Keyboard Spelling Activity

Download Keyboard With Finger Placements

Download Keyboard With No Finger Placements

How to use this teaching resource

• Place a word card on the top section, or write in a spelling word using whiteboard marker……
• **children practise ‘typing’ the work on their keyboard.
• **children colour in or cross or circle the matching letters on the keyboard using whiteboard markers.
• **children draw a continuous line from first letter to last letter on their keyboard using whiteboard markers.
• **children write their name on top and practice ‘typing’ their name
• Keep the top section blank……
• **children practice ‘typing’ the alphabet on their keyboard.
• **in pairs, one child ‘types’ a word from a list – their partner watches carefully and has to ‘guess’ which word they are typing.
• **again in pairs, one child colours in, crosses, or circles letters using a known word – partner has to unjumble the marked letters to match the word.
• Explore and discuss the way letters are positioned on the keyboard – children investigate actual keyboards and label the blank keyboard sheets.
• Colour the vowels one colour and the consonants a different colour on their keyboards.