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 award-winning program, preferred by teachers and parents.
Island Adventure Theme Motivates Kids to Improve Typing SkillsThis 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 TypeStep-by-step typing instruction is provided, including proper posture, finger position, and ergonomic features. Visual Guides show finger/key placement. It has 10 customized lesson plans to teach kids of all ages to type, and offers up to 160 lessons in English and Spanish.
Typing Challenges and TestsThis software features over 30 typing challenges, and comes with hundreds of tests. Tests measure speed and accuracy, and results are provided for adjusted words per minute, based on both typing accuracy and speed.
Instant Results Give Kids Incentive to Improve Keyboarding SkillsThe software provides instant feedback for the typing results. Kids can see how they did on a lesson, challenge, test, or game right away. Detailed results show kids the keys they know well and the keys that need more practice. Kids can print a certificate of achievement to show they have successfully conquered Typer Island and Rule the Island!
Learn more about the Typing Instructor For Kids Platinum
Model
Brand
Individual Software
Model
EMM-TK5
Type
Learning
Details
Name
Typing Instructor For Kids Platinum
Version
Platinum
Operating Systems Supported
Windows & Mac OS
System Requirements
Windows System Requirements Pentium P4 Microsoft Windows 10, 7, Vista, XP or 2000 480 MB Hard Disk Space CD-ROM Drive 800 x 600, 16-Bit or Higher Display 16-bit Sound Card Speakers or Headphones Mouse
Mac System Requirements PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Core Duo processor 800 MHz processor or higher Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, including Snow Leopard CD-ROM Drive 480 MB Hard Drive space Video card with 32 MB of video RAM 1024 X 768 resolution Speakers & mouse
Packaging
Retail
Features
Feature
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 award-winning program, preferred by teachers and parents.
Island Adventure Theme Motivates Kids to Improve Typing Skills Reward-Seeking Program - 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!
Explore Distinct Lands - Kids visit The Old West, On the Water, In the Air, Over the Edge, and Under the Sea. They can take a break from lessons and go to Explorer Isle to play games, or to Story Lagoon to practice typing stories from Classic Literature and Fairy Tales.
Exciting Castle Adventures! - Once kids get to the Castle, they can play new games, like Tomb Typer and Xtreme Typing, and they can go to the Lost City for Treasure Quest and the ever-challenging Ziggy!
30+ Game Challenges! Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum uses "Entertainment Explosion," to make learning to type fun and exciting. Kids can play games in a variety of ways by selecting options from the game settings menu. Arcade-style play and multiple levels make games extremely challenging and fun.
The Mysterious Lost City - Kids get to visit the Lost City once they complete the lessons, tests, and challenges of all five lands on Typer Island and "Capture the Castle!" In the Lost City they can explore the ruins and the shipwreck, and play Treasure Quest, the first typing adventure game, and the challenging arcade action game, Ziggy.
Additional Information
Date First Available
December 28, 2009
Customer Reviews of the Individual Software EMM-TK5