One finger steps down to a bottom row key, taps it, and comes straight home.
The bottom row is the row just below the home row. It has seven letters: z, x, c, v, b, n and m.
Think of the keyboard as a house with floors: home is the middle floor, the top row is upstairs and the bottom row is downstairs.
One finger curls down to a bottom row key, taps it, and comes straight back home. Only that finger moves.
Keep your wrist still, and a still hand always knows where home is.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
The left ring finger. It rests on s and steps down from there.
The left middle finger. It rests on d and steps down from there.
m and n. It steps down from j to m and stretches to n.
One finger. Only the one finger moves, and the rest stay home.
Sit at a keyboard with a grown-up. Rest your fingers on the home row, then step down to each bottom row letter with the right finger and come back home. Ask the grown-up to watch that your whole hand stays still.
Watch the wrist: it should stay still while a single finger curls down, and if the whole hand moves, ask for the step again, slowly.
