This fun learning adventure had my kids typing right away! The animated guides and super fun journey hooked them – they were begging to type longer and return to “Typer Island”. I have students asking to come in during recess and lunch times to practice their skills and have developed a waiting list and timers to accommodate them all. The games are clever and teach them a specific typing skill. The skills build sequentially yet provide opportunity for review to reinforce their learning. You get results right away so the kids can practice the keys they are not as good at striking. I give it a big 5 stars. It’s easy to load and run and has no computer problems or bugs!
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I was torn between this one and Mavis Beacon. But I read in a lot of reviews that there were bugs in the Mavis Beacon one. So I bought this and I’m so glad I did. My son (8) sat down with it as soon as I installed it and was so excited to start playing. He even got up early to play again the next day. It tracks your child’s progress (WPM and accuracy) everyday and you can set their goals higher as they learn more and pick up speed. There are a lot of fun games to play while they’re learning to type. There is a map they have to work their way around as they learn each row on the keyboard and the main goal is to reach the castle which you can only do with speed & accuracy.
I’m very pleased with this and would recommend it to anyone.
I have Windows 7 and there were no problems installing it and so far I haven’t noticed any bugs in the program either.
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Wow! Motivational typing program!,
This fun learning adventure had my kids typing right away! The animated guides and super fun journey hooked them – they were begging to type longer and return to “Typer Island”. I have students asking to come in during recess and lunch times to practice their skills and have developed a waiting list and timers to accommodate them all. The games are clever and teach them a specific typing skill. The skills build sequentially yet provide opportunity for review to reinforce their learning. You get results right away so the kids can practice the keys they are not as good at striking. I give it a big 5 stars. It’s easy to load and run and has no computer problems or bugs!
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|My son LOVES it!,
I was torn between this one and Mavis Beacon. But I read in a lot of reviews that there were bugs in the Mavis Beacon one. So I bought this and I’m so glad I did. My son (8) sat down with it as soon as I installed it and was so excited to start playing. He even got up early to play again the next day. It tracks your child’s progress (WPM and accuracy) everyday and you can set their goals higher as they learn more and pick up speed. There are a lot of fun games to play while they’re learning to type. There is a map they have to work their way around as they learn each row on the keyboard and the main goal is to reach the castle which you can only do with speed & accuracy.
I’m very pleased with this and would recommend it to anyone.
I have Windows 7 and there were no problems installing it and so far I haven’t noticed any bugs in the program either.
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