My recommendation would be to look at the curriculum of your child's school and go along with that. If the child is typing on their own already, then just letting them see you touch type and telling them what you are doing -- rather than what the child should be doing -- is a good way to introduce the idea. Actually, that's a good way to introduce the idea regardless.
Anyway, although a child's developmental age can vary greatly from their chronological age, in general, ten seems a bit young to me for learning the skill unless the child already has a specific direct interest in touch typing or an interest in something that already has them banging on a keyboard to write.
Thanks for your feedback. We're homeschooling, so we are the curriculum :). It seems like our child's hands are just getting big enough to fit on a keyboard, and some of the schooling curriculum we are doing will be much easier if they learn to type, hence the question.
I talked with the boy. His school introduced basic familiarity with the keyboard around fifth grade. In seventh grade, there was some formal training via websites. Then a little more in 9th grade.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 16.5 ms ] threadAnyway, although a child's developmental age can vary greatly from their chronological age, in general, ten seems a bit young to me for learning the skill unless the child already has a specific direct interest in touch typing or an interest in something that already has them banging on a keyboard to write.
Good luck.
My question: why make it easier?