Type a whole little story, one key at a time. There is no clock, and each lap picks a story from the game.
What you type
Each story is a short paragraph: two to four sentences that tell a tiny story, with capitals, commas, periods and quotation marks. Here is one from the game:
Two frogs sat on a lily pad. "Can you hop to the rock?" asked the big one. The small frog hopped, splashed, and made it!
Choose Little stories for one story a lap, or Two stories for two in a row.
Why practice with paragraphs?
- It is what real typing looks like. Schoolwork is sentences that follow each other, not single words.
- Shift gets regular work. Every sentence starts with a capital, so the Shift habit forms without a drill.
- Punctuation stops being a surprise. Commas, periods and quotation marks turn up where they belong.
Is your child ready for paragraphs?
Paragraphs come late in the Bumpy Keys lessons, after every letter, the Shift key and the main punctuation marks. If a lap here feels like a hunt, step back to single sentences or to words on the practice page. Careful typing earns the stars here, so there is no reason to rush.
To time reading in place of typing, the reading speed test uses the same little stories.
More practice
Sentence typing practice · Number typing practice · Punctuation typing practice · Sight words typing practice · Capital letters typing practice · Left hand typing practice · Right hand typing practice · Typing for beginners · Typing practice by skill · Typing test
Questions
Is the paragraph practice free?
Yes. There are no ads and nothing to sign up for.
Is there a timer?
No. Paragraph laps have no clock. For a timed score, use the typing test.
Where do the paragraphs come from?
From the Bumpy Keys lessons. They are 24 short stories written for children, and each lap picks from them.