Cursive Words

Home in Cursive

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

home starts with the letter h, which opens on an undercurve, and the whole word takes 1 stroke without lifting the pencil. Watch it drawn stroke by stroke below, trace it on the lines, and print the free home worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

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

How to write home in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through h-o-m-e, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
Strokes: 1Pencil lifts: 0Letters: 4

h is a tall letter that reaches toward the topline. o, m, and e stay between the baseline and the midline.

How the letters in home connect

2 of home's 3 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is o-m, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the overcurve opening of m.

The letters in home

Shaky on h, o, and m or any of the others? Open the letter's own guide below for its stroke order, joins, and practice sheet.

Trace home 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 word.

Free printable home cursive worksheet

Print the free home in cursive worksheet to move from the screen to paper: trace home along the dashed models, write it starting from each green dot, copy it beside the model, then fill the blank writing lines on your own.

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Frequently asked questions

1. Keep the pencil down through h-o-m-e, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.

Yes — home flows from the first letter to the last without a single pencil lift.

2 of home's 3 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is o-m, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the overcurve opening of m.

h is a tall letter that reaches toward the topline. o, m, and e stay between the baseline and the midline.

home starts with the letter h, which opens on an undercurve. Getting that first entry stroke right sets the slant for the whole word.

Practice writing home 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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