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Learn to touch type — 10 sessions on a real keyboard
Twenty minutes a day, ten days. They never have to look at the keys again.
25 min ages 8–12
How to do it
Go to typingclub.com or monkeytype.com (free, no signup needed). They pick the avatar. Sessions are 20 minutes, no more — fingers get sore. You sit next to them, doing the same lessons on a second device. Same rule for both: no looking at the keys. Hands stay on home row. Speed doesn't matter; accuracy does. After session 10, they should be hitting 25 WPM with both hands. By the end of the year they'll outtype you. Print a one-page finger-position chart and tape it to the back of the laptop.
What you'll need
TypingClub.com (free)
FreeFinger-position printable
PrintableOpen