Cursive A

Writing the lowercase cursive ‘a’ is pretty easy and it’s the first letter you’ll learn. Start with a little upward curve to the right, then you loop around in a circle, going counter-clockwise. Finally, you finish with a little curved tail. Making sure each stroke looks smooth is important to keep your ‘a’ looking nice.

Put your apple pencil just above the line where you’re writing. This marks where your letter will begin. Then, make a soft curve to the left, shaping the top of the ‘A’. Next, smoothly curve downwards to the right, and finish with a straight line at the bottom. These careful strokes create a lovely, looped capital ‘A’ in cursive.

Cursive writing is all about how smoothly one letter flows into the next, and the strokes you make for each letter. When you’re connecting an uppercase cursive ‘a’ to the next letter, make sure the tail of the ‘a’ blends smoothly into it. This makes your writing look nice and easy to read. A smooth connection between letters makes your cursive writing look better overall.

This video teaches how to write cursive ‘a’: