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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...
New Searsol touch typing centre starting in January 2020 in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
New Searsol touch typing classes starting in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Searsol is starting a new after school touch typing class in Hartstown Community School in Blanchardstown starting on Wednesday the 29th of January 2020 at 4 or 5 pm. The classes will be...
New touch typing centre now launched in Monkstown Co Dublin
New Touch typing classes in Monkstown, Co Dublin Searsol has started a new after school touch typing class on in Mounttown Community Centre in Monkstown on a Thursday. We offer two classes, 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm class. Searsol is currently offering a free...
New Searsol touch typing class starting in Naas, Co Kildare
St Mary College Naas Kildare New Touch typing classes in Naas Searsol is starting a new after school touch typing class on in St Mary's College in Naas starting on Tuesday 15th of October 2019 at 4:30 pm. Searsol is currently offering a free introductory first session...