Cursive Letter E Worksheets

These cursive letter E worksheets give children an opportunity to practice their capital E, lowercase e and short words that start with E. The page is filled with fun cursive tracing worksheets for kids who enjoy learning to write at home or in the classroom.

Since the letter E is one of the most common letters in the English language, it is important to get into the habit of writing this letter properly and legibly.

Although the lowercase e may seem like a small and simple letter to form, it can be difficult to write it properly when putting together connected cursive words.

The loop should be loose enough to be easily read, especially if the lowercase e is put together with other small cursive letters.

To print one of the worksheets simply click the image or the PDF icon below it. All resources are provided as a free printable PDF in US Letter size and should print correctly on A4 size paper by default.

Big Cursive E Letters

This worksheet provides children with an opportunity to practice their cursive E letters on a larger scale.

The capital E is bigger, while the lowercase e uses a looser loop that requires more control to write.

The bigger size is helpful because the lowercase version of the letter E can get cramped when written too tightly, making it harder to read, especially in the middle of a cursive sentence.

This page encourages slowing down when writing to keep the letterforms loose and the lines light to achieve cursive writing that is easy to read.

Cursive E Upper & Lowercase

This page puts the uppercase version of the cursive E alongside the lowercase e letter.

While the capital E takes up more space, the lowercase e letterform takes a looser, more compact shape that moves close to the writing line.

The lowercase e should not be made too tall or too narrow, as it will affect how well the letter can be read. This difference in size helps children see how to shape both upper and lowercase cursive E letters and learn to distinguish between the two.

Cursive E 3 Letter Words

This worksheet introduces 3 letter words that begin with the letter E. The purpose of the page is to show how the lowercase cursive e can be used at the beginning of a word, and how the first letter connects to the following two.

The loop of the letter should be made gently to allow the e to be read as the starting point of the word. If the first letter of a word is made too small, the E word will immediately look cramped before the other letters are added.

The page helps practice forming small and large letter combinations that are common in short, early reading words. Since many of the three letter words that begin with E require just a little more space for the first letter, practicing this page is helpful in encouraging controlled, careful strokes that let the E stand out at the beginning of a written sentence.

From Epsilon to Cursive E

The letter E has an interesting history that dates back to the Greek alphabet, where the letter was called epsilon and was one of the earliest letters to be given a specific shape. The letter eventually changed as it entered the Latin language and other writing systems. The printed letter E takes those changes into account and puts the letter into a modern day form that is made up of straight lines. However, the cursive version of the letter E takes what we know about the printed character and changes it into a flowing script.

This change can make the cursive letter E challenging for children to master, since they are likely to already be familiar with the printed version of the letter. The cursive E requires control and a careful hand to make the loop at the beginning of each word or letter combination, and it also needs to leave space between the letters for them to be clearly formed.

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