Typing Practice

Learning keyboarding is an essential part of working with computers, everything from word processing to searching of information requires this skill. We begin to teach keyboarding in third grade and need the students to practice these skills. Below are a few websites that will aid in this process. Please have your child use one of these sites to work on this skill.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html - Multiple sites

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ - Dance Mat Typing

Use this poem to help you...

Little finger A, reach for B,

Middle finger C, D, E,

Side by side F and G

First finger H, reach up for I,

J, K, L--three in a row,

M and N are side by side,

Use ring finger, reach up for O.

Both little fingers P and Q,

R, S, T not hard for you.

Up for U, down for V.

Left ring finger up and down

Press W and X without a frown.

Reach up for Y and down for Z.

Now you have them all you see!