English Cursive Foundations
Description du cours
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.
16
Leçons
51
Exercices
27
Étudiants
Ce qu'il vous faut
Un stylo et du papier ligné, ou une imprimante pour les feuilles de la leçon
L'appareil photo du téléphone pour photographier ce que vous écrivez
Contenu du cours
Set up your grip and posture, then train the two movements every cursive letter is built from.
Exercices :
Rhythm Slants
Undercurve Waves
Three more building blocks: the tall loop, the oval and the arch.
Exercices :
Ascending Loops
Ovals
Overcurve Arches
Your first letters — i and t are the undercurve wave with a stem.
Exercices :
The Letter i
The Letter t
First Word: it
Word: tit
Two letters made of nothing but undercurve swings.
Exercices :
The Letter u
The Letter w
Word: wit
The two purest loop letters — small e and tall l.
Exercices :
The Letter e
The Letter l
Word: let
Four letters built on the tall loop.
Exercices :
The Letter h
The Letter b
Letters f and k
Word: belt
Letters built on the counter-clockwise oval.
Exercices :
The Letter a
The Letter c
Word: add
Word: cat
Ovals with tails below the baseline — and the special exit of o.
Exercices :
The Letter g
The Letter o
Word: dog
The arch letters — and your first diagonal letter.
Exercices :
The Letter n
The Letter m
Word: vex
Word: man
The six letters that follow no family rules.
Exercices :
The Letter r
The Letter s
Word: jazz
Word: spry
The standard join — from the baseline up into the next letter.
Exercices :
Join: in
Joins: an and un
Word: chin
The tricky joins — after o, b, v and w the join starts at the midline.
Exercices :
Join: on
Join: we
Word: brown
The most frequent English words, in cursive.
Exercices :
Word: the
Words: and, with
Word: have
Longer everyday words — rhythm over speed.
Exercices :
Word: friend
Word: school
Word: write
Uppercase cursive — the letters that begin names and sentences.
Exercices :
Capitals: A B C
Capitals: M N
Name: Anna
Everything together: full sentences with capitals, joins and punctuation.
Exercices :
Sentence: We can write.
The Pangram
Formateur
Calihand
Expert en écriture
4
Cours
27
Étudiants