Mama Geek Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 DD8 just finished up typetastic which has her typing about 9 words per minutes with a 93% accuracy or so. I would like to continue on with something to help her improve, but probably something different. Does anyone have any suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) Typing club is free and thorough. It's not exciting, but my 3 school-aged kiddos (10, 8, 6) have been using it for a long time and are now all about 15-20 wpm and never complain about it unless they get stuck on a lesson for a while (which I make them try until they pass, even if it takes several days). It takes them a few minutes a day and requires very little from me. Edited January 12, 2019 by MeaganS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Burning Cargo is a typing game that is fun enough that my daughter uses it completely voluntarily, on her own time. It’s free, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Once a person knows how to type (posture, placement of the keys, etc) it quickly boils down to developing muscle memory. We just went at it directly, I covered up 4-6 keys a week with electrical tape and had mine do typing to 10-15 minutes at a time, 2x a day and within months they were typing rapidly and accurately without looking at their hands. We use a keyboarding book that is spiral bound across the top and said "Keyboarding" or "College Keyboarding" or something on the front. Not really sure why its called "college" keyboarding. The material itself is NOT advanced, it's a sequence of typing drills and exercises that progresses from keys > words > sentences > paragraphs and finally letters. I know that it covers basic spelling rules/commonly misspelled words, teaches the proofreading symbols. It worked like a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 My kiddo just practices talking to his friends in Minecraft. Does she have any online games she likes to play with friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 We aren't into games, her screen time is mostly limited to an occasional movie, reading books on the kindle, math games to learn math facts and typing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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