Touch Typing

The benefits of touch typing

Learning to touch type is helpful if you find correctly forming and orientating letters challenging, if you use a lot of pressure on the page when writing which leads to pain in the hand when writing for an extended time, or if you have a slow speed of writing.

For those with difficulties spelling, typing instead of writing can help to develop spelling knowledge through the use of the spell checker available on the computer.

Some people who learn to touch type see their typing speed increase quickly, and this helps to build confidence, self-belief and self-worth.

Some touch typing programmes — including the one I use in my courses — also support the development of reading and spelling.

My touch typing courses

The touch typing courses that I run consist of three sessions, each lasting one hour. These are face to face sessions at my home in a small group (maximum 4 children, with a minimum of 3 children needed to run the course).

Some courses run on Saturday mornings, and some run on consecutive days during the school holidays.

Students are required to attend all three sessions, and need to bring a laptop and headphones to each session. A subscription to Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) will be set up and sent to you before the first day of the course, so that you can check the login details work.

Students are expected to continue practising their touch typing at home after the course ends (the subscription lasts three months). I will monitor progress through the programme weekly, sending an email update of progress and attainment once a week. Each time a level is completed (31 modules), a certificate is generated and sent to you to celebrate this success.

Cost

Each course costs £110. This includes the three 1-hour touch typing sessions, a 3 month subscription to Touch-type Read and Spell, and weekly monitoring of progress through the programme via email for the duration of the subscription.

Payment is made upfront to secure a place on a course.