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Typing Instructor for Kids 3

For over 20 years, Typing Instructor has helped individuals improve their typing skills. Now, Typing Instructor for Kids delivers the same proven typing methods for children in an entertaining & educational environment.

The Fun Typing Teacher for Kids
Lessons

  • Structured Touch-Typing Content
  • Proven Methods for Skill-Building
  • Unique Drills & Interactive Exercises
  • Age-Appropriate Content
  • Graphic Guide Hands
  • Standard & Split Keyboards
  • Multi-Skill Levels

Challenges

  • 30+ Challenges
  • Comprehensive Evaluation
  • Timed Challenges
  • Advanced Level Challenges

Saved Results

  • Instant Feedback
  • WPM scores & Accuracy Percentages
  • Results Calculated from All Activities
  • Results Tracked for five Typists
  • Performance Assessment for Key, Finger, Hand & Row
  • Full-Color Progress Charts, Graphs & Certificates of Achievement
  • Printable Results

Practice Material

  • 40 Engaging Practice Stories
  • Children's Classics, Literature, Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
  • Advanced Skill-Building Lessons & Challenges
  • Dynamic Variety

Games

  • 11 Action-Packed Games
  • Child-friendly with Age Appropriate Content
  • Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced Levels
  • Games for 10-Key Play Included
  • Izzy's Oasis Improves Finger-to-Key Placement
  • Diamond Glider Improves Typing Rhythm
  • Wild Bill's, Sea Creatures, Erik the Viking & Typer Shark Abyss offer multi-level play

Explore the Lands of Typer Island!

On Typer Island, you will explore five exciting lands on your way to the castle. In each land, you will learn new keys, experience exciting typing challenges & be engaged by fun games.

The Old West

Build basic typing speed & accuracy learning the home row keys in the dusty Old West. Play Izzy's Oasis & Wild Bill's for proper finger-to-key placement.

On the Water

Keep your fingers paddling & reach for keys beyond the home row playing Erik the Viking & Gone Fishin'.

In the Air

Let your fingers fly as you develop a steady typing rhythm & master essential proficiency skills playing Diamond Glider & Flotsam Fighter II.

Over the Edge

Sharpen your speed & dexterity while playing Cliffhanger & Xtreme Typing.

Under the Sea

Master the challenging keys & escape danger playing in the murky depths of Typer Shark Abyss & Sea Creatures. Look out!

Exciting Characters!

Jack, Simon, Lucy, Billy, and Max.

New Adventures!

Enjoy the new Explorer Isle & the Cave. Learn proven typing methods to advance your skill in Story Lagoon.

Lessons, Challenges & Results

Proven educational & instructional techniques are incorporated into Typer Island's lessons & challenges. WPM (Words Per Minute) & accuracy scores are reported & results are saved for up to five typists.

Capture the Castle!

Typer Island is an exciting place to learn to type! Follow the road to the Castle, traveling in five unique lands. Once inside the castle, you'll find several fun & engaging activities to help you refine your keyboarding skills.

Educational

  • Step-by-Step Typing Instruction
  • Hundreds of Lessons and Tests
  • Proven Typing Instruction Methods
  • Measure Progress and Save Results
  • Visual Guides to Finger/Key Placement
Motivating
  • Improve your Typing Skills and See your Progress
  • Earn Treasures and Points
  • Practice Typing Kid's Stories in the Story Lagoon
  • Practice with lessons, challenges & games on Explorer Isle
  • Get to the Castle & Become the Ruler
  • Enjoy the Benefits of Typer Island & the Castle

Entertaining

  • Typer Island is a Fun Place to Learn
  • Toby & Lafitte Guide you Through Each Stage
  • The Castle Offers Additional Exciting Adventures
  • Eleven Action-Packed Games

Start Learning Today!

System Requirements
Pentium® class PC or higher • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP or 2000 • 480 MB Hard Disk Space Available • CD-ROM Drive • 800 x 600, 16-Bit Color Display • Sound Card • Speakers or Headphones • Mouse • DirectX®8 Compatible Video

Typing Instructor for Kids