Isaac and Caleb love to type on the keyboard. I took the opportunity of this love to teach Isaac about touch-typing this evening. Isaac is four. I had him feel the little marks on the letters f and j with his fingertips to show him where to put his index fingers. He placed them on the keys and started ‘typing’. Then he got tired and asked me to type up a few things for him.
Here is what he had to say:
I play outside.
I go in the barn, and I like the chickens running.
I go in the barn, and I see the bats.
I get the bikes out.
I like the roosters.
I go and eat on the table.
I drink lemonade out of cups.
I draw hats.
I draw pictures.
I like the blankets and the robes.
I like the pillows to lay my head on.
I like the lotion to put on my hands and feet.
I like the cowboy boots that Dad got me.
I saw a fire engine and a shriff’s truck go by again.
I love the best of the flowers and the hyacinths too.
He left the room for a few minutes, and as I was adding the rest of this story, he came in and asked me what I thought I was doing. It was not mean, but boy was it cute!
Here is his practice. It is so cute to see him typing the letters while he looks at the screen, instead of the keyboard.
erfvhjkjlopsjkfdjfkduturheryehyegeyeteteheyetytttet
hgfhfgdfgdgfghtweytetetetregetretreretrerertrwtrtwwtr
geteewrewrewtrewrertewtergeydyfrfyyfythyreruyry
xgxhgdddddctdtdtgtwdegwtegteteeteretrettrttreretrrwertrw
trwrwrwtrwrtwtwrwrwwedgs
dewtetrewtdrtretreretrertdrrewtwtrtrwtrwtwtrwgwerftwererttre
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xgxzsgsssxxfgsgsdgsgsgdrtsdtdgst6hsdggdshdgdsgdydtde
xfxczzxfssfsxdstsfgsgfsvvsvtsgrsdshtdjmgcmch,gxl;dydrjsjhgdytsy
tsgaskjsraywe6we
dgdcgdsgdbgydsdghdgddgfdgsdgfsdgsdgfsdgdsfsdgfwggdsfsgfgfgfgg
fggfgfgsdfsxgsgss
gsgsggdgasgsfgtwgshyfddhdysdhtdhddgdhgfdhgddyfhgfyhf
I love this little boy! Here he is with my sister when she and my mother were here.
Our children grow up way too fast. It is such a joy to use every opportunity to teach our children even the smallest things. Isaac may not keep an interest in typing, but offering him the opportunity when he shows an interest is the way to see just where that learning might go.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
It has become a part of my mantra in our home educating. Train them up according to the bent that the Lord God created in them.
It is quite an adventure to see what interests each child. It is even more of an adventure follow that interest and walk it with them, learning everything you come across together.
blessings~
