Practicing Cursive with Scripture

As a homeschool mom, I love resources that blend skill-building with faith, and this cursive workbook does that beautifully. The lessons are simple, clear, and easy for kids to follow, making cursive feel approachable even for beginners. I especially appreciate that each practice page includes Scripture, turning handwriting time into a moment of reflection and discipleship.
The layout is clean, the progression is gentle, and my children have gained confidence as their cursive improves. This has become a sweet addition to our homeschool routine, and I highly recommend it to families who want to teach cursive in a meaningful, Christ-centered way.

This little handwriting book is great practice for students who have finished Catch on to Cursive or need a little extra practice with penmanship. It focuses on copying and tracing parables found in Luke, along with a few other activities to aid in learning about the parables, so it’s not just copying words without meaning. It’s a fun and meaningful addition without adding too much time to the school day. The exercises are short, which is great to avoid exhausting their little hands and attention spans.

Little Scribes: Practicing Cursive with Scripture provides an opportunity for students in grades 3 and up to continue honing their cursive skills. Using the parables in the New Testament as writing material, students will both trace and copy verses, answer questions about the parables, and also do a variety of activities to engage with the parable. These activities include mazes, coloring, finding keywords, drawing, and much more. The activities are geared towards the mid to upper elementary grades. Quotations of Jesus are written in red, highlighting that the words were spoken by Jesus as well as aiding in visually following the tracing words. A suggested schedule is included for completing 3 pages a day for 36 weeks. Perfect for those who have completed Catch on to Cursive or just to keep the cursive skills fresh and in practice with the priceless benefit of writing Scripture. Use as a personal devotional stand alone for your students or as a supplement to their language arts/writing curriculum.

My kiddos were excited when I printed these pages for them! Having the download is handy because I can just print pages we want to focus our practice on (or print extra fun activity pages for younger siblings!), but we did notice that since most of the dotted lines to trace are in red ink, it’s a little hard to see when printed black and white. This book is geared for grades 3-4 and I’d say the size and activities are well-suited for that level. My sixth grader likes the practice but prefers writing smaller than the book is designed for, so (again with the download), it is nice to be able to scale the size down when printing for her.

I really like how the Scripture selections explore the parables, and are tied together with other activities like mazes, dot to dots, and hidden pictures, leading not only to fine motor skills and penmanship practice, but also openings for meaningful, heart-level conversations. What better words for children to copy and think upon than the living and active Word of God?!

I love this book so much! Yes, its extra cursive writing practice but its so much more! Students explore the parables while writing scripture and doing fun activities which really help put verses and familiar stories to memory. Students will enjoy the beautiful and fun layout and parents will enjoy the ease of use. This may be a great book to use as a devotional or assist in morning basket time each day.

Another great resource from Master Books to have on hand for extra cursive practice. If you have done their book Catch on to Cursive and would like to have a little extra practice during your Homeschool week then this works great.
With only three days a week on the schedule, it won’t take long and won’t feel like “just one more thing to check off the list”, especially as the book is set up with more than just Bible verses to copy. They have also included dot-to-dot, test your knowledge, hidden pictures, decode the message and other fun things that make this book more interactive and a fun part of your school day.

Little Scribes: Practicing Cursive with Scripture is a wonderful and versatile companion to Catch on to Cursive by MasterBooks or it can be used alone for additional cursive reinforcement and practice. This practice course takes the student through 13 parables found in the Gospel of Luke. Every parable starts with a simple coloring page that gives the title and the Scripture reference of the parable. The child would then write through part of the parable, followed by an activity page. The theme of the varied activity pages throughout the course coincides with the theme of the parable allowing for further learning and discussion.

I love that this course could be used family style. My 5th grader can copy the passage in cursive, my 2nd grader can trace the passage or do the activity pages, and my pre-k student can color the pictures. All while I read the full parable from my Bible! This resource also provides an organized, scheduled guide to assist me in doing parable unit studies. This really is an excellent cursive practice book for a variety of ages.

Two things to add that may cause me to give a 4.5-star rating instead of 5:
First, I am not a fan of emojis being used on some of the pages as my children in the 3rd-4th grade level (the target grade level) aren’t on devices or really using emojis. I would have preferred the emotional faces of the cartoon kids that are already used throughout the book.
Secondly, although Scripture memorization is mentioned in the Course Overview, I wouldn’t choose many of the copywork verses as memory verses because they are pieces of parable stories. Memorizing these verses individually would make for an odd memory verse. I recommend the manuscript version of Little Scribes for memory work.

Although I wanted to mention these two preferences, they do not prevent me from fully utilizing or recommending this course. I truly hope MasterBooks will create additional copywork books for all the levels, (including adult!) both in manuscript and cursive!

My son finished Catch on to Cursive and wanted more practice. I had him go through that book again at his pace.
Little sister got the handwriting Little Scribes and my son was begging me if there was one for cursive. Yes, now there is. We got it and started it right away! Not only is he enjoying practicing his cursive skills, but he is able to practice with parables! He even skipped to his favorite parable. He is happy, doing a great job in practicing cursive, and I am a happy mom, seeing my child excited to be in scripture.
Like the Handwriting Little Scribes, every assignment has a scripture to trace and then copy, with an additional activity. Some are coloring pages to go along with the verse(s) they did that day, sometimes focus on the words in the scripture itself, or an application of the scripture.
I recommend Little Scribes so students can continue practicing what they have learned.

I love how Little Scribes allows the student to practice cursive with Scripture verses and gives them an example to trace before they try to write on their own. This course is pretty adaptable for various ages and writing abilities, but I would recommend it mostly for ages 8-10. It is best if the student has some cursive instruction before starting this course, although younger siblings may enjoy joining in and learning as they go.

My 10 yo enjoyed practicing with the tracing even though she has been writing fluently in cursive for several years. She had previously learned cursive with New American Cursive and then dabbled into Catch on To Cursive and the styles were similar enough that the font in Little Scribes worked well for her.

My 8 yo has had little to no experience with cursive before and has enjoyed tracing as a gentle introduction. We will often reference Catch on to Cursive if she comes to a tricky letter, but overall the tracing part is pretty intuitive and satisfying for her. She is not ready to do the copying section yet so we will probably scatter in some more formal cursive instruction along the way until she is able to write fluently on her own. We use dissappearing ink for the tracing so she can practice as many times as needed.
We love the scripture theme of Jesus's parables as we will be also be reading through some of Christ's teachings together in the coming months .

Each day has an activity to go with the scripture lesson. These activities range from dot to dot, coloring pages, drawing, hidden picture, multiple choice, crosswords, and simple circling worksheets.

I had several of my students try these activities and some were easy enough to appeal to my Kindergartner, while others were too difficult for my 8 yo and yet others were too young for my 10 yo so there is something in there for everyone, but it may be something to let your students pick and choose which activities suit them.

Scripture copywork in general has been hugely beneficial for my students. I have seen their spelling and biblical vocabulary increase which has helped them improve their ability to read and memorize scripture, even if the copywork is not done in the version our family prefers and uses for church and personal memorization.

The page design is very streamlined and uncluttered, making it less overwhelming for young students, and easier on the printer if you choose to use the PDF as we did. We printed in black and white and the tracing font is a bit lighter than we would prefer, much lighter than similar Elementary tracing activities from other MB courses, but it still works.


Aside from the above, Little Scribes is a lovely and needed resource that will further infuse your child's education with scripture and build their familiarity with biblical vocabulary, while helping them gain confidence in their cursive journey.

I really love this course! My students are older and know how to write cursive, but we can always use the extra practice! And what better way then writing scripture! Little Scribes Cursive goes through fourteen parables, having the student write the whole parable themselves or alternating reading and finishing a verse of the parable (totally doable and not overwhelming). I know penmanship is not my kids favorite subject but this course did a great job adding fun puzzles or drawings at the end of each lesson (great motivation!).