The plan, then by age
How to teach a child to type (ages 4 to 9)
A flexible first week: find F and J, follow finger cues, and build confidence one short session at a time.
Read the guide →Typing for kindergarten (ages 4 to 5)
What a four- or five-year-old can really learn at the keyboard. And what to skip.
Read the guide →Typing for 1st and 2nd grade
Home row to all the letters in ten minutes a day. No hunt-and-peck.
Read the guide →Typing practice for 3rd grade on iPad
The sweet spot. What works, and what does not, when the keyboard is an iPad.
Read the guide →Typing speed by grade: realistic WPM goals for K to 5
How fast should kids type? Benchmarks by grade and a ten-minute routine.
Read the guide →Which iPad keyboard should a child learn to type on?
Big on-screen keys first, then which $20 to $30 keyboard or rugged case to buy, and which apps use it.
Read the guide →How typing works, and how fast is fast
Touch typing for kids
What touch typing is, the finger chart, and how a child learns it one step at a time.
Read the guide →How to type faster
Habits that build speed, starting with accuracy, and a short practice plan.
Read the guide →Average typing speed by age
What published studies and school targets say, with every number sourced.
Read the guide →The fastest typing speed
The typing records people cite, and which ones are verified.
Read the guide →Proper typing posture and hand position
How to sit and where the hands go, as a checklist a child can follow.
Read the guide →Keyboarding lesson plans, kindergarten to 5th grade
A short lesson outline for each grade, with free materials and what named standards say.
Read the guide →The computer keyboard for kids
How many keys, what the rows are called, and why the letters are not in ABC order.
Read the guide →When should kids learn to type?
What schools do grade by grade, and what the first lessons ask of a child.
Read the guide →Compared honestly
Best typing programs for kids
Twelve programs, including ours, compared on devices, cost, ads and accounts, from each maker's own site.
Read the guide →Best typing apps for kids on iPad
Eight real options, including ours, compared on age, price, accounts and keyboard. Who each one is for.
Read the guide →TypingClub vs Typing.com for kids
The two free browser programs, side by side. And what to use on an iPad or Mac for ages 4 to 9.
Read the guide →Bumpy Keys for Mac
The same app and the same purchase as iPad, on the keyboard in front of them. Window sizes, Family Sharing, requirements.
See the Mac page →By setting
Homeschool typing curriculum for ages 4 to 9
A complete scope and sequence that fits in ten minutes a day.
Read the guide →Free typing program for schools
Set up Chromebooks, iPads, and Macs. Request free classroom worlds and understand local progress and shared devices.
Read the guide →Typing for kids who struggle with handwriting
Dysgraphia, dyslexia and OT: how typing helps, and how to start at five.
Read the guide →Teaching a class? Free school codes and the classroom kit. For the wall and the fridge: free typing printables.