Cursive W worksheet (Handwriting Without Tears-style cursive): printable worksheet preview

Cursive letter W worksheet

Handwriting Without Tears-style cursiveGrade 2–3Free PDF

Free printable cursive W and w practice sheet in Handwriting Without Tears-style cursive, with numbered strokes and tracing rows.

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How to write a cursive W step by step.

Capital W in Handwriting Without Tears-style cursive:

  1. 1Start here and go up and to the right.
  2. 2Without lifting your pencil, change direction and go down and to the left.

Small w in Handwriting Without Tears-style cursive:

  1. 1Start here and go up and to the right.
  2. 2Without lifting your pencil, change direction and go down and to the left.
  3. 3Without lifting your pencil, change direction and go down and to the left.
  4. 4Without lifting your pencil, change direction and go down.

About the letter W

Sound: The w sound in web, lips round.

Words to practice: web, whale, window, wagon.

Ww in each style

The same letter is formed a little differently in each handwriting program. Numbers count the steps on the model letter.

  • Handwriting Without Tears-style cursiveCapital W: 2 steps · small w: 4 steps
  • D'Nealian-style cursiveCapital W: 2 steps · small w: 3 steps

Say the strokes out loud while your child writes, and let them trace slowly before they write on their own. Learning the right starting point and direction early makes it easier to write quickly and neatly later on.

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