While practicing your keyboarding skills remember to sit up tall with your knees under the keyboard and your arms straight out from your body. Use all ten fingers, yes, including the ring finger and the little finger on your left hand! Work on accuracy first, speed will come later. KEYBOARDING GOALS BY GRADE LEVEL These goals require using all ten fingers and getting 80% accuracy or better. Third Grade................15 words per minute Fourth Grade...............20 words per minute Fifth Grade...................25 words per minute Sixth Grade..................30 words per minute Seventh Grade............35 words per minute Eighth Grade...............40 words per minute Here are a variety of sites to help you practice and test your skills at the keyboard:
TYPING PAL Continue making progress on your keyboarding skills from home. http://school.typingpal.com/index_ecole.asp
TYPING - GAMES - LESSONS - TESTS You may declare your score using your first name only and that you are from USA - California. Do not name your school. http://www.freetypinggame.net/
KEYMAN & BUBBLES http://www.typingtest.com/games/
TYPING TEST Find out your spped in Words Per Minute (wpm). http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml
KEYBOARDING GAMES FOR KIDS http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html
FUN BLASTER ARCADE http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/game_type_me.html
DANCE MAT TYPING http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
TWELVE TYPING GAMES They are listed on the bottom left of the screen. http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Typing_Games/
POWER TYPING http://www.powertyping.com/
HOW WELL DO YOU REALLY KNOW THE KEYBOARD? http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm
PLAY THE PIANO as you practice keyboarding skills. Write down the songs you develop and share them with the class. http://www.cmagics.com/beta/piano/