the easiest words to practice typing
The easiest words to type are short words built only from the home-row keys — the middle row where your fingers rest. On a QWERTY keyboard that includes words like sad, ask, fall, lad, flask, and salad, none of which require your fingers to leave their home position. Starting there lets a beginner build accurate finger habits before reaching for keys farther away.
what the home row is
The home row is the middle row of letters: a, s, d, f for the left hand and j, k, l, semicolon for the right. Your fingers rest here, with the index fingers on f and j — most keyboards have a small bump on those two keys so you can find home without looking. Every other key is described by how you reach to it from home and return.
why home-row words are easiest
A word you can type without moving your fingers off their resting keys removes the hardest part of typing — the reaches — and lets you focus on rhythm and accuracy. It also reinforces the habit of returning to home after every keystroke, which is the foundation everything else is built on. Once home-row words feel automatic, adding a few nearby keys is a small step rather than a leap.
words to start with
Using only a, s, d, f, j, k, l: try short words like ask, sad, dad, fads, lads, flask, salad, and alfalfa. Add the other home keys and you get all, fall, and lass. These are not meant to be interesting sentences — they are finger drills, and their whole value is that they keep your hands still while your accuracy improves.
where to go next
After the home row, the natural next step is the keys just above and below it, one or two at a time. The fifteen-lesson course follows exactly this order, and the sight-words page practices the most common English words in short sentences once you are ready to leave the home row.