Cursive Writing Teacher Resources

Choose a type of alphabet from traditional, cursive, or modern manuscript. Each letter is shown in capital and lower case and has a matching picture illustrated by Jan Brett.

Provides articles, parent tips, research briefs, and a video on how to teach children to write.

Master Chinese calligrapher Cai Xingyi demonstrates five major scripts in this video. [2:43]

A four part essay by Mamoun Sakkal regarding the history and use of the Arabic Alphabet. The site has intriguing articles about the evolution of the alphabet.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a one page handwriting paper modeled after the Zaner-Bloser school of cursive handwriting. I use it to teach handwriting and the students use it for cursive practice.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This series of pages is designed for students to practice the fine and large motor skills to prepare for cursive writing. Occupational therapists say that working on a vertical surface is optimal for...

At this site students can improve their handwriting skills. It provides printable worksheets, lesson ideas, and interactive activities.

Very specific advice on teaching the skill of handwriting to young children. Making correct letters, making letters the same size, and the slant of the letters are all stressed.

Resource provides uses for handwriting and how to improve it.

This ivory jewel box is a masterpiece of art and craftsmanship. A cursive Hieratic text refers to its contents as "rings for the burial ceremony"