Keyboarding Exercises

Lots of sites to try out!

Typing Tutor

This program helps you improving your typing skills by playing a simple game: characters are falling down the screen; you have to stop them before they reach the ground by pressing the corresponding key on the keyboard.

Typing Test

Test your typing skills for free with the Typing Master Online Test you can assess your personal typing skills in minutes for free - within your web browser.

Easy Typing

Typing games good for all ages

Computer Lab Kids-Keyboarding

Scroll to the bottom of this page and find programs you can download for classroom use.

Keyboarding Practice

A series of 17 drills to help you improve keyboarding technique and speed.

Type Online

This site offers a structured touch typing course for motivated individuals who are looking to develop their keyboard skills. This is a free resource to aid supervised keyboarding education in schools.

Touch Typing

A free program that lets you exercise and learn touch typing.

Upbeat

A free game that teaches touch typing.  It is similar to the popular game called Guitar Hero.

 Crazy Monkey Typing

A free game that teaches touch typing.  It is similar to the popular game called Guitar Hero.

  Dropping Music

A free game that teaches touch typing.  It is similar to the popular game called Guitar Hero.

Keyboard Climber

An introduction to finding the keys on a keyboard, good for all ages.  Especially helpful for kindergarten and 1st graders.

Dance Mat Typing

An introduction to touch typing for children aged 7 - 11 years.

 

A special thanks to Wendy Norman at Akin Elementary for sharing these websites/links with our school!!!