Scope and sequence
Fifteen units, 58 lessons. Each unit introduces at most two new keys and ends with an assessment lesson that hides the on-screen keyboard. At ten minutes a day, a class typically completes the course in a single term.
| Unit | Title | Keys taught | Lessons | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🏠 Home Base | F J | 3 | 12 wpm / 94% |
| 2 | 🗼 Tall Towers | D K | 3 | 14 wpm / 94% |
| 3 | 💍 Ring Road | S L | 3 | 15 wpm / 94% |
| 4 | 🤙 Pinky Power | A ; | 3 | 16 wpm / 94% |
| 5 | 🚀 The Big Bar | ␣ | 3 | 18 wpm / 94% |
| 6 | 📖 First Words | G H | 5 | 20 wpm / 95% |
| 7 | ☁️ Sky Row | Q W E R T Y U I O P | 6 | 22 wpm / 94% |
| 8 | 🕳️ Cave Row | Z X C V B N M , . | 5 | 24 wpm / 94% |
| 9 | 🔢 Number Peaks | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 | 4 | 22 wpm / 93% |
| 10 | ✨ Symbol Sky | . , ' " ! ? - @ # $ % & + = ( ) : / | 4 | 22 wpm / 93% |
| 11 | 🛣️ Sentence Street | — (fluency) | 4 | 28 wpm / 94% |
| 12 | ⛰️ Paragraph Peak | — (fluency) | 4 | 30 wpm / 94% |
| 13 | 🌲 Story Forest | — (fluency) | 3 | 32 wpm / 94% |
| 14 | ⏱️ Beat the Clock | — (fluency) | 4 | 36 wpm / 95% |
| 15 | 👑 Master Typist | — (fluency) | 4 | 40 wpm / 95% |
Running it in a computer suite
- One profile per pupil, per machine. Because storage is per-browser, a child should sit at the same computer each session. If they move, export and re-import their backup from the settings page.
- Ten minutes, not thirty. Accuracy collapses after about fifteen minutes at this age, and practising errors is worse than not practising.
- Cover the hands. The single biggest determinant of whether a class learns to touch type is whether they can see the keyboard. The on-screen one shows everything they need.
- Assess with the unit challenge. The last lesson of every unit hides the keyboard and hand guide, which makes it a genuine check rather than a copying exercise.
- No pupil data leaves the room. Nothing is transmitted, so there is no data-processing agreement to sign and no vendor holding children's records. Use first names only.
Teacher questions
Where is my child's progress data stored?
Progress is stored only in the browser on the device being used, using local storage. It is never uploaded, never shared and never used for advertising. It can be exported as a file or permanently deleted at any time from the grown-ups page. Because nothing is sent to a server, switching devices or clearing browser data will clear the saved progress.
How much should a child practise typing each day?
Ten to fifteen minutes a day is the sweet spot for children. Beyond about twenty minutes, concentration drops and errors start being practised rather than corrected. Two short sessions in a day build muscle memory better than one long one, and practising five days a week beats a single long weekend session.
Can teachers use this in a classroom?
Yes. The teacher page lets you name a class, keep several pupil profiles on a shared device, assign specific lessons, see a class leaderboard and export results as a CSV file. Because everything is stored in the browser, each shared computer holds the profiles of the children who use it — there are no accounts to provision and nothing to install.
Does it work on a tablet or Chromebook?
Yes. The Kids Typing Journey works in any modern browser on a desktop, laptop, Chromebook or tablet, and the interface adapts to the screen size. Touch typing does need a physical keyboard to be learned properly, so a tablet with an attached keyboard case works well while an on-screen glass keyboard does not.
Is it suitable for children with dyslexia or visual differences?
Yes. The settings page offers a dyslexia-friendly reading mode with wider letter and word spacing and looser lines, a high-contrast mode, a colour-blind-safe mode that replaces the red/green feedback pair with blue/orange, a calm mode that removes animation, and full sound and voice controls. Every visual signal in a lesson is paired with a shape or text cue, so nothing depends on colour alone.