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One thing I have always had my homeschool children do is some typing practice. It would be very difficult for them to navigate in this digital-based world without knowing how to type on a keyboard. If they can memorize where the keys are and type faster on the keyboard, I believe they will have a better competitive edge in the workforce. I was happy to find typing practice for free online with TypeDojo.

Disclosure: I was compensated for my time writing this article. All opinions are my own.

Homeschool Typing Practice With TypeDojo

TypeDojo is a website that kids and adults can use for free to learn touch typing. The lessons help you learn to memorize the keyboard by touch.  You don’t even have to register an account to start learning, you can just go to the TypeDojo website and begin typing or take an English Typing Test. I do recommend creating a profile so that you can keep track of your progress. When you do have a profile, you can customize an Avatar. Special achievements and goal tracking is done to encourage you to keep practicing and learn quickly.

Typing Practice

When you are learning a new skill, practice is so important. TypeDojo gives its users plenty of opportunities to practice! Typing practice is offered with lessons, games, quizzes and tests. Whether you are a first time typist or have been typing for years, all of this typing practice will help you improve through the levels of Basic, Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced until you can call yourself a Master Typist.

Typing Lesson Levels

There are four levels of typing lessons available with TypeDojo…

Basic

This is the level you would start at. You can start as early as age four or younger. These lessons focus on the letters and which keys are geographically near to them on the keyboard. These lessons prepare kids for the Beginner lessons, which will introduce the home row keys. In these lessons, the user will learn where their fingers should be placed on the keyboard, as well as which fingers should be touching which key. These lessons are fairly short, so it works well with short attention spans!