Touch Typing with TypingMaster

  1. Keyboarding Kickstart 
  2. ​Touch Typing 
  3. Junior Typing
  4. Speed building 
  5. Number Row 
  6. Symbols 
  7. Numeric Keypad 

Feature Spotlight: Keyboard Kickstart
By turning their keyboard into a gaming board, Keyboarding Kickstart teaches touch typing basics in a gently challenging and totally engaging way that doesn’t overstimulate. The colorful games feature fish, fruit and arrows that children catch with specific fingers while on-screen hands set a visual example which to imitate. Kids progress from focusing on only a few fingers on one hand all the way to all ten fingers engaged on the keyboard.Children are gently guided in proper form as they improve the fine motor skills that are essential to successful touch typing. Although the course focuses on finger movement, not learning letter keys, the letters do appear to help kids associate the two. The basic skills they learn will serve as a springboard for the touch-typing exercises that they’ll find in the Junior Course. 

Keyboard Kickstart Lesson Index

Lesson 1: Hop on the Home Keys
Lesson 2: Up with the Upper Row
Lesson 3: Impressive Index Fingers
Lesson 4: Locating the Lower Row
Lesson 5: Incredible Index Fingers
Lesson 6: Tapping on Three Rows
Lesson 7: The Ultimate Challengei.

Skill Development

Motor Skills

Keyboarding Kickstart helps kids develop both the fine motor skills and key finger movements involved in touch typing without the pressure of knowing letters or their locations. This eases the learning curve as kids are not required to learn both new finger movements and the letter locations at the same time.
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Engage all Fingers

Many students tend to use just one finger when they play typing games which makes them dance all over the keyboard. Keyboarding Kickstart encourages students to use all of their fingers right from the start. While playing the games, they will be shown images that help them to visualize the correct hand positions so that they make use of all their fingers.

Finger Movement and Anchoring

The games are designed to guide kids to use their fingers in a manner that mimics the movements used in actual touch typing. Kids will learn to use a specific finger to press each key as well as how to anchor their fingers on the home keys. Good form is encouraged from the start to help form a good base for touch typing later on

Right, Left, Together

To make learning easier and to make sure kids don’t get overwhelmed, most lessons are divided into right and left hand exercises before moving on to more challenging games that combine the use of both hands.

On-screen keyboard and hands

Color-coded keyboard icons help guide little fingers to the correct keys. On-screen hands provide a model that kids can imitate, help them identify their home keys and show which finger to use on which key.

Optimal difficulty level

Students have fun and learn most efficiently when tat a level that’s most suitable to them. Each exercise in Keyboarding Kickstart has six levels for students to move at their own pace.

Visualize Finger Movements

All the games are designed to visually reflect finger movements so that kids learn how to use their fingers in a way that builds touch typing skills. For example, they may be asked to “catch” a fish as it swims higher by pressing a key on the top row. Falling arrows point downwards to guide fingers to the bottom row keys.

Letter-key Association

While not required to know letters, they are still shown during game play so that kids will begin to associate letters with their placement on the keyboard. A child that uses the right index finger to catch a fish in the upper row will see the letter U when pressing the key. Some kids even start to silently mouth the letters as they appear while playing the games. This provides a good foundation in memorizing letter locations and build towards full-scale touch typing later on.