12. Joining Letters: Midline Joins
The tricky joins — after o, b, v and w the join starts at the midline.
Letters on this sheet
o n w e b r
What this lesson teaches
Four letters — o, b, v and w — end at the midline instead of the baseline. Their join travels sideways along the midline, and the next letter has to adapt: an n after o loses its first leg, an e after v opens from the top.
These joins are what make cursive look truly fluent. Master them and everything else is easy.
What is on the sheet
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Join: on
onThe o passes the join to n at the midline — notice how n starts directly with its arch, without the usual entry swing.
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Join: we
weFrom the w-tail straight into an e-loop. Keep the e open even though it starts from the midline.
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Word: brown
brownTwo midline joins in one word — after b and after o. Keep the word flowing without lifting the pen.
How to use it
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: if it measures short, the print was scaled.
The sheet holds 3 exercises, each with a model row in full ink, a pale row to trace over, and two empty ruled rows of your own.
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