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Mumsnet Discussions: Education : How to teach your child to touch type? (7 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By ScienceTeacher on Sat 03-May-08 09:32:36
Mavis Beacon for Kids is good.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By mrz on Sat 03-May-08 09:31:10
www.2simplehome.com/prod.asp# 2Type costs £20 but is really good and used in schools.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By riven on Sat 03-May-08 09:01:50
get them playing Runescape. they need to type to other players. Mine all learned that way.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By SofiaAmes on Sat 03-May-08 08:37:27
BBC website has very good free typing program for kids. My ds who is 7 has started it and it is working well for him. Here's the link. Also if you want something that works for both kids and adults, I found this program some years ago and it worked well for my dh and seems like it would be good for kids too. It's very reasonably priced and has a free test version too.

I think that in this day and age, it's silly that they don't teach it at school. My ds even has computer class, but they don't teach them typing!!
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By popsycal on Sat 03-May-08 08:35:46
not v inspiring bbut does the job
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By popsycal on Sat 03-May-08 08:35:17
www.senselang.com
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By expatkat on Sat 03-May-08 08:31:35
DS doesn't learn at school, and has told me wants to.

I trawled the internet but didn't find anything that looked particularly good. I guess I'm looking for something interactive.


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