Joining letters (cursive basics)

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Pretend you are drawing a wiggly worm 🐛. When you join letters, you don't lift your pencil — you just keep on wiggling!

2. 2

   What do you do when you join letters?

3. 3

   Trace the join from a to n. Start at the a and slide your finger to the n.

4. 4

   Let's join 'a' and 'n' to make 'an'.

5. 5

   Now try joining 'i' and 't' to make 'it'.

6. 6

   Which word is made by joining i then t?

7. 7

   When you join 'a' and 'n', where does the tail of the 'a' go?