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Transcript of Copyright © 1998-2014 Nail It Now Learn To Type In 2 Hours Grades 3 to 6 LEFT side.
Copyright © 1998-2014 Nail It Now
Learn To Type In 2 Hours
Grades 3 to 6
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To start, open Microsoft Word
and change the font size to 20 pts.
It’s exciting to see the words you type in large font
Important
If you look at the keys, you find the key you want,
BUT you learn NOTHING!
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First, we split the keyboard into two sidesIt’s easier to learn one side at a time
OK, BUT where do we start?It’s just a lot of letters
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You have FOUR fingers on your LEFT hand
. . . and there are FOUR Home keyson the LEFT side of the keyboard, A S D F
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Your pinky finger types A,your ring finger types S,
your middle finger types Dand your pointer finger types F
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Place your FOUR fingers on the FOUR Home keys, A S D F
Feel the “bump” on the F key.
It helps you place your fingers on the Home row
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To remember this sentence,
THINK many Animals eat grass and, in the Snow,
they would have to Dig for Food
TYPE A S D F and SAY ALOUD Animals in the Snow Dig for Food
Do this 10 times
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Place your fingers on the Home keys
TYPE add as dad fad sad
Between words, press the space bar with your RIGHT thumb
Now, you TYPE five WORDS, WITHOUT looking at the keyboard
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So, how do you type G?
BUT wait, there’s another letter in the middle row and you don’t have any more fingers on your LEFT hand
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Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE A S D F G and SAY ALOUD
Animals in the Snow Dig for Food like Grass
Do this 10 times
Your Food finger does DOUBLE the work and moves over to G
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Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE gag gas sag
Now, you TYPE three words, WITHOUT looking at the keyboard
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Well done! You have learned the LEFT side Home row and G
OK, BUT how do you type the top and bottom row letters?
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Your FOUR Home key fingers move UP to the top row and DOWN to the bottom row
OK, BUT what finger moves UP to Q and DOWN to Zand does it move in a straight line?
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Your Animals finger moves UP LEFT to Q and DOWN RIGHT to Z
Place your fingers on the Home keysFeel your way slowly UP to Q,
back to the Home keys and DOWN to Z
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You are going to TYPE A Q Z.To remember A Q Z,
you SAY ALOUD Animals Quick Zoo
. . . and THINK:The Animals have escaped, Quick, get them back to the Zoo
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Animals Quick Zoo
Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE A Q Z and SAY ALOUD
Animals Quick ZooDo this 10 times
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You are going to TYPE S W X and SAY ALOUD Snow White X
. . . and THINK:In the Snow, if you draw a White X, you won’t see it
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Snow White X
Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE S W X and SAY ALOUD
Snow White XDo this 10 times
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You are going to TYPE D E C and SAY ALOUD Dig Easter Chocolate
. . . and THINK:
Children Dig in the garden for Easter Chocolate
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Dig Easter Chocolate
Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE D E C and SAY ALOUD
Dig Easter ChocolateDo this 10 times
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You are going to TYPE F R V and SAY ALOUD Food Raw Vegetables
. . . and THINK: Do you like eating Food like Raw Vegetables?
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Food Raw Vegetables
Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE F R V and SAY ALOUD
Food Raw VegetablesDo this 10 times
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So, how do you type T and B?
BUT wait, there are two more lettersand you don’t have any more fingers on your LEFT hand
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Your Food finger does DOUBLE the work
BUT wait! This time, your Food finger doesn’t move UP LEFT and DOWN RIGHT
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It moves UP RIGHT to T and DOWN BIG RIGHT to BThis is the hard Food finger move, you have to s-t-r-e-t-c-h
To remember you move:a) RIGHT to both keys, it’s the opposite to the LEFT side
b) DOWN BIG RIGHT to B, BIG starts with B
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You are going to TYPE F T B and SAY ALOUD Food Teddy Biscuits
. . . and THINK:This is the hard Food finger move,
so a reward of Teddy Biscuits would be nice
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Food Teddy Biscuits
Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE F T B and SAY ALOUD
Food Teddy BiscuitsDo this 10 times
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Well done!
You have learned ALL the LEFT side keys
and correct finger use
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Now, you TYPE the LEFT sideCONFIDENCE-builder exercises
. . . and you type words (NOT random letters)
The words* are arranged in word patterns with regularly repeated letters to assist familiarity,
eg: bee, beef, beer, beet
You will be amazed at how quickly you remember the keys!
* Curriculum words can be included
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When you feel confident of the LEFT side keys, it takes another 35 minutes
to learn the RIGHT side
The sooner you “do” the RIGHT side, the sooner you can start
using your daily “real” computer work to practice
Before too long, you will be typing automatically without looking at the keyboard