I took typing in High School – but admittedly, I did not do well in the class. Partly because the material was out dated and the class was in a stuffy room at 1pm every afternoon….but mostly because my best friend sat right behind me. {grin}
Fast forward a few years and I was in college writing my papers – hunting and pecking my way across the keyboard. I was determined to get out of college without taking a computer course. I managed to avoid the computer lab, but I still couldn’t type.
Over the years my typing has gotten better, although it is not perfect. I am quite adept at knowing where the *backspace* and *delete* keys are!
As a new homeschool mom it never occurred to me that I would need to teach my girls typing, until I started looking through different curriculums! I was very pleased to be chosen to review Keyboarding for the Christian School as part of the TOS Crew.
We were sent the Elementary version to review in PDF format. I chose to print out the book {87 pages} rather than try to split the screen. The book is simple and conscise. The lessons are short, easy and very manageable. I actually enjoyed that it was more like *old school* learning with paper and a Word document than another educational game on the computer.
Since Sophie was just starting out, we have repeated the first 4 lessons over and over. She knows her letters, but was having trouble understanding why the letters on the keyboard aren’t in the same order as in the alphabet! We’ve had some good discussions about this 
Her hands are a bit small to fit on every key across the keyboard, but she is managing quite well! She enjoys watching the letters appear on the word document and has even more fun erasing them to start over! It’s been fun to watch her learn a skill that I need to work on myself!
The last few lessons {which we haven’t done yet but I’ve read through} have Bible verses associated with them, which I think is an awesome idea! Instead of typing random words/sentences she’ll be typing God’s word – perfect!
You can purchase a PDF download of Keyboarding for the Christian School for $12.95. If you would like a full color, hard copy edition the price is $45, which includes shipping. You can use this code: SUMMER2012 to save 20%! The code is good through August 29, 2012.
To read what other crew members thought click here.
Disclaimer: I received a PDF copy of the book as a member of the TOS Crew in return for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The End.
