- 1). Open your word-processing software and familiarize your child with the keyboard. Explain how the shift and function buttons work as well as the enter, cursor and delete/backspace buttons.
- 2). Start by asking your child to find certain letters on the keyboard. This will allow him to get used to where the keys are. Next, ask him to type his name using the keyboard. Then, give him a sentence from his favorite book to type as an exercise.
- 3). Encourage more keyboard practice with a paragraph from your child's book. Once the paragraph is written, show the child how to highlight a section of text (or the entire paragraph).
- 4). Using the highlighted text, have your child work through the first tab or menu item in the word-processing software (For Word 2007, this is the "Home" tab). This will allow the child to see how the text changes when the "Bold" command is used, the text is reduced or magnified or the font is changed.
- 5). Using the same paragraph (or others if desired), have your child play with the different menus/tabs. Children will likely learn a lot of the functions just by playing with the sample paragraph.
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