Keyboarding in the classroom is important. Children are expected to use computers to complete assessments and to engage in learning activities and projects in the first grade.
I place this first practice page on the Elmo to familiarize children with the placement of letters. I talk about hand placement. The left hand fingers are used on the orange keys and the right hand fingers are used on the green keys. Thumbs are used on the space bar. Correct placement is a skill that takes time, When I first introduce the page I just want children to be aware of key placement.
I place this first practice page on the Elmo to familiarize children with the placement of letters. I talk about hand placement. The left hand fingers are used on the orange keys and the right hand fingers are used on the green keys. Thumbs are used on the space bar. Correct placement is a skill that takes time, When I first introduce the page I just want children to be aware of key placement.
Have each child fill in the correct colors orange, green and yellow to show hand placement and letter arrangement.
Have children fill in the correct numbers and letters on the orange and green keys
Have children color the white keys orange or green
Example of hand placement
Creativity - Using a WAFF Play Mat, stickers and a pen, children used one of the practice pages as a model to create a keyboard on the play mat (with the help of their older buddies). They used stickers when they didn't have the correct letters. They were aware that the alignment of the keys were not totally accurate due to the layout of the mat. However, completing the keyboard gave them a greater understanding of the placement of keys and features. Great Fun!
Video we created in October.
Video we created in October.
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