Cursive Practice Worksheets, Alphabet Letter Tracing, Uppercase and Lowercase, Printable Book

A cursive alphabet book with one page for each lowercase letter and one for each uppercase letter, 52 letter pages, 58 pages in all.

Each letter page has a big letter with a numbered circle where the pencil starts and arrows along the stroke. An arrow beside the line means go back over the same line. Loops go up the front and come down the back, and i, j, t, u and w start with an entry stroke from the baseline. If a letter takes more than one stroke, such as t, x or H, the page says so and the strokes are numbered.

Below that are four rows on writing lines. The first two rows have gray letters that fade from dark to light. The third row has one gray letter, and the last row is empty.

The print form of the letter sits beside the cursive one. Two chart pages show all the letters with their strokes, and there is one page of blank lines to print as often as you need.

The contents page has a tile for each letter, which links to that letter's page in a PDF reader.

The letters use Playwrite US Trad, an open-license school cursive font. Schools teach slightly different shapes, so some letters may differ from the ones a child sees in class.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Cursive-Alphabet-Tracing-Letter.pdf, 58 pages
- Cursive-Alphabet-Tracing-A4.pdf, 58 pages
- Start-Here-Cursive-Alphabet.pdf, which file to use, print settings

Digital download. Nothing is shipped.

COMPATIBILITY
Print PDF. Page sizes in the files: US Letter 612 x 792 pt and A4 595 x 842 pt. A script confirmed the sizes, that the fonts are embedded and that no ink falls within 0.25 inch of the page edge. Test printing on a real printer has not been recorded for this file.

QUESTIONS AND HOW-TO
What age is it for?
It has no age printed on it. It suits a child learning cursive letters for the first time. For joined words, see the Cursive Writing book in this shop.

Is the stroke order the official one?
There is no single official order. It follows common school cursive: loops go up the front and come down the back, E is one stroke and H is two. It was written for this font, and another school's order may differ.

Can a left-handed child use it?
Yes. The pages are the same, and the fading rows run left to right.

Can I use it with a class?
The license is for personal use, so one family or one child.

Print settings for this PDF
Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader or Preview, not in a browser tab. Browsers can change the scale without telling you.
In the print window, pick the paper size that matches the file name.
In Acrobat Reader, set Page Sizing to Actual Size. In Preview, set Scale to 100%. If the edges get cut off, switch to Fit in Acrobat Reader or Scale to Fit in Preview.
Print one page first and check it before you print the rest.
To print only some pages, type the numbers in the Pages box, for example 3-8.
For double-sided pages, choose flip on long edge for portrait pages.

A4 or US Letter
US Letter is 8.5 x 11 inches (216 x 279 mm). It is the usual paper in the United States and Canada.
A4 is 210 x 297 mm (8.3 x 11.7 inches). It is the usual paper in most other countries.
The paper size is in each file name. Print the one that matches the paper in your printer.
If you only have the other size, use Fit or Scale to Fit in the print window. The page will come out slightly smaller, with wider margins.

HOW AI WAS USED
AI helped write the listing text, the how-to text, the words and sentences, the stroke order and the code that builds this file. Scripts tested: that all 52 letters are present in order, the stroke count and numbers on each page, that arrows are drawn, the arrow directions on 17 letters (the loops of b, f, h, k, l and S, where I and J start, the entry strokes of i, j, t, u and w, the retrace arrows on a, d and u, one stroke for E and two for H), that no two number circles overlap, that the trace letters fade, the letter tiles and links, overflow and ink near the page edge. No person is claimed to have checked it unless stated here.

PLEASE NOTE
Printer and paper are not included. These are practice pages, not lessons, and they make no promise about handwriting results. Digital files cannot be returned once downloaded; if a file does not open or a link is broken, send a message through Etsy. License: for your personal use only. No resale or sharing of this file.