How to Learn to Write in Cursive
As younger children begin learning computer skills, the art of writing by hand gets pushed farther and farther into the background. There will always be a place for writing by hand and it is just as easy to learn it correctly as incorrectly. Cursive writing was established for speed and legibility. It is certainly the most elegant form of writing letters in most alphabets. Teach yourself the proper way to write cursive letters, then teach others.
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Begin learning the lower case letters in groups of similar characteristics. Do not write until you have learned all the groups of letters. A, D,G, Q and C all have rounded bodies and begin with similar strokes to the letter A.
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Continue learning the next group which is the up and down group of I, U, W and T all in lower case. This is followed by the loop letters of E,H, L, B, F, and J on lower case. Then comes the bumpy letters N,M,V and X in lower case followed by the letters that have bits and pieces from each group, P, R, S,O, Y and Z.
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Study the correct way of holding the pencil to write cursive letters. The pencil should lay between the thumb and the first finger with the second finger beneath the pencil as a resting place for the pencil.
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Print out sheets from the Super Teacher website. Print out worksheets for lower case A. Write a few lower case As on the worksheet. Watch that the pencil does not change position.
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Follow the lined letters on the worksheet following the direction of the letter. When you are satisfied with how you've written the letter A, print out the lower case of the other rounded letters. Do not move too quickly and take your time learning each letter.
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Print out worksheets that have short words such as "and" or "mom" and slowly practice how to connect the letters. Once this is done successfully, begin the upper case letters using the same worksheets.
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Move on to writing short sentences such as "Mommy goes to Golden Bakery." Watch the position of the pencil at all times. Once, you are comfortable writing short sentences, you'll be able to write anything.
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