You can keep track of stats by simply writing them down after each lesson. The free version provides performance statistics after each lesson such as total time, WPM, % accuracy, number of keys correctly and incorrectly pressed, and even frequency with which each key was incorrectly typed so you can see which keys cause the most errors.
Helpful for students in the beginning stages of learning to type and/or who struggle with kinesthetic awareness of their fingers. Sense-Lang uses a traditional home row approach and provides a visual on-screen keyboard to show finger placement and highlight which key/finger should be used. It’s a free online typing program, but there is also a paid version that saves all user data and presents it in graph form to visually demonstrate progress over time. I’d say this is the most diverse online keyboarding program I have discovered yet. Keyboarding Programs to Help Kids with Typing Practice: Please feel free to leave questions in the comments section of this post if you are curious how any of the programs have worked for me in “real life”! If you are a parent who is looking to give your child some extra typing practice this summer, well, it is so AWESOME that you are invested in helping your child develop their keyboarding skills! If you are a teacher or therapist who is already starting to look for keyboarding resources as you plan for the upcoming school year, then I’d encourage you to play around with these programs and see which ones you think would best fit the students you have in mind! You’ll probably find that you may want to try a couple different typing programs with each student to see how they like them and to keep things fresh for them. I am hoping this list of resources for typing practice will be helpful for parents, teachers, and occupational therapists.
These typing program recommendations are based on my own experience, as well as recommendations from Assistive Technology specialists and Special Education teachers! Others are programs that require payment or iPad app download. If you are looking for keyboarding programs to help your child with typing practice, you have come to the right place!īelow are several resources that can help students practice their keyboarding skills and even learn to type.
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