Copyright © Nail It Now Everyone version LEFT Side

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 1 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! LEFT side

Copyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 2 First, we split the keyboard into two sides It’s easier to learn one side at a time OK, BUT where do we start? It’s just a lot of letters

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 3 You have FOUR fingers on your LEFT hand... and there are FOUR Home keys on the LEFT side of the keyboard, A S D F

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 4 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 keys

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 5 To remember this sentence, THINK many Animals eat grass and, in the Snow, they have to Dig for Food TYPE A S D F and SAY ALOUD Animals in the Snow Dig for Food Do this 10 times

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 6 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

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 7 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

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 8 Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE A S D F G and SAY ALOUD Animals in the Snow Dig for Food Greedily Do this 10 times Your Food finger does DOUBLE the work and moves over to G

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 9 Now, you TYPE three words, WITHOUT looking at the keyboard Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE gag gas sag

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 10 Well done! You have learned the LEFT side Home row and G OK, BUT how do you type the top and bottom row letters?

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 11 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 Z and does it move in a straight line?

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 12 Your Animals finger moves UP LEFT to Q and DOWN RIGHT to Z Place your fingers on the Home keys Feel your way slowly UP to Q, back to the Home keys and DOWN to Z

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 13 You are going to TYPE A Q Z. To remember A Q Z, you SAY ALOUD Animals Queensland Zoo THINK there are lots of Animals in the Queensland Zoo

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 14 Animals Queensland Zoo Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE A Q Z and SAY ALOUD Animals Queensland Zoo Do this 10 times

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 15 You are going to TYPE S W X and SAY ALOUD Snow White Xmas THINK, when there is Snow, you have a White Xmas

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 16 Snow White Xmas Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE S W X and SAY ALOUD Snow White Xmas Do this 10 times

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 17 You are going to TYPE D E C and SAY ALOUD Dig Easter Chocolate THINK, children Dig in the garden for Easter Chocolate

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 18 Dig Easter Chocolate Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE D E C and SAY ALOUD Dig Easter Chocolate Do this 10 times

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 19 You are going to TYPE F R V and SAY ALOUD Food Raw Vegetables THINK a vegetarian eats Food like Raw Vegetables

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 20 Food Raw Vegetables Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE F R V and SAY ALOUD Food Raw Vegetables Do this 10 times

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 21 BUT wait, there are two more letters and you don’t have any more fingers on your LEFT hand So, how do you TYPE T and B?

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 22 Your Food finger does DOUBLE the work BUT wait! This time, your Food finger doesn’t move UP LEFT and DOWN RIGHT

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 23 It moves UP RIGHT to T and DOWN BIG RIGHT to B. This is the hard Food finger move 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

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 24 You are going to TYPE F T B and SAY ALOUD Food T-Bone THINK a vegetarian DOESN’T eat Food like T-Bone. A T-Bone has a hard bone, so this is the hard Food finger move

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 25 Food T-Bone Place your fingers on the Home keys TYPE F T B and SAY ALOUD Food T-Bone Do this 10 times

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 26 Congratulations! You have learned ALL the LEFT side keys and correct finger use

LEFT sideCopyright © Nail It NowEveryone - 27 Now, you TYPE the LEFT side CONFIDENCE-Builder exercises When you feel confident of the LEFT side keys, it takes another 35 minutes to learn the RIGHT side Then, you TYPE the RIGHT side exercises You will be amazed at how quickly you remember the keys. Have fun!