Computing · Stage 4

Touch-Typing

Coding & Systems · create · type accurately first, then faster — keep your fingers on the home row and your eyes on the screen

✦ Computing📘 Stage 4 · S4⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 8–9★ Free to start

type accurately and faster

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Kavi Learns to Type Without Looking

Kavi used to type with one wing, poking the keys one at a time and staring down the whole time: poke... poke... poke... It was slow, and Kavi kept losing the place on the screen. Then an owl-friend showed Kavi a secret. "Rest your fingers here, on the home row," she said. "Feel the little bumps on F and J? They help your fingers find home without looking." Kavi put both wings on the home row, looked up at the screen, and typed. "Go accurately first," she said — "get it right, make few mistakes. The speed comes later, all by itself." Soon Kavi was typing whole sentences without peeking at the keys!

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What your child will learn

1Type without looking at the keysTouch-typing means your fingers know where the keys are, so you keep your eyes on the screen instead of the keyboard. Tap each part to hear its job.

2Hunt-and-peck, or touch-typing?You can poke the keys one finger at a time while staring down, or you can rest your fingers on the home row and watch the screen. One way is slow; the other gets fast.

3How to type the touch-typing wayGood typing is a little routine — steps in order. Press ▶ Run and watch Kavi type a word without looking down.

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A peek inside

Kavi wants to put both pointer fingers on the home row without looking. Which two keys have little bumps to help?

the bumps are on the two home keys for the pointer fingers

Try this at home: Typing without looking at the keyboard is called ____.

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