Keyboard Activities

Get some cheap gloves and colour the ends of the fingertips to correspond with coloured keys on the laminated keyboard                               

Have several pairs of these gloves in a learning centre with matching keyboards

Add some typing cards

home keys
asdf asdf asdf
jkl; jkl; jkl; jkl;
jkl; jkl; jkl; jkl;
asdf asdf asdf
asdf asdf asdf
Card 3

or add some activity cards

How many times can you type this sentence in 3 minutes

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

Remember all activities with a keyboard must be done in pairs, so that  children can check that each other are doing the correct fingering

Photos courtesy of Pakuranga Heights School

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