The Big BarSpace
The space bar is pressed with the thumb, usually the thumb of your dominant hand, while all eight fingers stay resting on the home row. It is the most frequently pressed key on a keyboard.
New keys in this level
Tap a key to see which finger presses it.
Tap the space bar with your thumb.
- left pinky
- left ring finger
- left tall finger
- left pointer
- thumb
- right pointer
- right tall finger
- right ring finger
- right pinky
Lessons in this level
- Thumb taps🎹 Key drillTarget 14 wpm · 92% accuracy
- Chunks and gaps🎹 Key drillTarget 16 wpm · 93% accuracy
- Space race🏆 ChallengeTarget 18 wpm · 94% accuracy
About this level
The space bar is the widest key and the most used one of all. It gets a whole level to itself because the habit you build now — one relaxed thumb, never both — will follow you for life.
What you practise here
- Thumb taps — Use one thumb only. Let it hover over the middle of the bar. Target: 14 words per minute at 92% accuracy.
- Chunks and gaps — Space is part of the rhythm, not a pause. Keep the beat steady. Target: 16 words per minute at 93% accuracy.
- Space race — Fingers home, thumb ready. Go! Target: 18 words per minute at 94% accuracy.
How this level is scored
Every lesson awards up to three stars. One star is for finishing, two for finishing accurately, and three for accuracy at the level's pace — speed on its own never earns a star. Lessons in this level also wait for the correct key: a wrong press does not move the cursor on, so a child cannot practise the wrong finger movement. Words per minute is recorded but never shown to the child — it appears only on the parent and progress pages.
Which finger types each new key
- Tap the space bar with your thumb.