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Curriculum |
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Teaching Strategies |
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Keyboarding First is carefully designed
to build on the primary curriculum, applying the same
strategies as teaching reading, math, and music.
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| Reading, math and music skills begin
with individual symbol recognition, and gradually progress to automatic
(internalized) responses to words, numbers or notes. |
Keyboarding First begins with individual key
location, and gradually progresses to automatic (internalized)
responses to key locations. |
| Reading, math and music
use the
multi-sensory approach (seeing, feeling, and hearing) to teach
students to read, count and sing. |
Keyboarding First uses the multi-sensory approach (seeing,
feeling, and hearing) to teach key location enabling students to keep
their eyes on the book while typing. |
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K-2 Connections |
| Color
Recognition |
Rhyming/Pattern Words |
| Eye/Hand
Coordination |
Punctuation |
| Left/Right
Identification |
Sentence
Structure |
| Upper/Lower
Case Letters |
Grammar |
| Patterning |
Beginning
Composition |
| Regular/Irregular Phonetic Sounds |
Numbers/Symbols |
| Sight/High Frequency Words |
Numeric Keypad |
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Reading |
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Keyboarding First
uses sight, pattern, high frequency, and rhyming words to
reinforce reading skills.
The words are carefully chosen to
reflect the reading vocabulary of K-2 students.
Holidays, authentic places and ethnic names are used to add
interest and variety. |
Sample
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Language Arts |
| Spelling is reinforced through chained
responses. Chained responses are when student see, think, and
type words and letter combinations as units instead of
letter-by-letter. Punctuation rules are applied
in various drills.
Writing skills develop as phrases,
sentences and paragraphs are practiced. |
Sample
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Keyboarding/Language Arts
Progression |
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Individual Letters...
Build patterns...
Create Words...
Phrases...
Add Punctuation...
Develop Sentences...
Write Paragraphs, Reports, and Letters
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