Handwriting Method

Letters › Semi-joined

How to write lowercase a in semi-joined handwriting

In semi-joined handwriting, a is written in one stroke. Start on the red dot and keep going without lifting your pencil.

a in printa in joined (cursive)

The letter shape comes from the Playwrite font; numbers show where each stroke starts.
🖨️ Worksheet

Step by step

  1. Stroke 1: start at the middle line, on the right and go round anticlockwise.

a is a curly caterpillar letter: start at the top right and go round anticlockwise.

In semi-joined writing most letters join to the next one; after b, f, g, j, p, q, s and y you leave a small gap instead.