Congratulations in cursive

This is how Congratulations looks in school cursive: 15 letters, and the parts to watch are that on is a high join and g goes below the line. Print the sheet below to practise it.

Congratulations written once as a model, then in grey to trace, then on empty lines to write alone.

Prints on US Letter and A4, in black and white. Free for home and classroom use.

How to write it, step by step

Write capital C and carry its ending stroke straight into the o.
Join the rest of the letters without lifting your pencil: o, n, g, r, a, t, u, l, a, t, i, o, n and s.
Watch the high join (on): after b, o, v or w, the next letter starts at the midline, not the baseline.
Let the g drop below the baseline and loop back up through it.
When the word is finished, go back to cross the t and dot the i.

All 15 letters, one by one

Tap a letter to see how it is written on its own.

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s

Tips for each letter

C: Leaving off the small starting loop at the top. It is what makes it a cursive C rather than a print C.
o: Dropping the ending to the baseline. Cursive o ends high, so the next letter starts from the midline.
n: Pointy tops that make n look like u upside down. The humps are round on top.
g: Leaving the loop open below the line. Bring the tail back up so it crosses at the baseline.
r: Rounding the top so r looks like an i or an n. The small flat step at the top is what makes the r.
a: Leaving the top open, so a looks like u. Close the circle before you slant down.
t: Making t as tall as l, or adding a loop. Cursive t is shorter than the tall letters and has no loop.
u: Rounding the bottom points into a w. Cursive u has two points at the top, not three.
l: Making the loop so thin it disappears, so l looks like a tall i without a dot. Keep the loop open.
i: Stopping to dot the i in the middle of a word. Finish the word first, then dot.
s: Writing it like a print s. Cursive s is a point at the top and a small closed belly at the bottom.

All lowercase

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Questions parents ask

How do you write Congratulations in cursive?

Write capital C and carry its ending stroke straight into the o. Join the rest of the letters without lifting your pencil: o, n, g, r, a, t, u, l, a, t, i, o, n and s. Watch the high join (on): after b, o, v or w, the next letter starts at the midline, not the baseline. Let the g drop below the baseline and loop back up through it. When the word is finished, go back to cross the t and dot the i.

How many letters are in Congratulations?

Congratulations has 15 letters: C, o, n, g, r, a, t, u, l, a, t, i, o, n, s.

Is Congratulations hard to write in cursive?

Most of it joins smoothly. The parts that need care: on is a high join and g goes below the line. Trace it a few times on the sheet and it soon feels natural.