Keyboarding & Mousing Practice Sites

Keyboarding (Typing) & Mousing Practice (Click here for a helpful keyboard fingering sheet you can print out)

Internet4Classroom (Gr. k-1)

Students can practice using the mouse with these fun activities.

MiniMouse(Gr. k-1)

Students can practice using the mouse with these fun activities.

Mousing Around - Tutorial (Gr. K-2)

A fun activity for beginners to help learn how to use the mouse on websites.

Keyboard Climber 1 (Gr. K-5)

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Keyboard Climber 2 (Gr. K-5)
A fun activity to help learn the location of the keys on the keyboard. Help the monkey climb up high by quickly pressing the correct keys.

Big Brown Bear Learn to Type (Gr. 1-8)

Although no cute graphics, this site shows a keyboard and highlights where the keys are. Good for beginners learning where keys are. If you know the home row, place your hands there to practice. Try to beat your own score!

Dance Mat Typing (Gr. 2-8)

This cute British web site offers online typing lessons. Just listen to the 'goat' and pick one of the four typing difficulty levels. Learn the correct fingering and the location of keys on the rows.

eLearnings for Kids - Keyboarding Skills (Gr. 2-8)

Meet Blob the alien. Enter his spaceship for lessons and games in this typing tutor course to improve computer and typing skills such as finger-key association, key familiarity, and typing speed and accuracy.

Glencoe's Online Keyboarding Tutor (Gr. 2+)

For kids or adults that is divided into 16 individual typing lesson. includes a demonstration movie, typing exercises, a drill, and a printable lesson report to show completion of the lesson.

Typing Test (Gr. 4+)

How fast can you type? Find out your WPM and accuracy with this free online typing test.

ABCya Keyboarding Challenge (Gr. K-5)

Imagine the keys fell off the keyboard. Could you put them back in the right spot? Play this game and find out.

Free Typing Games (Gr. 3-8)

Increase your typing speed and accuracy by playing these free games such as Martian City Defender or Desert Typing Racer. Caution: Avoid the advertisements and non-typing games.