A free, complete typing course for children from about six years old. It starts with a single key, shows which finger to use on every keystroke and only introduces a new key once the last one feels easy.
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The most common mistake when teaching a child to type is showing them the whole keyboard at once. A hundred keys is not a lesson, it is a wall. Our first lesson uses exactly one key, J, and the second adds F. That sounds almost too small, and that is the point: a six year old can succeed at it in under a minute, and success is what brings them back tomorrow.
From there the course adds one key at a time across 629 lessons. Because every drill is generated from only the keys taught so far, a child who knows four letters never meets a fifth by accident. There is no moment where the exercise asks for something they have not been shown.
Children who learn to hunt and peck stay slow for years, because the habit is hard to unlearn once it is comfortable. The fix is to teach finger position before speed matters at all.
Rest the left index finger on F and the right index finger on J. Both keys have a small raised bump so fingers can find home position without looking. The other fingers fall into place either side, thumbs on the space bar. Every finger returns to its home key after each keystroke.
On screen, the key that comes next is highlighted on a full keyboard diagram, the correct finger is named in large text and a pair of hands shows which one to move. For pre-readers there is a spoken guidance option, because "left pinky" is no help to a child who cannot yet read it. Turn it on in settings.
Ten to fifteen minutes a day beats an hour on Saturday. Typing is muscle memory, and muscle memory is built by frequency rather than duration. A short daily session also keeps practice on the right side of the line between a habit and a chore.
Most children type without looking within three to four weeks of daily practice. Speed follows accuracy, never the other way round, so it is worth resisting the urge to chase a words-per-minute number early.
Our three typing games use the same curriculum as the course, so they only ever ask for keys the child has already been taught. A beginner who knows two letters still gets a game they can win.
They work best after the finger positions are learned. A game played first teaches speed with the wrong fingers, which is the habit the course exists to prevent. Used as repetition once the technique is right, they turn the boring part into the part a child asks to do again.
There is no sign-up, no login, no chat and no other players. Nothing your child types is ever uploaded: lessons, stars and streaks are saved in your own browser and nowhere else. There is no advertising of any kind. We count visits with Google Analytics, which is covered in the privacy policy.