Experiment. Find a model alphabet Before you can write cursive letters, you have to know what they look like. Search for “letter guides” that show the shapes and the order of strokes.

Writey looks like one of the workbooks from elementary school with each section showing the capital and lowercase letters of the entire alphabet.

The following interactive tests your handwriting by challenging you to draw cursive letters on the screen and comparing them to the standard version that was taught in elementary schools for decades.

Moving forward, third grade students will learn lowercase letters, and how to write their names, while fourth grade students will expand on that to include upper case letters and fifth grade ...

Learning cursive is good for children’s fine motor skills, and writing in longhand generally helps students retain more information and generate more ideas.