Sahamamama Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 She'll be entering 3rd grade. She's coordinated and eager to learn. What's a good typing/word processing program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 We tried a few, but my DS liked Dance Mat typing the most. It is free and fun for most kids. After that, he just practiced by typing his writing assignments until he built up his speed and accuracy. Worked great here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Here are some more websites for typing programs or typing practice games: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html http://www.freetypinggame.net/ http://www.typingweb.com/ http://rapidtyping.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I used the book Keyboarding Skills by Diana Hanbury King. It was in the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessed3x Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 We tried a few, but my DS liked Dance Mat typing the most. It is free and fun for most kids. After that, he just practiced by typing his writing assignments until he built up his speed and accuracy. Worked great here! Same here. DS10 was very frustrated with typing until he started Dance Mat. We are going to move into another program after he is more comfortable, but for now he really enjoys Dance Mat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I'm following the progression outlined in this blog post, starting with Dance Mat, moving to Keybr, and then typing games. Right now we are still in the Dance Mat phase. Each level in Dance Mat has three or four sublessons. She is doing each sublesson for a week before moving on to a new one. It should take us a few months to complete Dance Mat at that pace, then we will move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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