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Learn to Type: Free Typing Lessons

Six short touch-typing lessons take you from the home row to capitals, numbers and punctuation. Each lesson only uses keys you have already learned, and the on-screen keyboard shows which finger to use next.

Typing Lessons

Rest your fingers on A S D F and J K L ; and feel for the bumps on F and J. G and H are reached by the index fingers.

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How to learn to type

  1. Find the home row. Put your left fingers on A S D F and your right fingers on J K L ;. The small bumps on F and J let you find them without looking. See the finger placement chart for every key.
  2. Learn one row at a time. Work through the lessons below in order. Repeat a lesson until you can finish it without looking down, at 95% accuracy or better.
  3. Keep your eyes on the screen. It feels slow at first. That's normal: you are replacing the habit of looking with memory in your fingers.
  4. Practice a little every day. Ten to fifteen minutes a day works better than one long session a week.
  5. Then build speed. Once all the keys feel familiar, take the typing test and play the typing games.

The lessons

Lesson 1: The home row

Rest your fingers on A S D F and J K L ; and feel for the bumps on F and J. G and H are reached by the index fingers. Start lesson 1

Lesson 2: The top row

Reach up from the home row to Q W E R T and Y U I O P, then bring each finger straight back home. Start lesson 2

Lesson 3: The bottom row

Reach down to Z X C V B and N M , . without moving your wrists. Now you know every letter. Start lesson 3

Lesson 4: Capital letters

Hold Shift with the little finger of the opposite hand: right Shift for A, left Shift for J. Start lesson 4

Lesson 5: Numbers

Each number key is typed by the finger below it: 1 and 2 by the left little and ring fingers, 7 by the right index finger. Start lesson 5

Lesson 6: Punctuation

Commas, quotes, colons and question marks mostly live under your right little finger. Start lesson 6

How long does it take to learn to type?

It depends on how much you practice and what habits you start with. With short daily practice, most people can find every key without looking within a few weeks; speed keeps improving for months after that. If you already type with two fingers, expect to be slower for a little while before touch typing overtakes your old speed.

Typing lessons for kids and homeschool

These lessons work well for children who can read simple words. Keep sessions short, around ten minutes, and celebrate accuracy rather than speed. Mixing a lesson with a game like Dinosaur Typing or Frog Typing keeps practice fun. Everything is free, needs no account, and nothing a child types is stored or sent anywhere.

Keyboard practice tips

  • Return your fingers to the home row after every reach.
  • Use the Shift key on the opposite hand from the letter you are capitalizing.
  • Press Space with your thumb, and keep your wrists level and relaxed.
  • When a key keeps tripping you up, slow down on purpose rather than looking at the keyboard.
  • Finger Placement – Where do your fingers go on the keyboard? An interactive finger placement chart showing which finger types every key, plus correct hand position.
  • Blind Typing Test – A blind typing test with no right-or-wrong colors while you type, so you learn to trust your fingers. Plus how to type without looking.
  • One-Handed Typing – Practice typing with one hand: words that use only left-hand or only right-hand keys. Find your weaker hand and train it with a timed test.
  • Typing Test – Take a free online typing test in 15 seconds to 5 minutes. See your words per minute, accuracy and errors instantly. No sign-up needed.
  • Typing Games – Play free typing games in your browser: catch falling fruit, steer a snake, jump with a dinosaur, defend space and race computer cars.