Introduction to Keyboarding Kindergarten and First Grade Anna Meadows May 25, 2012 Hi, again friends. I’m back to teach you one more thing…keyboarding!

Keyboarding Rules Keep your fingers on the home row. –We’ll learn more about that later! Once you have learned where your fingers go, try not to look at the keyboard. –Keep your eyes on the screen. No pecking! –What’s pecking? Pecking is when you just take your hands and fingers and move all around the keyboard.

Home Row This is where your four main fingers on both hands will rest while they are waiting to type. You will practice using the home row more at some fun websites.

Important Keys to Know SPACE BAR Makes a space between wordsENTER Go to the next line

SHIFT Capitalize lettersBACKSPACE Delete or go back a space

ARROW KEYS Scroll pages or helps you go different directions in your typing CAPS LOCK Makes all your letters big

TAB Move spaces across the screen CTRL Lets you use the other symbols found on keys

Let’s Practice! Now that you know the important keys, it is time to practice your keyboarding skills. e.htmhttp:// e.htm