Keyboarding Skills

The Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students are going to take a couple computer lab integration classes to better understand the use of the keyboard in relationship to typing properly.

The Kindergarten and 1st grade students are going to primarily focus on using both hands properly to type. Not so much focus on the use of the home row, but using the right hand for the keys located on the right side of the keyboard and using the left hand for the keys located on the left side of the keyboard.  This will allow the students to double their typing speed by using two hand instead of 1.  Once they become better on recognizing where the keys are located then they can practice more with using the proper finger related to each key.  The students can use these games at home to better help them learn to type:

Big Brown Bear Keyboard Game
Keyboard Climber Game
KeySeeker Keyboarding Game
3D Typing

The 2nd grade students are going to primarily focus on using both hands properly to type.  They are going to focus on learning the hand placement on the home row and start off by using their best judgement for which fingers relate to which keys.  They are still learning where the keys are located on the keyboard so over time they will become more comfortable with using the proper finger related to each key.  The students can use these games at home to better help them learn to type, as next year in 3rd grade typing will be the main focus of their curriculum.

Keyboard Climber
3D Typing
Dance Mat Typing