![]() Or, you can use their story lessons (like Ava and the Rabbit, above), where you’re typing out the story on the screen and it highlights it as you go. Jungle Junior mixes video instruction with typing games geared toward very young kids. Although they do have that basic QWERTY practice, they also have much more interesting ways to learn typing. Typing Club allows you to take a diagnostic test to determine the skills you already have, so you’re not practicing those basic home-row key placements if you’re already a decent typist. If you’re serious about teaching your kid typing, it’s worth the money.) ( Free, or upgrade to a premium account for $9.99 for the year, or $14.99 for a lifetime which removes “distracting ads,” as they admit. And of course typing as a whole has its very own gamification built-in with the WPM and accuracy tabulations at the end of each lesson. The proper, step-by-step lessons remind me of the ones I took back in school as a kid - start with the home row keys (f and j, then d and k) and move on from there. Related: Wonderbox is a game-changing educational app for kidsĭespite the crushing number of ads popping in the margins, the tutor courses at are among the best free resources I’ve found online. ( Get my kid a darn typewriter, someone! And some white-out, while you’re at it.) So here are some of the best typing websites for kids that I’ve found, some free and some for a little money that you might thing is worth it. And yes, of course you can use a bluetooth keyboard with a tablet, but I’m old school that way. ![]() Yay!Ĭertainly there are plenty of mobile apps which promise to teach typing, but personally I think that flies in the face of logic you need to sit down at an actual keyboard to be able to learn how to use a keyboard. Related: Free educational apps for preschoolers from Khan Academy. How perfect - I’ve just been looking for typing websites myself, to get my own kids to learn how to type online. Especially after the pain of watching her spend a good hour hunting and pecking to complete two sentences for a third grade presentation.Īs a fast (sometimes) touch-typist myself, I’m a huge advocate of learning proper typing technique and especially in today’s digital world, I think it’s become a new essential skill. H i Cool Mom Tech, any suggestions for fun kid-friendly typing apps or websites? – Tiffiny via Twitter ![]()
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