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This version is very bare bones, and it is assumed you know how to deal with learning typing. Concepts like the "home row" and such should be familiar. You should know about the shift key, the space bar, how not to hunt and peck, and so forth. I don't have any scoring system for errors or speed. (I assume you are self-motivated to learn all this.)
(Thanks to the many folks who have sent me their comments on these lessons. Special thanks to Andrew Arensburger for his nitpicking corrections and to Jeff Bigler for his incorporation of input areas for practicing right on the page.)
There are 29 individual lessons, which either introduce new keys, or are comprehensive, using words that you should know how to form at that stage. Each lesson should probably be repeated at least once to ensure that the hands are connecting to the brain properly. :-)
- Lesson 1 Introducing U and H: Home row, Index fingers
- Lesson 2 Introducing E and T: Home row, Second fingers
- Lesson 3 Comprehensive: E, H, T, U
- Lesson 4 Introducing O and N: Home row, third fingers
- Lesson 5 Comprehensive, including O and N
- Lesson 6 Introducing A and S: Home row, fourth fingers
- Lesson 7 Comprehensive, including A and S
- Lesson 8 Introducing I and D: Index finger stretching in the home row
- Lesson 9 Comprehensive, including I and D (entire home row)
- Lesson 10 Introducing P and G: First fingers reaching up
- Lesson 11 Comprehensive, including P and G
- Lesson 12 Introducing . and C: Second fingers reaching up
- Lesson 13 Comprehensive, including . and C
- Lesson 14 Introducing , and R: Third fingers reaching up
- Lesson 15 Comprehensive, including , and R
- Lesson 16 Introducing ' and L: Fourth fingers reaching up
- Lesson 17 Comprehensive, including ' and L
- Lesson 18 Introducing Y and F: Index fingers stretching up
- Lesson 19 Comprehensive, including Y and F (full upper/home rows)
- Lesson 20 Introducing K and M: Index fingers reaching down
- Lesson 21 Comprehensive, including K and M
- Lesson 22 Introducing J and W: Second fingers reaching down
- Lesson 23 Comprehensive, including J and W
- Lesson 24 Introducing Q and V: Third fingers reaching down
- Lesson 25 Comprehensive, including Q and V
- Lesson 26 Introducing ; and Z: Fourth fingers reaching down
- Lesson 27 Comprehensive, including ; and Z
- Lesson 28 Introducing X and B: Index fingers stretching down
- Lesson 29 Comprehensive, including X and B (This is it, folks!)