Kindergarten – 1st · Coding & Computers
Finding The Letters
A first look at the keyboard — where the letters live, how to press without thumping, and what the big keys do.
Practice sets
Read the teaching notes, then let them practice on screen or print a sheet. Every set makes fresh problems each time, and you can change the numbers to match where your child is.
Where do the letters live?
Say this to your child first
No touch typing yet — their hands are too small, and forcing it now builds habits you have to undo later. This is a treasure hunt: say a letter, they find it and press it. Five minutes is plenty. Sit them so their feet reach the floor and the screen is at eye level, because posture set now lasts for decades.
Watch out for
Thumping the keys. A light press is all it takes, and heavy hands get tired and sore fast.
How this works
- 1. Read the notes above and do one problem together.
- 2. Open Practice and let them work on screen. Anything with one right answer is marked instantly; written answers are shown to you side by side with a good one, for you to judge.
- 3. Or open Print a sheet for a paper worksheet with an answer key for you.
The home row keys
Say this to your child first
Put a sticker on the F and J keys and show them the little bumps already there — those bumps exist so fingers find their place without looking. Left hand on a s d f, right hand on j k l ;. This is the anchor everything else comes back to.
Watch out for
Letting the wrists drop onto the desk. Hands should float, wrists straight.
How this works
- 1. Read the notes above and do one problem together.
- 2. Open Practice and let them work on screen. Anything with one right answer is marked instantly; written answers are shown to you side by side with a good one, for you to judge.
- 3. Or open Print a sheet for a paper worksheet with an answer key for you.
Words from the home row
Say this to your child first
Fingers stay on the home row keys. Only once their fingers can find those keys without looking should you move on. Two minutes at a time is plenty at this age.
Watch out for
Hunting with one finger. It feels faster now and costs them years later. Cover their hands with a tea towel if they keep peeking.
How this works
- 1. Read the notes above and do one problem together.
- 2. Open Practice and let them work on screen. Anything with one right answer is marked instantly; written answers are shown to you side by side with a good one, for you to judge.
- 3. Or open Print a sheet for a paper worksheet with an answer key for you.
Which key do I press?
Say this to your child first
Ask these away from the keyboard first, then let them check on the real thing. Knowing where a key lives before you reach for it is what makes typing feel calm instead of frantic.
Watch out for
Answering with the letter name when you asked for the key's job, or the other way round. Ask again more slowly rather than correcting.
How this works
- 1. Read the notes above and do one problem together.
- 2. Open Practice and let them work on screen. Anything with one right answer is marked instantly; written answers are shown to you side by side with a good one, for you to judge.
- 3. Or open Print a sheet for a paper worksheet with an answer key for you.