Cursive Words

With Love in Cursive

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

with love starts with the letter w, which opens on an undercurve, and the whole word takes 4 strokes with 3 pencil lifts. Watch it drawn stroke by stroke below, trace it on the lines, and print the free with love worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

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

How to write with love in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through w-i-t-h, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
  2. 2Keep the pencil down through l-o-v-e, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
  3. 3Last, return to dot the i and cross the t — always after the body of the word is done.
Strokes: 4Pencil lifts: 3Letters: 8

Size is what makes with love readable: tall t, h, and l and midline-height w, i, o, v, and e. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

How the letters in with love connect

3 of with love's 6 joins leave the letter on a checkstroke. The exceptions are i-t, where i ends on an undercurve that carries into the undercurve opening of t, t-h, where t ends on an undercurve that carries into the undercurve opening of h, and l-o, where l ends on an undercurve that carries into the downcurve opening of o. Remember: lift between words and leave a finger space.

The letters in with love

with love is only as good as its letters. Each card links to the full guide — animation, joins, quiz, and worksheet — for that letter.

Trace with love 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 with love cursive worksheet

Take with love 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.

Need a different word? Make a worksheet for any word — free, for any spelling.

Frequently asked questions

Write w-i-t-h in one continuous stroke, then l-o-v-e in one continuous stroke. Finish by going back to dot the i and cross the t. Keep every letter slanting the same direction and resting on the baseline.

with love takes 4 strokes: w-i-t-h in one continuous stroke, then l-o-v-e in one continuous stroke; then go back to dot the i and cross the t.

The pencil lifts 3 times: between words, to dot the i, and to cross the t.

Size is what makes with love readable: tall t, h, and l and midline-height w, i, o, v, and e. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

3 of with love's 6 joins leave the letter on a checkstroke. The exceptions are i-t, where i ends on an undercurve that carries into the undercurve opening of t, t-h, where t ends on an undercurve that carries into the undercurve opening of h, and l-o, where l ends on an undercurve that carries into the downcurve opening of o. Remember: lift between words and leave a finger space.

Practice writing with love 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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