Learn to type on a fun-filled adventure!
PRODUCT INFORMATION
For 20 years, Typing Instructor has helped individuals improve their typing
skills. Now, Typing Instructor for Kids 2 delivers the same proven typing
methods for children in an entertaining and educational environment. Toby and
Lafitte help parents entertain, motivate, and educate their young typists and
quickly turn them into touch-typists.
Acquire Essential Typing Skills Early
Helping your children learn to type correctly early in life is essential; once
bad habits set in, they are more difficult to change later. With a foundation of
essential typing skills, younger students will complete homework more quickly
and accurately, and they'll possess the basic Internet skills they need to
excel.
Lessons, Challenges & Results
Proven educational and instructional techniques are incorporated into Typer
Island's lessons and tests. WPM (Words Per Minute) and accuracy scores are
reported after each typing activity and results are saved for up to five
typists.
Typer Island Adventure is an exciting place to learn to type! Your kids will be
motivated to improve their typing skills as they travel through five unique
lands leading up to the Castle. In each land, they'll experience new and
exciting typing challenges, learn new keys, and build speed and accuracy.
NEW FEATURES
Skill Settings Offer a Personalized Experience
Kids of varying skill levels should never have to start at the same place or
progress at the same speed. Typing Instructor for Kids now offers varying,
skill-level settings which allow young students to advance at different paces.
Seven New Friends Help You Achieve Your Typing Goals
Toby and Lafitte, the invaluable guides on Typer Island, are friendlier than
ever! Plus, kids interact with Jack O'Hare, Simon de Vorak, and other new
characters through each land.
Exciting New Characters
Seven exciting new characters include Jack, Simon, Lucy, Billy and Max that will
help you through each section.
INCLUDES
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 Exams
Saved Results
- Instant Feedback
- WPM scores and Accuracy Percentages
- Results Calculated from All Activities
- Results Tracked for five Typists
- Performance Assessment for Key, Finger,
Hand, and Row
- Full-Color Progress Charts, Graphs, and
Certificates of Achievement
- Printable Results
Practice Material
- 40 Engaging Practice Stories
- Children’s Classics, Literature, Nursery
Rhymes, and Fairy Tales
- Advanced Skill-Building Lessons and
Challenges
- Dynamic Variety
Games
- 11 Action-Packed Games
- Child-friendly with Age Appropriate
Content
- Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Levels
- Games for 10-Key Play Included
- Izzy’s Oasis Improves Finger-to-Key
Placement
- Diamond Glider Improves Typing Rhythm
- Typer Shark Abyss Offers a Multi-Level
Typing Environment
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES
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
- Get to the Castle and Become the Ruler
- Enjoy the Benefits of Typer Island and the Castle
Entertaining
- Typer Island is a Fun Place to Learn
- Toby and Lafitte Guide you Through Each
Stage
- The Castle Offers Additional Exciting
Adventures
- Eleven Action-Packed Games
FUN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED
The Old West - You will learn the home row keys in the dusty Old West. Playing in
Izzy's Oasis and Wild Bill's teaches you proper finger-to-key placement and
helps build basic typing speed and accuracy.
On the Water - Keep your fingers paddling and reach for keys beyond the home row playing
Erik the Viking and Gone Fishin'.
In the Air - Your fingers will be flying when you develop a steady typing rhythm and
master essential proficiency skills to play Diamond Glider and Flotsam Fighter
II. Blast off!
Typer Island Castle - Congratulations! You are the ruler of typer Island. Inside the Castle you
will find several fun and engaging activities to help you refine your
keyboarding skills.
Under the Sea - Master the most challenging keys and escape danger playing in the murky depths
of Typer Shark Abyss and Sea Creatures. Look out!
Over the Edge - Further sharpen your speed and dexterity in rugged terrain while playing
Cliffhanger and Xtreme Typing.
AWARDS AND REVIEWS
Newsweek Magazine Top 50 CD-ROMs
SIIA Codie Aware Finalist
Best Education Technology Solution for Home/Consumer
Gazette Best in Typing/Keyboarding
- The ComputED
Children's Software Revue All Star Software Award
Bessie Awards - Best Educational Software
Computer Times Editor's Choice Software
WINDOWS REQUIREMENTS
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Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
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Pentium class PC or higher
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580 MB Hard Disk Space Available
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2X CD-ROM Drive
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800 x 600, 16-Bit Color Display
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Sound Card
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Speakers or Headphones
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Mouse
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DirectX8 - for typing games
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