Copyright © 1998-2014 Nail It Now Learn To Type In 2 Hours Grades 3 to 6 LEFT side.

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Learn To Type In 2 Hours

Grades 3 to 6

LEFT side

To start, open Microsoft Word

and change the font size to 20 pts.

It’s exciting to see the words you type in large font

Important

If you look at the keys, you find the key you want,

BUT you learn NOTHING!

First, we split the keyboard into two sidesIt’s easier to learn one side at a time

OK, BUT where do we start?It’s just a lot of letters

You have FOUR fingers on your LEFT hand

. . . and there are FOUR Home keyson the LEFT side of the keyboard, A S D F

Your pinky finger types A,your ring finger types S,

your middle finger types Dand your pointer finger types F

Place your FOUR fingers on the FOUR Home keys, A S D F

Feel the “bump” on the F key.

It helps you place your fingers on the Home row

To remember this sentence,

THINK many Animals eat grass and, in the Snow,

they would have to Dig for Food

TYPE A S D F and SAY ALOUD Animals in the Snow Dig for Food

Do this 10 times

Place your fingers on the Home keys

TYPE add as dad fad sad

Between words, press the space bar with your RIGHT thumb

Now, you TYPE five WORDS, WITHOUT looking at the keyboard

So, how do you type G?

BUT wait, there’s another letter in the middle row and you don’t have any more fingers on your LEFT hand

Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE A S D F G and SAY ALOUD

Animals in the Snow Dig for Food like Grass

Do this 10 times

Your Food finger does DOUBLE the work and moves over to G

Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE gag gas sag

Now, you TYPE three words, WITHOUT looking at the keyboard

Well done! You have learned the LEFT side Home row and G

OK, BUT how do you type the top and bottom row letters?

Your FOUR Home key fingers move UP to the top row and DOWN to the bottom row

OK, BUT what finger moves UP to Q and DOWN to Zand does it move in a straight line?

Your Animals finger moves UP LEFT to Q and DOWN RIGHT to Z

Place your fingers on the Home keysFeel your way slowly UP to Q,

back to the Home keys and DOWN to Z

You are going to TYPE A Q Z.To remember A Q Z,

you SAY ALOUD Animals Quick Zoo

. . . and THINK:The Animals have escaped, Quick, get them back to the Zoo

Animals Quick Zoo

Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE A Q Z and SAY ALOUD

Animals Quick ZooDo this 10 times

You are going to TYPE S W X and SAY ALOUD Snow White X

. . . and THINK:In the Snow, if you draw a White X, you won’t see it

Snow White X

Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE S W X and SAY ALOUD

Snow White XDo this 10 times

You are going to TYPE D E C and SAY ALOUD Dig Easter Chocolate

. . . and THINK:

Children Dig in the garden for Easter Chocolate

Dig Easter Chocolate

Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE D E C and SAY ALOUD

Dig Easter ChocolateDo this 10 times

You are going to TYPE F R V and SAY ALOUD Food Raw Vegetables

. . . and THINK: Do you like eating Food like Raw Vegetables?

Food Raw Vegetables

Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE F R V and SAY ALOUD

Food Raw VegetablesDo this 10 times

So, how do you type T and B?

BUT wait, there are two more lettersand you don’t have any more fingers on your LEFT hand

Your Food finger does DOUBLE the work

BUT wait! This time, your Food finger doesn’t move UP LEFT and DOWN RIGHT

It moves UP RIGHT to T and DOWN BIG RIGHT to BThis is the hard Food finger move, you have to s-t-r-e-t-c-h

To remember you move:a) RIGHT to both keys, it’s the opposite to the LEFT side

b) DOWN BIG RIGHT to B, BIG starts with B

You are going to TYPE F T B and SAY ALOUD Food Teddy Biscuits

. . . and THINK:This is the hard Food finger move,

so a reward of Teddy Biscuits would be nice

Food Teddy Biscuits

Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE F T B and SAY ALOUD

Food Teddy BiscuitsDo this 10 times

Well done!

You have learned ALL the LEFT side keys

and correct finger use

Now, you TYPE the LEFT sideCONFIDENCE-builder exercises

. . . and you type words (NOT random letters)

The words* are arranged in word patterns with regularly repeated letters to assist familiarity,

eg: bee, beef, beer, beet

You will be amazed at how quickly you remember the keys!

* Curriculum words can be included

When you feel confident of the LEFT side keys, it takes another 35 minutes

to learn the RIGHT side

The sooner you “do” the RIGHT side, the sooner you can start

using your daily “real” computer work to practice

Before too long, you will be typing automatically without looking at the keyboard

Copyright © 1998-2014 Nail It Now Learn To Type In 2 Hours Grades 3 to 6 LEFT side.

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