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Hunt and Peck typing method versus touch-typing. Which method is preferred when learning how to type?
Touch-typing is a skill that grows from training your fingers to automatically hit the correct characters on a keyboard in order to type the words and sentences you wish to compose. The method is called touch-typing because, over time, your fingers are...
Should you teach your child how to touch type?
As every parent knows it is difficult to be a teacher and parent with your child. While a parents role is to nourish, encourage and motivate your child achievements. A teachers job is to instil a routine of learning that helps a student learn their subject in the...
New Searsol Franchise available!
Searsol franchise opportunity Searsol offers a new exciting business opportunity for the right person who has the motivation and desire to succeed in business. This unique franchise opportunity provides you with the training and systems to run a Searsol franchise. Our...
If your child has dysgraphia and poor handwriting speed, what can you do to help?
According to Amundson (1995), the average typing speed of a child aged 10 is about 10 to 12 words per minute and when that child reaches an age of 14 their writing speed increases to around 16 words per minute. If your child has a learning difference such as...
Top tips: how to make home learning easier as a Parent to your child
How to make learning easier for your child at home. When a Parent becomes the Teacher at home, there is a barrier that needs to be breached for it to work. What can happen is the child can become resistant to learning when their Parent is the Teacher. Due to the...
20 simple and easy tips to get you touch typing!
Learn how to Touch Type fast - 20 simple and easy tips to get you to touch-typing! Touch typing is the ability to type without looking at the keyboard. It is a memory skill that requires practice and patience. Correct habit formation can help you learn how...
What is the vital ingredient needed to learn how to touch type?
What is the vital ingredient needed to learn how to touch type? When making brown bread, you need all the ingredients for the brown bread to come out right and that you are happy with the result. You follow a recipe and ensure that you are adding in the correct...
Why the QWERTY keyboard has survived compared to more easier input keyboard layouts?
Do you know why QWERTY keyboard has survived so long? We outline the history of keyboard layout to you. Mechanical Typewriters: 1870’s In 1872, Remington Company produced the first mechanical typewriter, patented by Latham Sholes. Typists soon mastered the skill to...
Why learning in a Searsol after school centre is more beneficial for a child with learning differences than learning how to touch type at home.
It is more beneficial for your child to learn how to touch type at Searsol's after school typing centres than at home for the following reasons: Nationwide network of after school typing centres Searsol offers a nationwide network of after school typing...
New Thursday 5.15pm class available in our Malahide Centre
New Thursday 5.15 pm touch typing classes starting in our Malahide Centre. Searsol is starting a new Thursday after school touch typing class in Malahide Community School in Malahide starting on Thursday the 16th of January 2020 at 5.15 pm. A new Thursday class will...