Cursive alphabet chart

Each letter is drawn the way it is written. The dot shows where the pen touches the paper to begin, and the small numbers show the order of the strokes. A letter with one number is written in one movement; a letter with two numbers, such as the capital E or the lowercase t, needs the pen to lift and start again.

The capitals and lowercase letters are shown in alphabet order, so you can find a letter by counting. Where a letter has a second common form, such as the capital F, T and Q or the lowercase f, the chart shows the form most American school charts teach. The letter page for each one has both, with the steps in words.

Using the chart to practice

• Print it at 100 percent and put it where you write, at the edge of the desk or on the wall at eye height.
• Pick three letters from the same family, for example l, i and t, and write a row of each on ruled paper, checking the chart after every row.
• Use the capitals-only and lowercase-only versions if you want a lighter sheet. They have bigger letters and more space around them.
• For the animation and written steps of any letter, click its tile on the home page.

New to cursive? The four-week starter plan and the guide for adults relearning cursive both suggest an order for the letters, so you are not trying to learn all fifty-two at once.