Garden in cursive
"garden" takes 1 stroke to write in cursive, all in one flow. Follow the letter-by-letter steps below and print the free worksheet to trace and copy it.
Lowercase
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Free garden worksheet
Garden in cursive practice sheet
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How to write garden in cursive
- Start with the g (downcurve, undercurve, slant, loop, overcurve): the oval of an a followed by a descender loop that crosses back on the baseline.
- Swing up into the a (downcurve, undercurve, slant, undercurve): a small oval closed at the midline, then a slant down and an undercurve out.
- Swing up into the r (undercurve, slide right, slant, undercurve): an undercurve, a short slide to the right at the midline, then a slant down.
- Swing up into the d (downcurve, undercurve, slant, undercurve): the same oval as a, then an undercurve up to the topline and a slant back down.
- Swing up into the e (undercurve, loop, slant, undercurve): a small loop between the baseline and the midline.
- Swing up into the n (overcurve, slant, overcurve, slant, undercurve): two rounded humps made with overcurves.
How the letters in garden connect
- ga g to a: an undercurve join. The exit stroke of the g swings up into the a.
- ar a to r: an undercurve join. The exit stroke of the a swings up into the r.
- rd r to d: an undercurve join. The exit stroke of the r swings up into the d.
- de d to e: an undercurve join. The exit stroke of the d swings up into the e.
- en e to n: an undercurve join. The exit stroke of the e swings up into the n.
The letters in garden
Garden questions
How many strokes does it take to write garden in cursive?
1 stroke: one continuous stroke for the letters. Inside a word the pencil stays on the paper; dots and crosses are added once the word is finished.
Are all the letters in garden connected?
Yes. Every join in "garden" is a baseline join: each letter ends with an upward exit stroke on the baseline and the next letter starts from it. There are no bridge letters (b, o, v, w) in this word.
Is garden capitalized in cursive?
Only at the start of a sentence or in a title. In running text "garden" is written in lowercase, all letters joined. The capitalized form Garden is shown above for sentence openers and headings.
What is the hardest letter in garden?
The r. r is the letter most adults get wrong. The slide right is tiny: think of a small step, not a hump.