
Word: school
Word: write
Uppercase cursive — the letters that begin names and sentences.
Exercises:
Capitals: A B C
Capitals: M N
Name: Anna
Everything together: full sentences with capitals, joins and punctuation.
Exercises:
Sentence: We can write.
The Pangram
Instructor
Calihand
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