Week 34 - Home Keys - F and J

There's no place like home! Especially when it comes to typing. This week, I introduced the first graders to the home keys and the concept of touch typing. We learned about all of the home keys, but paid particular attention to the F and J keys. The students went to typingclub.com to practice. We'll use this great website a lot over the next few weeks. Practice at home is also a good idea. And it's much better than playing video games and watching TV!

Weeks 31 through 33 - Introduction to Typing

Yarn. It may not be the most technologically advanced tool, but it sure is helpful when it comes to typing. We placed a small strand of yarn down the center of our keyboards to help us keep our left hands on the left side and our right hands on the right side. We kept the yarn there the past few weeks as we typed our high-frequency and spelling words. We even used it while playing a few typing games. We're already seeing improvement! Hey, this typing with two hands thing isn't so tough. Especially when you have yarn.