Cursive alphabet chart

Each pair sits on three lines. The solid top line is the headline, where capitals and tall letters like b, h, k, and l reach. The dashed line is the midline, where short letters like a, c, and o stop. The dark line is the baseline. Letters with tails, like f, g, j, p, q, y, and z, drop below it.

The lowercase letters are shown on their own, the way they look at the start of a word. Inside a word, each one picks up a joining stroke from the letter before it. The words in cursive pages show those joins.

Tape it at eye level above a desk, not flat under the page. Learners glance at a chart between letters, and a chart that sits under their hand gets covered. For a classroom, print it at 200 percent on two sheets, or use the capitals and lowercase charts as separate posters.