Typing worksheet · Computers & Digital Literacy
Finger map: color the keyboard by finger · Grade 3
Color each finger on the two hands, then color every key the same color as the finger that presses it, and answer a quick finger check. Learns the touch-typing finger zones.
- Grade 3 · ages 8 to 9
- Medium
- 10 to 15 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
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The typing lines
Directions: Pick a crayon for each finger and color that finger on the hands. Then color every key the same color as the finger that presses it.
- space pinky
- LP ring
- LR middle
- LM index
- Left hand
- thumb pinky
- RP ring
- RR middle
- RM index
- Right hand
- Finger check: which finger types each key?
What your child practices
Your child learns the touch-typing finger zones. The skill is “Home row keys”: type home-row keys with correct fingers.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 3, ages 8 to 9
- Time
- About 10 to 15 minutes
- Subject
- Computers & Digital Literacy
- Level
- Medium for Grade 3
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Sit at a keyboard with fingers resting on the home row before typing the first line. Accuracy first: speed comes once each line is typed without looking. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 3, for practice after the skill has been taught.
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Tip for grown-ups: Short daily practice beats one long session: one or two lines a day is plenty.
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