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Typing · Ages 7+ · Set A
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Remember: Each finger owns its own column of keys. Go slowly with the right finger, and speed comes later.

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Noor and the snailNoor was making a banner with the whole alphabet for her little cousin, Leo. She typed it in a big rush, and the banner had a gap and one letter there twice. Her pet snail, Pebble, went slowly across the desk, visiting a, then b, then c, and never skipping one. "Try it Pebble's way," said Gran Bea. "One key, and then the next one." Noor went slowly and said each letter as she found it with the right finger. At last the banner was done, from a all the way to z.
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What went wrong when Noor typed her banner in a big rush?
the keys stopped workingthe banner had a gap and one letter twiceshe ran out of letters
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Pebble the snail skipped some of the letters.
TrueFalse

Each finger has its own column

Every letter has a finger. Go slowly, one key at a time.

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Join each finger to its column of keys.
  1. 1left pinky
  2. 2left ring
  3. 3left middle
  4. 4right ring
  5. 5right pinky
  • Aq, a, z
  • Bp
  • Cw, s, x
  • Do, l
  • Ee, d, c
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Six keys are blue. Which finger owns them?
the left pointerthe right middlethe right pointer
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The left pointer owns r, and v. Write the letter on the blank key.
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Circle the letters the right pointer owns. (circle every one)
uqhwn
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The right ring finger has the letters o and l.
TrueFalse
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Going fast first is the best way to learn the path of the keys.
TrueFalse
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Number the alphabet in small bites, from the start.
  • abc def
  • mno pqr
  • yz
  • stu vwx
  • ghi jkl
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Finish the alphabet: w, x, y,
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Noor says the left pinky owns u, j and m. Which letters does it really own?
w, s and xq, a and ze, d and c

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Copy it. abc def ghi jkl
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Write the letters from a to m. Say each one as you go.
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