{"id":7127,"date":"2021-07-15T12:44:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/?p=7127"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T14:07:12","slug":"how-do-i-teach-my-child-to-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blogs\/how-do-i-teach-my-child-to-type.html","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Teach My Child To Type?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Do I Begin to Teach My Child to Type<\/b><\/h2>\n

Around age 6-7, kids have the motor skills to begin learning typing skills. Beginning with basic finger placement and proper posture, kids learn what the home row is and how to navigate around the keyboard from this resting position.\u00a0 Once they know the basic location of keys, the goal becomes typing fluency, which involves not only accuracy, but also speed. <\/span><\/p>\n

Typing fluency is gained by practicing keystroking so that the fingers gain muscle memory.\u00a0 The best way to accomplish this is by using online typing games for kids<\/a> at least 15-20 minutes each day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Online Typing Games for Kids<\/b><\/h2>\n

There are a lot of online kids typing games out there, but quality programs will focus not only on the element of fun, but also on a progression of keystroking skills to gain muscle memory.\u00a0 In the beginning, repetitive drills to train their fingers and brain will help them develop muscle memory.\u00a0 Turtle Diary\u2019s \u201cLearn Keyboarding\u201d that starts with letters, then numbers, and finally symbols.\u00a0 Beginning with basic location and moving onto a fun speed drill, kids can practice by following the falling letters.<\/span><\/p>\n

A variety of games are online that have themes that attract kids to the programs, like \u201cUnderwater Typing\u201d and \u201cBalloon Typing\u201d focus on individual letters so that their little fingers learn basic keystrokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once these skills are mastered, kids can move onto games that have basic words, like \u201cSpace Typing.\u201d\u00a0 This will give the kids confidence to put their typing skills to real use while continuing to develop their fluency.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the basics, the best online typing games will use speed and accuracy drills so that kids will learn to focus on the content rather than the location of the letters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Online Typing Games for Kids<\/b><\/h2>\n

Turtle Diary offers many fun options in online typing games for kids that are not only fun, but build on their developing skills. Even more motivating to kids is a bit of competition!\u00a0 Turtle Diary offers the chance to play against classmates, with friends, or even with other kids on the internet.\u00a0 \u201cTyping Warrior\u201d and \u201cMultiplayer Car Race\u201d are multiplayer games that kids<\/a> love to play again and again, improving their typing fluency without even realizing they are practicing!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cTyping Ninja<\/a>\u201d proves exciting for kids who love destroying monsters while practicing their typing skills.\u00a0 Kids begin with single letters and gradually move up to multi-letter words until they are typing seven- and eight-letter words at the end of the game.\u00a0 The music pounds and drives them forward, increasing the intensity and their concentration as they work to be the ultimate typing ninja.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kids can begin to work on typing words and sentences with a more difficult game, like \u201cRapid Typing.\u201d\u00a0 It not only encourages larger words, but pushes students to increase speed and accuracy, trying to get their word completed before the cat catches the mouse!<\/span><\/p>\n

The best online typing games will offer a variety of options for kids, from basic letter location to speed drills to larger words for more accuracy.\u00a0 Practicing daily will help kids to achieve typing fluency while having fun in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How Do I Begin to Teach My Child to Type Around age 6-7, kids have the motor skills to begin learning typing skills. Beginning with basic finger placement and proper posture, kids learn what the home row is and how to navigate around the keyboard from this resting position.\u00a0 Once they know the basic location…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,136],"tags":[149],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.turtlediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8720604364_85c5931a14_b.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7127"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7503,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127\/revisions\/7503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}