Learn Touch Typing

Extend fingers from the home keys to the top row, with the left hand on q w e r t and the right on y u i o p; practice.

Learn two extra letters beyond the home keys, guiding the index finger from a and c to d, while keeping the small finger on the home keys and space bar.

Practice typing with home keys in the home row, without looking at your hands, return to the home position after each letter, and speak aloud to improve accuracy and speed.

Move from the home position to the bottom row, guiding each finger to its bottom-row key, including z x c on the left and m, comma, and question mark on the right.

Master the bottom row in touch typing by placing the left index finger on v and b and the right index finger on end and m.

Practice with home keys and bottom keys through letter drills, close your eyes to test your ability to locate the home keys and reinforce always returning to the home position.

Position your fingers on the home keys, keep the left-hand index finger in place, and type by touch with eyes on the screen, saying each letter aloud.

Guide students through home key touch typing exercises, encouraging not looking at your hands and focusing on finger placement to improve accuracy with letters, semicolon, and space bar.

Practice top row key drills to build familiarity with letter placements using both hands, and verify accuracy by typing sequences with eyes closed.

Putting this all together, practice typing a set of words, download from the project worksheet, and continue practicing those words and the spaces you encounter.

Practice forming sentences to strengthen touch typing, focusing on capital letters, the apostrophe, the spacebar, and punctuation like a full stop and a question mark, with correct spacing.

Master finger assignments for typing numbers 1–0 on the number row with both hands, and use shift to access symbols like exclamation mark, dollar sign, pound sign, and percent.

Explore how the left hand’s small finger uses caps lock, tab, and backspace, while the right hand’s small finger uses shift, apostrophe, and square brackets to type capitals.

Position your hands with wrists not resting on the desk and fingers on the keys to keep wrists flexible as your fingers fly across the keyboard, and avoid looking down.

Thank you for taking this course; download exercises, practice to improve, keep your wrists off the desk, hands level, fingers resting on the keys, and don’t look down while typing.