Cursive Letter Formation — a to z

Pre-cursive and joined-up handwriting practice · Year 1 / Year 2

FOR
Children learning lower-case cursive letters from scratch, and those tidying letter shapes before beginning to join. Works alongside any school scheme — Nelson, Letterjoin, PenPals or Continuous Cursive.

WHAT’S INSIDE
• A teacher / parent guide to seating, paper position, pencil grip and movement
• One page per letter (a–z) — entry stroke, body, exit stroke, ‘tricky bit’ note
• Tracing rows, copy rows and free-write rows for every letter
• Letter-family worksheets: long-ladder, one-armed robot, curly caterpillar, zig-zag
• Joining warm-ups: diagonal joins, horizontal joins, joining to ascenders
• A short word-practice page for each family
• Self-check rubric: am I sitting right, holding right, writing right?