🔣 Symbol Station

Lesson 44: Parentheses ( )

What this lesson teaches

Shift plus 9 makes ( and Shift plus 0 makes ). Ring finger for 9, pinky for 0.

Each run has 3 parts: a warm-up drill, real words and full sentences. You will type things like: (yes) (no) (maybe) (page 4) (see below) (1)

Pass with 90% accuracy to unlock Lesson 45: The @, # and $ Keys. Earn more stars by keeping accuracy high and building speed.

Tips for grown-ups

Remind your child to keep fingers on the home row between keys.
Accuracy first. Speed comes with repetition.
Replaying a lesson for 3 stars is great practice.
Track progress in the Parent Dashboard.

About the Symbol Station unit

Colons, hyphens, parentheses and the @ sign show up in school work, email addresses and math. Each lesson here teaches two or three symbols with the finger and Shift key to use, then puts them into real examples.

Sentences in this lesson

My cat (named Max) loves boxes.
Bring a snack (and water).
The answer (I think) is ten.
We visited Ohio (and Iowa) last summer.
Read the story (pages 4 to 9).
Pick one (red or blue).
Our team (the Comets) won!
The shark (a great white) swam away.

Words in the warm-up: (yes), (no), (maybe), (page 4), (see below), (1), (2), (3).