Mad Computer Skillz
I noticed the other day when my son was doing computer research for a project at school that he was slowed down considerably by his hunt n peck method of typing. After a little research I found a delightful typing program for kids. The British program from BBC schools is called Dance Mat Typing. It’s a cute program with 4 levels with pretty extensive practice at each level.
It’s fun and funny enough that he actually BEGS me to work on his typing. You start at “home row” and move on to different letter combinations practicing keystrokes like “ask dad” (left hand, home row) until it is intuitive. The program mimics how I remember learning to type but way more fun.
Surely this will ease work on the computer for him when he’s a fluent typer.
