Reflection in Typing Lesson

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• computer with keyboard or typewriter

1. • 1
     Get to know the keyboard and which keys to position each finger on. The starting position is called the "home row" position. Here, you put your left hand fingers on the "A," "S," "D," and "F" keys, beginning with your pinky and ending with your index finger, respectively. With your right hand, you place your fingers on the "J," "K," L" and ";" keys, beginning with your index finger and ending with your pinky, respectively. You can consult a chart in a typing book or see the link in the "Resources" section to get more familiar with the home row finger placement.
   • 2
     Practice beginner typing lessons to become familiar with the keyboard. When you first begin, you'll only be typing letters and symbols, not words. At this stage, you're just getting acquainted with using the right fingers for the right keys. You can take typing lessons for free online (see link in "References"), you can purchase a typing software program or you can learn from a typing book such as "Touch Typing in Ten Lessons," "Typing the Easy Way" or Typing for Beginners."
   • 3
     Repeat your lessons as often as possible, but move at your own pace. Learning to type is a complex process and requires you to think about letters and words in a whole new way. Don't move on to a new lesson unless you're absolutely comfortable with the one you're moving on from.