LeonType📖 Typing guides
Practical tips to learn to type with all ten fingers, teach typing in the classroom and choose your keyboard.
How to learn touch typing from scratch: a step-by-step guide
What touch typing is, how long it takes to learn and a weekly practice plan to type with all ten fingers without looking at the keyboard.
Read guide →🖐️Correct hand position and posture at the keyboard
How to place your hands on the home row, which finger presses each key and how to sit so you can type for a long time without back, neck or wrist pain.
Read guide →🧒Typing for kids: when to start and how to keep them motivated
The recommended age for children to learn keyboarding, how much they should practice and ideas to make it fun at home and at school.
Read guide →⚡How to improve your typing speed (WPM) without losing accuracy
What words per minute means, what a good typing speed is for school or work and practical techniques to type faster without making more mistakes.
Read guide →⌨️US, Latin American and Spanish keyboards: differences and how to tell which one you have
The differences between the US, Latin American and Spanish keyboard layouts, how to identify yours and how to type accents and symbols.
Read guide →👩🏫Teaching typing in the classroom: a practical guide for teachers
How to organize keyboarding lessons in elementary and secondary school: planning, timing, assessment and how to use LeonType classes with your students.
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