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Now my son is 7 and he showed interest in learning programming, but I found out that he is very slow typist and it slows the experience, so now I'm looking for
by Egregore 14y ago
Now my son is 7 and he showed interest in learning programming, but I found out that he is very slow typist and it slows the experience, so now I'm looking for good typing trainer games, so far the best I found is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/levels/level1.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/levels/level1.shtml
If you know better keyboard trainers for kids please let me know.
- drbawb 14y agoI learned strictly on Mavis Beacon. It was all they used at my two private K-12 schools. However it clearly did something right, as I was typing ~120WPM by the end of grade 7. I guess I hold an unpopular opinion, but I think typing is honestly my greatest asset. Not because you have to be a fast typist to program - but it honestly feels like theres less barrier between the computer and my thoughts. If I could make one suggestion: focus on accuracy over speed. I took the opposite approach and it frustrated me to no end when I made mistakes because I'd instinctively backspace. Touch typing and accuracy, in hindsight, are more important than raw throughput.