Many schools aren't teaching typing anymore because they figure students already are proficient at using keyboards. That's a wasted opportunity. Most children start typing on cell phones and computers long before they take keyboarding classes, so many schools, noting this trend, have stopped teaching typing.

Do kids need to learn keyboarding?

"All kids do not have the eye-hand motor coordination to learn keyboarding skills earlier than that." ... "Some people would say that handwriting is practically obsolete, because of the computer, but learning how to write is a necessary motor exercise," she says.

At what age should keyboarding be taught?

What age should a kid learn to type? The consensus is that kids gain sufficient finger span and coordination to begin learning touch typing by age 7 or 8.