Typing Curriculum

Save on typing curriculum during our sale at Lamp Post Homeschool Store.

Your student needs good typing skills to use a computer effectively.

We offer Keyboarding Skills from EPS which teaches basic keyboarding for students of all ages. For older students, Mastering Computer Typing might be a better choice because it focuses on typing on the computer and offers information about the keyboard, fonts, etc.

There are also inexpensive software typing programs available at local office supply stores for under $10. The program called Typing Tutor is one example. There is also free program from Source Forge called Type Faster Typing Tutor. It is free, but if you wish to donate, they will accept it. It is easy to install and easy to use.

Another typing book that also reinforces spelling and reading is Individualized Keyboarding by Don McCabe.

Mastering Computer Typing

Mastering Computer Typing by Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts 9780395714065

Mastering Computer Typing

By Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts

Learn how to touch-type for the computer with Mastering Computer Typing. It is a complete guide for learning how to touch-type on a computer keyboard.

It includes:

How to get from A to Z on your keyboard;

How to negotiate punctuation keys;

How to type numbers on a numeric keypad;

How to avoid fatigue and aches and pains, especially carpal tunnel syndrome;

Tips for first-time and experienced computer users;

User-friendly exercises and practice lessons to build up speed and efficiency.

In a spiral-bound format, Mastering Computer Typing is 7" by 9.5" with sturdy "hardback" cover, front and back. It can stand up for easy viewing while you take the lesson.

Level: Junior high to adult

9780395714065

List $18.00

Sale $16.49

Keyboarding Skills

Keyboarding Skills

Keyboarding Skills, 2nd Edition

By Diana Hanbury King, Educators Publishing Service

Using a multisensory "alphabetic method," Keyboarding Skills is a proven program. Lessons skills such as home row position, lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Writing applications are also included because this book is part of a Writing Skills series.

It has a built-in stand so the book will be upright for the student. There is a sturdy plastic coil at the top for flipping pages on the stand. Figures show the keyboard and use bold print to indicate the appropriate key.

It is suitable for upper elementary grades and up. The print is a larger print which is helpful for younger students.

9780838825648

List $23.45

Sale $20.95

Individualized Keyboarding

Individualized Keyboarding by Don McCabe 9781564004048

Individualized Keyboarding (includes Improving Reading & Spelling via Keyboarding)

By Don McCabe, AVKO Educational Research Foundation

Individualized Keyboarding "utilizes a multi-sensory approach to teach typing skills." It also reinforces the "reading patterns that are necessary for typing proficiency.  Also included with this book is the teacher's book, Improving Reading and Spelling Skills via Keyboarding.

The book is standard 8 1/2 X 11 inches. It has a flip-top spiral binding in order to easily stand in front of the computer screen and keyboard."

9781564004048

List $14.95

Sale $13.49