Jay

HOME KEY (J, the bump) — *your right pointer rests on J, which also has a raised BUMP so your right hand can find home by feel.*

Content note: This chapter engages trauma-adjacent themes (anti-shame). The content has been reviewed for our trauma-informed posture.

Jay on the J Key

Now we hop to the right hand and meet Jay, a friendly key-friend on the J key. Jay is home for your right pointer finger — and guess what? Jay has a bump too, just like Fen!

Feel the J key. There’s the little raised bump! Your right pointer feels for Jay’s bump and knows: home. Two bumps, one for each pointer — so both hands can find home without ever looking down.

Can you find Jay? Put your right pointer on J and feel the bump. Your right hand has begun!

Say it with Jay: “Right pointer feels its bump, hooray — home base for J is Jay.”

Fen’s bump for the left, Jay’s bump for the right. Feel for the two bumps, and both your hands always know the way home.

The qwertypals ensemble

Jay is part of qwertypals's distributed-narrative cast. Each character embodies a different curricular primitive; together they teach the full subject.