Key learning points

1. Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together.
2. The letters all have a lead in starting at the baseline.
3. The first join goes from the baseline to the x-height line.
4. The pencil does not lift when forming the join.
5. The letter w lead out "finishes with a small dip down" to aid joining.

Keywords

• Join - connecting together

• Lead in - the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter

• Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter

• Baseline - the line that most letters sit on

• X-height line - the line that x-height letters reach

Common misconception