A New Beginning, Color-coded, Touch-Control

Keyboarding Book

Free-standing 

Plastic-spiral-bound

144 Pages

Nine Levels A-I 

90  Short Lessons

Appropriate Fonts

Keyboarding First curriculum may be taught

30 hours in 1 year or divided over 3 Years.

5 hours

First Grade

10 hours

Second Grade

15 hours

Level A–Techniques

Introductory Keyboard

• Color fingers/keys

• Typing techniques

Level B–Computer

• Workstation 

• Posture

• Techniques

• Home Keys

• Levels A and B   
• Shift Keys
  • Right
  • Left

Level D–Alphabetic and Basic Punctuation Reaches

• Alphabetic Keys

• Punctuation Keys

  • Comma

  • Period

  • Question Mark

Level F–See, Think, Type, Composition

Level G–Numbers and Symbols

Level H–Punctuation

Level I–Language Arts Connections 

Layout & Design

Developmentally Appropriate--Keyboarding First builds skills slowly and repetitively.  Alphabetic and punctuation keys are introduced one at a time in approximately 20-minute lessons. Drill lines are carefully constructed to include the new key with previously learned keys emphasizing the K-2 reading vocabulary.  Visual graphics reinforce the introduction of  new keys.

Color-Coded Keyboard--The selection, position, density and labeling of the colors on the color-coded keyboard address the needs of colorblind students.  For example, red and green are at the opposite ends of the keyboard because these colors are most confused by colorblind students.  Not all colorblind problems can be addressed, but hopefully the arrangement, density and labeling of the colors help most visually impaired students.  The 8 basic colors used in the primary grades were used from the 8ct. Crayola® box.  

Concise Pages--Keyboarding First pages are:

• Uncluttered pages

• Printed in large, clear, developmentally appropriate font sizes

• Focused on one key per lesson

Color-Coded Levels--The nine levels of Keyboarding First are color-coded. Levels A and B are blue, Levels C and D are red, and  Levels E through I are green.

Illustrations

Black, brown, blue and green are used to match the left hand fingers to the left side of the keyboard. Left-hand fingers and the left-side of keyboard have white letters/symbols.

Orange, purple, yellow and red are used to match the right hand fingers to the right side of the keyboard. Right-hand fingers and the right-side of keyboard have black letters/symbols.  The right-thumb and space bar are striped.

Short A Sound

Long A Sound

Arrow Keys

Arrow keys use the color-coded  J K L Home-key fingers.

Numeric Keypad

The numeric keypad uses the color-coded Home-key fingers of the Right hand.