Capital and lowercase A in cursive
Print this big cursive A and a to trace, or download it as a PNG.
How the cursive a works — joins, family, and the usual mistake
A belongs to the oval family (a, c, d, g, o, q): every letter in it opens with the same curve-left oval, so mastering a unlocks five more letters. The most common mistake is leaving the oval open at the top, which makes a read like u or ci.
Practice words: Ava, and, art. For dotted, dashed, and faint practice rows of any word at seven difficulty levels, use the handwriting worksheet generator.
The cursive capital A
The cursive capital A is one of the few capitals that mirrors its lowercase — the same closed oval, just full height, with a firm downstroke that lands on the baseline and swings into the next letter.
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Make it yours: build dotted, dashed, and faint practice rows of any word with the Handwriting Worksheet Generator. How to use this sheet: teach by letter family, lowercase first — cursive: when to start and what order to teach.
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