Free printable · Ages 5–12

Home row finger chart

Every letter key in the color of the finger that types it, the home row outlined, and the bumps on F and J drawn in. Print it in color and put it beside the keyboard, and the fingers have a map. The colors are the ones Star Keys, our touch-typing course, uses, so the paper chart and the game agree.

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Home row finger chartEach finger has its own color and its own keys.Fingers rest on the home row (thick outlines). Feel for the bumps on F and J.QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKL;'ZXCVBNM,./space · thumbsLeft handRight handFingerLeft handRight handPinkyQ A ZP ; ' /Ring fingerW S XO L .Middle fingerE D CI K ,Pointer fingerR T F G V BY U H J N MThumbsSpace bar, with either thumbFree printable from TotType · tottype.com/printables

Prints on Letter or A4. Print as many as you need, for home or class.

How to use it

  • Put it beside the keyboard, not on it. Eyes on the chart and fingers on the keys is the habit to build.
  • Start with the home row alone. Fingers rest on A S D F and J K L ;, and the pointer fingers find the bumps on F and J without looking.
  • Learn one finger at a time: it reaches up or down from its home key and comes back. A pinky types Q A Z on the left, and P ; ' / on the right.
  • Five minutes a day beats an hour on Saturday.

With the games

Home Row Hop (ages 5–8, free, no account) is a first taste of the home row, with a finger hint for every key. Star Keys (6–8, Family plan) is the ten-finger course these colors come from. For 8 to 12, Typing Dojo (Family plan) teaches touch typing in eight belts, and Turbo Type (free) races words per minute. Younger children start with the keyboard coloring page.

More free printables

Keyboard coloring pageAges 3–6. A big keyboard to color, with five small missions: the letters in a name, the home row, the bumps on F and J.Typing certificateAges 5–12. Tick what they can do, write in their speed and accuracy, sign it and hand it over.Typing practice logAges 6–12. Twelve practice days on one page: what they played, for how long, their speed and their accuracy.