Cursive Words

Labor Day in Cursive

How to write the word labor day in cursive — watch it drawn, trace every stroke, and take the free worksheet to paper.

labor day starts with the letter l, which opens on an undercurve, 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 labor day worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

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

How to write labor day in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through l-a-b-o-r, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
  2. 2Keep the pencil down through d-a-y, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
Strokes: 2Pencil lifts: 1Letters: 8

Size is what makes labor day readable: tall l, b, and d, midline-height a, o, and r, and below-the-line y. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

How the letters in labor day connect

4 of labor day's 6 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exceptions are b-o, where b ends on a checkstroke that carries into the downcurve opening of o and o-r, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of r. Remember: lift between words and leave a finger space.

The letters in labor day

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 labor day 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 labor day cursive worksheet

Print the free labor day in cursive worksheet to move from the screen to paper: trace labor day 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

Watch it drawn first, then trace it: labor day is 2 strokes with one pencil lift, so learn where each stroke begins before writing freely. The worksheet on this page follows that exact trace-copy-practice order.

The pencil lifts once: between words.

labor day uses 8 letters (7 different ones): l, a, b, o, r, d, and y. Size is what makes labor day readable: tall l, b, and d, midline-height a, o, and r, and below-the-line y. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

4 of labor day's 6 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exceptions are b-o, where b ends on a checkstroke that carries into the downcurve opening of o and o-r, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of r. Remember: lift between words and leave a finger space.

labor day starts with the letter l, which opens on an undercurve. Start there every time — the entry stroke is what the trace check on this page listens for first.

Practice writing labor day 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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