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# Typing Without Looking at the Keys

Finding keys by feel instead of by eye frees a writer's attention for what they are writing. It is built by short regular practice with settled fingering, not by chasing speed.

Subject: Computing · Area: Digital Literacy · Ages 8 to 10
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/typing-without-looking-at-the-keys-mt_BJ_yVASyuV

## Ready when they can

- Rest the fingers on the home row and reach nearby keys without looking down
- Type a short familiar sentence with eyes on the screen rather than the keyboard
- Hold accuracy steady while speed comes up over weeks, rather than trading one for the other

## Lesson: Fingers that know the way

Typing without looking is called touch typing. It means your fingers know where the keys are. Your eyes can stay on the screen and on your ideas.

**Example.** Start with the home row, the middle row of letters. Rest your left hand on A, S, D, and F. Rest your right hand on J, K, L, and the semicolon key. Feel for the small bumps on F and J to find home, and come back after each reach.

Go slowly and press the right keys, because accuracy comes before speed. Practise a little every day, about 10 to 15 minutes. Short daily practice builds finger memory better than one long session.

Test yourself each week. Type for one minute with eyes on the screen. Ask a grown-up to help you. Count the characters you typed and divide by five to get your words per minute.

**Recap.** Fingers on the home row, eyes on the screen, accuracy first, and speed will follow.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

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