Cursive Letter S Worksheets
These cursive letter S worksheets will have children practicing their capital S, lowercase s, and short word skills. All of the worksheets on this page are printable and can be used for tracing practice, cursive writing, and classroom activities.
The letter S is a wonderful letter to practice your cursive writing with because of the way it flows.
The lowercase s has to be formed in a compact way while still being easy to see in a word.
If the s curves are made too tight in the middle it will make the letter look like it has been squeezed into a word.
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Big Cursive S Letters
With this letter formation worksheet children can practice the flowing script of the cursive S.
The capital S should be formed to flow nicely with the curves and turns while the lowercase s has a smaller curve that is formed to still be seen on the line.
This printable worksheet gives extra space to work on since the curling of the S takes more movement to keep control over the script and keep the lowercase s from looking squished.
Students can ease up on their speed when forming the turns and moving the pencil carefully to keep their cursive s from being too constricted.
Cursive S Upper & Lowercase
This worksheet has the students writing the uppercase S and lowercase s next to each other as a comparison and to practice.
The uppercase S will be bigger than the lowercase s that is formed on the line.
The lowercase s can be rushed with a smaller curve since there is not a tall top or a lower loop.
The flow of the letter still needs to be formed with enough visibility to keep this letter from running together with the other letters around it.
This printable worksheet will have children working on a cursive letter that takes control in turning instead of relying on height or a lower loop.
Cursive S 3 Letter Words
The printable worksheet uses the cursive S in three letter words like sun, sip and sad to practice word formation.
The lowercase s at the beginning of these words flows into the other two letters that make up the word.
Sun has the s curling into the u and then the n.
The word sip follows the s as it curls into the i while the last letter p is formed below the line.
The s in the word sad flows into the a and then the d that has a tall finishing stroke.
The words with the s are helpful practice for students to see how the cursive letter has to be formed clearly before moving on to the next letter.
From Shin to Sigma to S
The letter S has an interesting history that has evolved from the ancient script of the Semitic languages.
Semitic writing used what is now known as shin or sin to represent an s like sound.
The sound was carried over into Greek writing and changed to sigma.
The sigma was changed again to make the rounded S of the modern Latin alphabet that is used today.
The evolution of the letter S is fitting because of the way it maintains curling and flowing qualities.
It is interesting to think about the ways the cursive s is even more reliant on the flowing of the script since it needs good formation when connecting to the next letter.
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