Practising touch typing skills

The children learn touch typing which is how to type without looking at the
keyboard.
Parents: Help your child navigate to the website and bookmark it. After some
assistance on your side your child will be able to work independently. This
activity is an ongoing activity and doesn’t need to be rushed. It will take two
months or more to complete it.
Dance Mat Typing - Ctrl + Click on the link below or copy and paste into your
browser window. I use Google Chrome as the browser.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
The children are familiar using the computer mouse. In case you are using the
laptop touchpad familiarise your child on how to use it.
You will need headphones or speakers.
Once on the website, parents can bookmark the above website and show the
child how to go to a bookmarked site. (A tutorial on that -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BDnSPdpXYU)

The child reads the instructions upto Level 1 and then clicks on Play Level 1
If you get the message Adobe Flash Player is blocked, open the “Adobe Flash
Player is blocked” file downloaded in Google Classrooms and follow the steps.
Now, the child is ready to learn.
The website is a tool for self-learning.
Students: Make sure you don’t skip anything and you don’t look at the
keyboard while typing. (That would be kind of cheating.) Look at the screen
which has a keyboard and use the correct finger for the given key. The colour
on the key will help you. All the keys with the same colour will need to be
pressed by the same finger.
If you need to go back to the main website, your browser has a Left Arrow.
Click on that.
If you do only half a lesson, when you come back to it you will have to start
from the beginning. So complete your lesson and don’t start a new one if you
have run out of time.
Recommended time: 30 mins once a week till the end of April. Then we will
resume once we get back. This activity is optional if your child is very busy with
other school work. Still, doing it would be a great stress buster.