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How can kids learn to type at an early age?

Beth Whitehouse

Newsday columnist Beth Whitehouse Beth Whitehouse

Beth Whitehouse writes about children and families.

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Q. When I was in high school, typing was offered as an elective. But my kids are hunting and pecking on the computer now in elementary school. Is there any move to teach typing earlier in the school curriculum to instill good typing habits before it's too late?

A. "Courses such as typing, word processing and computers are at each school district's discretion," says Robert-Wayne Harris, superintendent...

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