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Wrists not touching keyboard
Body erect and back in chair
Arms following slant of keyboard
Fingers curved over keyboard
Feet on floor
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Keyboarding Hokey Pokey

The following exercise is a fun way to teach students the home row. As they sing the following portion of the Hokey Pokey song, students should put their hand "in" (or on) the proper home row keys.

You put your right hand in,
You put your right hand out;
You put your right hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!

You put your left hand in,
You put your left hand out;
You put your left hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!

(Song written by: Roland Lawrence LaPrise)