The home row
Place your fingers on the home row and type simple words without looking.
Planned. This module is part of the plan and is not written yet.
Why it matters
Typing without looking frees your eyes for what you are writing, and a few minutes of practice a day builds real speed for essays, emails and code.
Draft outline · in review- For
- Level 3–6 · Primary 3 to Primary 6
- Inside
- 4 lessons and a test · about 40 minutes
- Topic
- Touch typing · foundation, 1 of 4
Inside the module.
4 lessons in order, about 40 minutes in all, then a short test. Learners go at their own pace; the minutes are a guide, not a timetable.
Draft outline · in review
Lesson 1: Finding home
Feel the bumps on F and J, and rest your fingers on A S D F and J K L ;.
Explain8 min, from minute 0
Lesson 2: Each finger's keys
Learn which finger presses which home-row key.
Practice10 min, from minute 8
Lesson 3: Home-row words
Type words such as sad, lad, fall and flask without looking down.
Practice12 min, from minute 18
Lesson 4: Accuracy check
A short timed test that counts correct letters, not just speed.
Review10 min, from minute 30
End-of-module test
Place both hands on the home row and type home-row words accurately without looking at the keys.
Mastered at 85% or more. Retake it until you pass; nothing is lost, and each try gives feedback.
Already know it? A Challenge Test (planned) clears the whole module: 90% overall, no objective below 75%.
Last stageafter about 40 min
Practicalities
Draft outline · in reviewBuilt to run offline
Planned to run on the Lantern's own computer, with no internet needed.
Languages
Planned first in English; every module aims to reach all of the Lantern's languages.
Try a question.
One question from the module, as a learner would meet it. Have a go, then open the worked solution a step at a time.
Draft outline · in review
Which two keys have small bumps on them to help you find the home row without looking?
Particulars
Where it sits
What a learner can do after it
- Place both hands on the home row.
- Type home-row words without looking at the keys.
Level
Level 3–6 · Primary 3 to Primary 6
Level mappings are approximate. A qualified teacher or lecturer in each country must check them before they appear in the app.
Difficulty for its level
1 of 4 · Foundation
Time
About 40 minutes
Alignments
None drafted yet.
Alignment in review until a qualified teacher or lecturer checks it. No exam body, university or vendor endorses us; learners still sit the real exam.
Challenge Test
Planned: a Challenge Test to prove you know it and skip it. Pass at 90% overall, with no objective below 75%.
On these pathways
The route here.
Everything this module builds on, drawn as a route from its foundations. Solid lanes must be mastered first, or cleared by a Challenge Test; dashed lanes are suggestions that never lock anything.
- DS-CMP-STA-01First steps at a Lantern stationDigital skills · Primary 1 to Primary 3 (Level 1–3) · Planned
- DS-CMP-MOU-01Point, click and dragDigital skills · Primary 1 to Primary 3 (Level 1–3) · Planned Needs First steps at a Lantern station (required).
- DS-CMP-KEY-01Finding your way round the keyboardDigital skills · Primary 2 to Primary 4 (Level 2–4) · Planned Needs Point, click and drag (required).
- DS-CMP-TYP-01The home rowDigital skills · Primary 3 to Primary 6 (Level 3–6) · Planned · the destination Needs Finding your way round the keyboard (required).
Help light the room where this is learned.
Every route on this map starts in a classroom with 24 stations, a tutor that works offline and a facilitator upstairs. Four are planned and waiting for light.