Play a memory type matching game using uppercase and lowercase cursive letters. Use plain index cards to create 52 memory cards, each one with an uppercase or lowercase cursive letter. Flip the cards over so that the letters are hidden and play a memory game, matching the uppercase and lowercase cursive letters. The player with the most matches at the end of the game wins.
Instead of printing out premade worksheets, have the children create their own. Have each child work with a partner and give each team a few sheets of lined paper. Have each child write his partner's name in cursive at the top of the paper. On the next few lines, have each child write his partner's name using dots in cursive that his partner can connect to practice his name. On another sheet of paper, instruct each child to write, in cursive, the separate letters of his partner's name in dots. When the worksheets are done, switch papers and allow the partner to connect the dots.
Give each child a set of cursive letter cards like the ones you created for the cursive memory match. Be sure each child has a few blank index cards in case she needs to create a few extra letters. Give each child one minute to create a five-letter word with her batch of cursive letter cards. Once she has created a word, she will write it down, in cursive, on a lined piece of paper. Move on to six, seven and more letter words. Give one point for each word created and five points for each word written in cursive correctly.
Give each child a list of words including a place, a name, a color word and a month, all written in cursive. Each child must create a 100-word story using all of the words on his list, and write the story in cursive. For extra practice reading and deciphering cursive, have children trade stories with a partner. Ask the partners to read the stories out loud to the class. Remind children to use their very best handwriting and display the creative stories prominently in your classroom.