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Fen

HOME KEY (F, the bump)

Fen on the F Key

Now meet Fen, a clever key-friend on the F key. Fen is home for your left pointer finger — and Fen has a special secret.

Feel the F key with your fingertip. Do you feel a tiny raised bump? That bump is Fen’s secret! It’s there so you can always find home without looking down. Your pointer just feels for the bump and knows: this is home.

Can you find Fen? Put your left pointer on F and feel the little bump. Now all four left fingers are home: A, S, D, F!

Say it with Fen: “Left pointer finds the little bump — Fen on F, no need to jump.”

The bump is a gift for your finger. Feel for Fen’s bump, and your whole left hand knows exactly where home is — even with your eyes shut!

Reading together with a grown-up? A card for the grown-up

For the grown-up: ask one question, then wait. When they answer, add one word to what they said. Tap the button when they have said something — that is one turn each, a circle. Nothing is recorded or kept.

Let them finish it

Say “Left pointer finds the little bump — Fen on …” and stop. Let them finish it.

Then say the whole line together: “Left pointer finds the little bump — Fen on F, no need to jump.”.

Now wait. Count slowly to five in your head. Their answer is worth the quiet.

Circles together: 0

The QwertyPals ensemble

Fen is one of the friends in QwertyPals. Each friend shows you one idea by how they act; meet them all and you have the whole subject.