Cursive Letter E Worksheets

Cursive e is the smallest loop in the alphabet and the most used letter in English, so it is worth getting right early. Start on the baseline, run an undercurve up to just below the midline, curve left to open a narrow loop, bring the stroke back down to the baseline and exit forward. The loop stays low: it never reaches the top line, which is what separates e from l.

Keep the loop open

A closed e is an i with a bad day. When the two sides of the loop touch, the letter fills in, and at small sizes an entire word turns into a row of bumps. The problem gets worse with pressure and speed, so the fix is usually to write e a little larger for a while rather than to slow down. Ask for a visible gap of daylight inside every e on the practice row.

Size is the other half of the letter

e, i, u, w, o, a, c, r, s, m, n, v and x are all midline letters: they live in the bottom half of the writing space. If a child's e climbs toward the top line it is reading as l, and le and el become indistinguishable. The three line guides on these sheets exist mostly for this, the middle line tells the hand where to stop.

What is on the three printables

The big letter page shows E and e at extra large size with three dashed copies to trace after each solid model, plus a blank ruled band underneath. The guided page pairs the capital with the lowercase, then runs seven of each and four Ee pairs before two lines of unaided practice. The words page traces egg, ear and eat, chosen because each puts e in a different position inside the word.

How do I stop cursive e from closing up?

Write it bigger for a week. Most filled in e loops come from a letter drawn too small for the child's current control, not from carelessness. On the extra large sheet the loop is wide enough that the two strokes cannot meet, the hand learns the shape at that size, and it usually survives the return to normal writing.