The Typing courses from The Good and the Beautiful are vibrant, full-color books that provide an engaging way for students to learn typing skills. Featuring beautiful nature-themed pages not connected to video-game style learning, Typing 1 begins with teaching foundational skills such as hand position and posture; how to type all of the letters, the space bar, the shift key, the semicolon, and the period; and leads students up to being able to type words and short sentences. Lessons are varied each day, making learning interesting. The watercolor stickers provided in the back of the book gives students a fun way to measure their progress.
Review of concepts taught in Typing 1 and Typing 2
Typing words, sentences, and poems
Increasing typing speed
All the numbers
The tab key
Colon, slash, parentheses, symbols, plus and minus sign
Indenting, centering,
Learning and practicing capitalization and punctuation rules
Typing 3 is designed for children ages 8–13 who have completed Typing 2 or have had typing experience.
Details:
Our brand-new, online Typing courses are expected to release Summer 2026! Check out our Coming Soon page for our latest video update from Jenny Phillips that contains more details. Our current Typing courses are being discontinued and all sales as of January 8, 2026 are final sale and cannot be returned, refunded, credited, or exchanged.
The Typing courses from The Good and the Beautiful are vibrant, full-color books that provide an engaging way for students to learn typing skills. Featuring beautiful nature-themed pages not connected to video-game style learning, the three courses together lead students to proficiency in typing. Lessons are varied each day, making learning interesting.
Starting with teaching foundational skills such as hand position and posture in Typing 1 proceeding all the way to more advanced skills in Typing 3 such as using symbols and numbers in full paragraphs, the short but effective lessons provide a comprehensive typing education. The watercolor stickers provided in the back of the physical books give students a fun way to measure their progress.
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Our brand-new, online Typing courses are expected to release Summer 2026! Our current Typing courses are being discontinued and all sales as of January 8, 2026 are final sale and cannot be returned, refunded, credited, or exchanged.
The Typing courses from The Good and the Beautiful are vibrant, full-color books that provide an engaging way for students to learn typing skills. Featuring beautiful nature-themed pages not connected to video-game style learning, Typing 1 begins with teaching foundational skills such as hand position and posture; how to type all of the letters, the space bar, the shift key, the semicolon, and the period; and leads students up to being able to type words and short sentences. Lessons are varied each day, making learning interesting. The watercolor stickers provided in the back of the book gives students a fun way to measure their progress.
The Typing courses from The Good and the Beautiful are vibrant, full-color books that provide an engaging way for students to learn typing skills. Featuring beautiful nature-themed pages not connected to video-game style learning, Typing 1(PDF) begins with teaching foundational skills such as hand position and posture; how to type all of the letters, the space bar, the shift key, the semicolon, and the period; and leads students up to being able to type words and short sentences. Lessons are varied each day, making learning interesting. The watercolor stickers provided in the back of the book gives students a fun way to measure their progress.
43 pages including a page that can be printed on sticker paper
Full-color pages
11"x8.5"
Typing 1is designed for children ages 7–12 with no or little typing experience. We suggest children start the course at age 7–9, depending on the child and their interest in typing. Continue the student's progress with our next courses,Typing 2andTyping 3.
*Downloadable PDFs are final sale and may not be refunded, returned, credited, or exchanged.
The caps lock key; changing font size; adding bold to the text
The following punctuation keys: comma, quotation mark, apostrophe, question mark, hyphen, exclamation mark
Typing 2 is designed for children ages 7–12 who have completed Typing 1 or have had the same level of typing experience.
Friendly Reminder: Downloads are always final sale and cannot be refunded if you later choose to purchase the physical book.
Review of concepts taught in Typing 1 and Typing 2
Typing words, sentences, and poems
Increasing typing speed
All the numbers
The tab key
Colon, slash, parentheses, symbols, plus and minus sign
Indenting, centering,
Learning and practicing capitalization and punctuation rules
Typing 3 is designed for children ages 8–13 who have completed Typing 2 or have had typing experience.
Friendly Reminder: Downloads are always final sale and cannot be refunded if you later choose to purchase the physical book.
