Cursive Words

Grandmother in Cursive

The word grandmother in cursive: stroke-by-stroke animation, letter joins, a trace check, and a free printable worksheet.

grandmother starts with the letter g, which opens on a downcurve, and the whole word takes 2 strokes with one pencil lift. Watch it drawn stroke by stroke below, trace it on the lines, and print the free grandmother worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

grandmother written in cursive on handwriting guidelines, with a green starting dot and a red stop sign

How to write grandmother in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through g-r-a-n-d-m-o-t-h-e-r, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
  2. 2Last, return to cross the t — always after the body of the word is done.
Strokes: 2Pencil lifts: 1Letters: 11

Size is what makes grandmother readable: tall d, t, and h, midline-height r, a, n, m, o, and e, and below-the-line g. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

How the letters in grandmother connect

8 of grandmother's 10 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exceptions are g-r, where g ends on an overcurve that carries into the undercurve opening of r and o-t, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of t.

The letters in grandmother

Every letter guide below teaches the letter the same way Scribble teaches it in the app — stroke order, joins, a letter check, and a printable worksheet.

Trace grandmother in cursive

Trace it the way children do in the app: start on the green circle and pull it along every stroke without straying off the word.

Put your finger or mouse on the circle and pull it through the first stroke.

Free printable grandmother cursive worksheet

Take grandmother to pencil and paper — the free printable worksheet has dashed models to trace, green starting dots for guided writing, a model to copy, and open writing lines to finish.

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Frequently asked questions

Write g-r-a-n-d-m-o-t-h-e-r in one continuous stroke. Finish by going back to cross the t. Keep every letter slanting the same direction and resting on the baseline.

grandmother takes 2 strokes: g-r-a-n-d-m-o-t-h-e-r in one continuous stroke; then go back to cross the t.

The pencil lifts once: to cross the t.

Size is what makes grandmother readable: tall d, t, and h, midline-height r, a, n, m, o, and e, and below-the-line g. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

8 of grandmother's 10 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exceptions are g-r, where g ends on an overcurve that carries into the undercurve opening of r and o-t, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of t.

Practice writing grandmother with real feedback

Scribble teaches cursive this same way on iPad — watch, trace, write, and get feedback on shape, size, spacing, and slant.

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