Individual Software Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum (Mac) - Download

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Creative Lessons and Exercises
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Multi-Level Games Make Learning to Type Fun

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This award-winning typing program is educational, entertaining, and motivating. It will teach your kids all keyboarding basics, proper hand positions, speed, and accuracy. Kids can learn in English or Spanish. Sit back, relax, and watch your kids get to the head of the class with this program, preferred by teachers and parents.

Island Adventure Theme Motivates Kids to Improve Typing Skills This program offers rewards every step of the way! Kids visit distinct lands for lessons, challenges, tests, and games. They search for treasures, earn points, and add gold and jewels to their treasure box, on a journey to reach the Castle and become the Ruler of Typer Island. Once they reach the Castle, they advance to the Lost City, for more challenges and exciting games!
Creative Lessons and Exercises Help Kids Learn to Type Step-by-Step Typing Instruction is provided, including proper posture, finger position, and ergonomic features. Visual Guides show finger/key placement. There are 10 customized lesson plans to teach kids of all ages to type, including: Learning the home row, Home Row and Upper Row, Home Row and Lower Row, Ages 7-8, Ages 9-10, Games Plan, Skill Building Plan, Suggested Typing Plan (no games), and Suggested Typing Plan. There are 160 lessons, in English and Spanish.
Typing Challenges and Tests Increase Speed and Accuracy There are hundreds of tests in Typing Instructor Platinum for Kids. Tests measure speed and accuracy, and results are provided for adjusted words per minute, based on both typing accuracy and speed. There are over 30 typing challenges. These include: Comprehensive Evaluation, Timed Challenges, Advanced Level Challenges, and Multi-Level Game Challenges.
Instant Results Give Kids Incentive to Improve Keyboarding Skills Instant Feedback is provided on typing results. Kids can see how they did on a lesson, challenge, test, or game right away. Kids can print a certificate of achievement to show they have successfully conquered Typer Island and Rule the Island! Detailed results show kids the keys they know well, and the keys that need more practice.

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Model

Brand: Individual Software

Model: 8112007

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Name: Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum (Mac) - Download

Operating Systems Supported: Mac OS

System Requirements: PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Core Duo processor; 800 MHz processor or higher
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, including Lion
CD-ROM Drive
480 MB Hard Drive space
Video card with 32 MB of video RAM
1024 X 768 resolution
Speakers & mouse

Packaging: Download

Features

Feature: Typing Instructor for Kids is the #1 best-selling typing program for kids. It is the only typing software designed to teach young children to type that's packed with just the right mixture of education, entertainment, and motivation, so kids can improve their typing skills quickly and see immediate results!

Educational Design
- Kids learn to type with 10 age-appropriate lesson plans for specific age groups, beginning with ages 6 & 7.
- Proven educational typing instruction techniques including ergonomics.
- Hundreds of typing lessons, exercises, tests, and challenges.
- Standard or split keyboard and keypad.

Entertaining Themes & Games
- Typing games make learning fun!
- Over 30 action-packed, arcade-style typing game challenges.
- Multi-level and multi-play games.
- Treasures Quest - the first ever typing adventure narration game.
- Typing With Sharks and Ziggy - voted best typing games.

Motivating Features
- Variety of ways to practice typing, with games, lessons, drills, advanced skill-building lessons and challenges, plus 40 engaging Practice Stories.
- Results! Kids receive instant feedback on lessons and results by key, finger, and row.
- Full color, printable progress charts and graphs & Certificates of Achievement keep kids motivated!
- Results calculated from all activities.
- Learn in Spanish or English.