https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/Recent content in Handwriting: Print and Cursive on Teddy Rook Bookhttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpghttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpgHugoenhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/posture/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/posture/Sit tall and back in the chair, feet flat on the floor, with both arms resting on the table. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/pencil-grip/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/pencil-grip/Hold the pencil with the thumb and pointer finger, let it rest on the middle finger, a little way up from the point, and hold it lightly. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/paper-position/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/paper-position/Keep the paper in front of you and hold it still with your other hand. For cursive, tilt it: top to the left for a right hand, top to the right for a left hand. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/writing-lines/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/writing-lines/Letters sit on the baseline. Short letters reach the middle line, tall letters reach the top line, and tail letters go below the baseline. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/print-strokes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/print-strokes/Every print letter is made of a few strokes: lines down, lines across, slants and circles. Each stroke has a start and a direction. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/start-at-top/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/start-at-top/Most strokes start at the top and go down. Tall letters like b, h, k, l and t start at the top line; short letters start at the middle line. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/line-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/line-letters/l, i and t are made of straight lines: down from the top, then a dot or a cross. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/circle-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/circle-letters/Start just below the middle line and curve back around, the way c begins. a, d, g and q add a line down. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/hump-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/hump-letters/Pull down, then go back up the line and over the hump: r, n, m and h. b and p add a round bump. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/slant-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/slant-letters/These letters use slanted lines: down to the right, down to the left, or both. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/other-lower/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/other-lower/e starts across the middle; f starts with a hook near the top; j has a tail and a dot; s curves back and forth; u goes down, around and up. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/letter-sizes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/letter-sizes/Tall letters (b d f h k l t) reach the top line, short letters stay below the middle line, and tail letters (g j p q y) go down below the baseline. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/caps-straight/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/caps-straight/E, F, H, I, L and T are made of lines down and across. Every capital starts at the top line and reaches the baseline. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/caps-slant/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/caps-slant/A, K, M, N, V, W, X, Y and Z use slanted lines from the top line to the baseline. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/caps-curve/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/caps-curve/B, C, D, G, J, O, P, Q, R, S and U use curves; B, D, P and R start with a line down. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/b-and-d/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/b-and-d/b starts with a tall line and then the bump; d starts with a c and then the tall line. p and q go below the baseline. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/letter-spacing/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/letter-spacing/Letters in a word sit close, but not touching. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/word-spacing/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/word-spacing/Leave about one finger’s width between words. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/on-the-lines/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/on-the-lines/Every letter sits on the baseline and stays the right size for its kind. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/neat-copy/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/neat-copy/Copy a sentence letter by letter: check the spaces, the sizes, the capital at the start and the mark at the end. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/numbers-0-4/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/numbers-0-4/Write each number from the top: 0 curves around, 1 goes straight down, 2 and 3 curve, 4 goes down, across, then down. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/numbers-5-9/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/numbers-5-9/5 goes down and around, then gets its hat; 6 curves down into a loop; 7 goes across, then slants down; 8 is an S that comes back up; 9 is a circle and a line. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/number-flips/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/number-flips/2, 3, 5, 7 and 9 face a certain way. Check each one: 3 and 5 curve to the right; 9 has its circle on the left. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/what-is-cursive/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/what-is-cursive/In cursive the letters of a word are joined, so the pencil stays down. People use it to write quickly, to sign their names, and to read old letters and documents. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-strokes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-strokes/Most cursive letters are built from an undercurve (a swing up like a smile), an overcurve (a hill), a downcurve (like the start of c) and a slant line. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-slant/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-slant/All cursive letters lean the same way, like rain blowing in the wind. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-i-t-u-w/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-i-t-u-w/These letters start with an undercurve, slant down and swing up. Dot i and cross t after you finish the word. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-loops/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-loops/Swing up into a loop: small for e, tall for l, h, k, b and f. f also has a loop below the baseline. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-c-family/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-c-family/Swing up, curve back around like c, and close the letter at the top. d goes up tall; g and q go below. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-hills/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-hills/Start with an overcurve, a hill, then slant down. m has three hills’ worth of strokes, n two. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-r-s-p-j/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-r-s-p-j/r and s go up to a point a little above the middle line; p and j go down below the baseline. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-high-exits/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-high-exits/b, o, v and w end up at the middle line, not on the baseline, so the next letter joins with a little bridge along the top. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-oval/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-oval/These capitals start near the top with a curve around to the left. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-hills/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-hills/Many of these start with a small hook and a hill at the top, then slant down. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-loops/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-loops/Start with a slant down, then come back up for the bumps of B, P and R; F and T start with a wavy top. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-others/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-caps-others/These capitals have shapes of their own: I and J start with a swing up from the middle; L and S loop; cursive Q looks like a 2. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/joining-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/joining-letters/Each letter ends with an exit stroke that becomes the next letter’s entry stroke, so the pencil stays down through the word. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/joining-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/joining-capitals/Some cursive capitals join the next letter (A, C, E, H, K, M, N, U and others); some usually stand alone (B, D, O, P, S, V, W and others). Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/word-spaces-cursive/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/word-spaces-cursive/End a word with its exit stroke, lift the pencil, and start the next word about one small o’s width away. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-sentences/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/cursive-sentences/Start with a cursive capital, join the letters of each word, space the words, and end with a mark. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/check-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/check-letters/Look for closed tops (a, d, g, o), clear loops (e, l), round hills (n, m) and even slant. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/signature/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/signature/A signature is your name in your own handwriting, usually in cursive. Write it the same way each time and keep it readable. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/read-cursive-letters/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/read-cursive-letters/Match each cursive letter to its print letter, especially the ones that look different: cursive r, s, z, G, I, J and Q. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/read-cursive-words/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/read-cursive-words/Read a cursive word letter by letter at first, then as a whole. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/read-old-handwriting/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/writing/handwriting/read-old-handwriting/Old letters and documents use cursive styles of their time, sometimes with the long s (ſ), which looks much like f but has no crossbar, or only a nub on the left. Handwriting: Print and Cursive · Writing & Grammar Ladder