Typing Academy

49 step-by-step lessons in 8 chapters take children aged 6 to 15 from the home row to every key, symbol and shortcut, typing real paragraphs with all ten fingers. Free, with progress saved for every child.

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🧠 Practice zone

Chapter 1: Home Row Hero

  1. 1Meet your keyboard
  2. 2F and J
  3. 3D and K
  4. 4S and L
  5. 5A and ;
  6. 6Home-row words
  7. 7Home row checkpoint

Chapter 2: Reach Up

  1. 8Healthy habits
  2. 9E and I
  3. 10R and U
  4. 11G and H
  5. 12T and Y
  6. 13W and O
  7. 14Q and P
  8. 15Top-row words
  9. 16Accuracy challenge
  10. 17Top row checkpoint

Chapter 3: Reach Down

  1. 18Keyboard geography
  2. 19Z, X and C
  3. 20V and B
  4. 21N and M
  5. 22Comma and full stop
  6. 23Bottom-row words
  7. 24Speed sprint
  8. 25All letters checkpoint

Chapter 4: Capitals & Punctuation

  1. 26Capitals with Shift
  2. 27Sentences
  3. 28Quotes, colons and brackets
  4. 29Writing dialogue
  5. 30Punctuation checkpoint

Chapter 5: Numbers

  1. 31Numbers 1–5
  2. 32Numbers 6–0
  3. 33Dates, times and prices
  4. 34Number padoptional
  5. 35Numbers checkpoint

Chapter 6: Symbols

  1. 36@, #, $ and %
  2. 37&, * and [ ]
  3. 38-, _, + and =
  4. 39Emails and web addresses
  5. 40Symbols checkpoint

Chapter 7: Editing & Shortcuts

  1. 41Backspace and Delete
  2. 42Arrow keys and selecting
  3. 43Copy, cut and paste
  4. 44Undo, redo and select all
  5. 45Shortcut challenge

Chapter 8: Speed & Fluency

  1. 46The speed secret
  2. 47Common words
  3. 48Short paragraphs
  4. 49Speed ladder
  5. 50Stamina run

Final test

  1. 🏅Certificate test