Cursive C

Cursive c begins with a small hook at the midline before the curve starts — the printed c has nothing of the sort.

Cursive capital C and lowercase c written on a four-line school ruling

Written in the traditional US school model — the looped, joined cursive of the Zaner-Bloser and D'Nealian copybooks, which is the model every sheet on this site is set in.

How to write cursive c

  1. Swing up from the baseline to the midline and hook back to the left.
  2. Curve down and round to the left, as if starting an oval.
  3. Come round to the baseline and stop there — the shape stays open.
  4. Exit to the right into the next letter.

The capital C

Capital C is the same open curve at full height, with the same hook at the top.

Where it goes wrong

Closing it. Carry the curve all the way round and c is an a — the two letters begin with the same movement and part at the last moment.

Print the c practice sheet

Printable cursive c practice sheet — first page

What is on the sheet

  1. Lowercase c
    ccc
    Write three letters c, exactly as in the model. Trace the pale row first, then write the empty rows on your own.
  2. Capital C
    C C C
    Write the capital C three times, with a space between them. Capitals fill the full height from the baseline to the top line.
  3. Words: circle and pencil
    circle pencil
    Write both words as in the model, with a clear space between them. Keep every c the same size and the same slant.
  4. Word: cocoa
    cocoa
    Write the word in one movement where you can, then go back for any dots and crossbars.

Print at 100% on US Letter — not “fit to page”. The ruling is classroom size, and scaling the page down makes every letter the wrong size; the 10 cm scale at the foot of the sheet is there to check against. Every block gives you a model row in full ink, a pale row to trace over and empty ruled rows of your own.

All twenty-six on one page: the cursive alphabet chart.

The other letters

Check your c against the model

Write the sheet by hand, photograph it, and our AI scores letter formation, spacing and slant against the same model you traced.

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Oval Family: a, c and d

In the course, c is taught with the letters that share its movement — that is where to go once the shape itself is no longer the problem.

Oval Family: a, c and d The full cursive course