These steps follow the traditional school letters shown above. Other handwriting systems may form A differently, so stay consistent with the style you are learning.
Capital A in cursive
Start near the top line and curve left and down into a large oval that rests on the baseline.
Curve back up to the top line so the oval closes at the top right.
Pull a slanted stroke down the right side and finish with a short exit curve on the baseline.
Lowercase a in cursive
Start at the midline and curve left and down into a small oval.
Close the oval back at the midline without leaving a gap.
Retrace down the right side to the baseline and curve up into the exit stroke.
Common mistakes with cursive A
Writing a printed capital A with a pointed top instead of the rounded cursive oval.
Leaving the top of the lowercase oval open, which makes a look like u.
Skipping the retrace on the right side, so the stem looks detached from the oval.
Common cursive a connections
an
ar
at
al
ap
Words that start with A in cursive
apple
always
ask
air
Cursive A copy and paste
Click a character to copy it. These are Unicode characters, so they work in bios and messages but look different from the handwriting above. For a whole word, use the cursive generator.
Free cursive A worksheet
Trace the pair on each line, then write it yourself on the empty line below. Print it at full page size.
