Keyboarding

Often keybording is introduced when handwriting is too difficult , illegible, and/or inefficient. With the surge of technology in education, it makes sense to use keyboarding as an alternative means of motor output.

Many of the prerequisite skills for handwriting are the same for keyboarding:

• Letter recognition
• Fine motor skills
• Isolated use of each finger
• Bilateral coordination (using two hands together)
• Eye-hand coordination
• Visual memory and perceptual skills
• Postural control

Keyboarding and handwriting are both complex skills that require practice to become fluent and automatic. Formal instruction in keyboarding can help a child to build the foundational skills need to express themselves appropriately.