Use these keyboard templates to help your students learn where the letters are on a keyboard and become faster typers.

Download the keyboard templates here

There are 2 versions - 

1 - This one has yellow spots to show students where to place their hands and a little box telling them to remember to have their fingers in home position ready to start

2 - This one is the beginners version and has no yellow spots. 

Some ways we use keyboard templates are:

(as my students are only just beginnng to type we only used the simple boards

• I gave the students sight word cards and thehy had to find the letters and show me how they could type the word.

• Once they could do that they were able to write the word.

• They were asked to first type the word and then they had to write the word in uppercase letters like on the keyboard.

• I called out a sight word or spelling word and students had to find the letters on the keyboard.
• We have little competitons to type the word first when I call it out. The kids love it!

• They then had to write the word in uppercase letters like those on the keyboard.
• You may like to print out short phrases or sentences for your students to practise with when they get more advanced.