How long to learn to touch type???

[drosophila]

DS has big issues around writing and we are going through the BBC typing course atm. He is about to enter the last level and I wondered what next. Should he practice a little every day and if so how long etc...

grateful for any tips.

He is 11.

[JustFiveMinutesHAHAHA]

Find a chat site he enjoys (11 yo equivalent of MN) and he'll be touch typing in no time. IMO it's much easier to just 'live it' than 'learn it'.

[alison222]

Yet the practice needs to be little and often. I need to take my own advice and get DS going again as he treats the BBC course like a game to be raced through the levels as fast as possible without improving.