How to Teach Touch Typing
Hunt and peck is one way to type on the keyboard. It involves looking at and for the keys as you type. This can be time consuming since you are hunting for the letters. Touch typing teaches the user to memorize the keys through practice and to feel the keys without looking at them.
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Instructions
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How to Teach Touch Typing
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Place your fingers on the home keys. Starting with the left hand, put your pinkie finger on the A, next finger on the S, middle finger on the D and index finger on the F. Starting with the right hand, put your index finger on the J, middle finger on the K, next finger on the L and pinkie finger on the colon/semicolon. This positioning is the called the home keys. Your fingers will return to these keys after each keystroke. Your fingers on the home keys are each used for the keys diagonal to each finger.
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The left pinkie finger is used for the keys (starting with the home key) A, 1, Q, Z, and the tilde, Tab, Caps Lock and Enter.
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Use the S finger for 2, W and X.
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Use the D finger for 3, E and C.
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Use the index finger for the 4, 5, R, T, F, G, V and B keys.
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Use the index finger of the right hand for the 6, 7, Y, U, H, J, N and M keys.
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Use the middle finger for the 8, I, K and comma keys.
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Use the L finger for the 9, O and period keys.
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Use the pinkie finger on your right hand for the 0 (zero), P, colon, question mark and all of the keys to the right of these.
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Use either thumb for the space bar.
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Teach the home keys of the keyboard and the space bar first. Practice with a random use of the letters from this line. Next teach the G and H keys.
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Teach the line above the home keys next: Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P. Then teach the line below the home keys: Z, X, C, V, B, N, M, comma, period, and question mark keys.
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Teach the numbers on the top of the keyboard, then on the left side add the Tab, Caps Lock, Shift keys, and on the right side the hyphen, plus sign, Delete, brackets, forward slash, apostrophe, Return and Shift keys.
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Have the students practice typing without looking at the keys. First, instruct them to practice for accuracy, and when they become more comfortable, practice for speed.
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Tips & Warnings
To find the home key placement without looking at the keys, remember that the F and J keys both have bumps on them.
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