Typing Instructor for Kids Version 3

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $9.00

Features:

• Entertaining and educational typing-instruction software for kids
• Step-by-step typing instruction; 100s of lessons and tests
• 30+ challenges; multi-skill levels; results tracked for 5 typists
• 40 engaging practice stories; visual guides to finger/key placement
• Proven methods for skill-building; 11 action-packed games

Customer Reviews:

fun and educational [Posted on 2008-04-15]
My 9 yo liked this a lot, and found it fun to "play". Very cute graphics, and has good drills.

Do not run this on Vista ... [Posted on 2008-05-03]
Actually, don't even try to run this unless you're kid is running as an Administrator on the machine ... or it won't run properly. And if you're running Vista, it will trigger the "User Account Control" every time as well. Supports Vista? Well, it *does* run ... but only after the User Account Control.
On our son's computer, we don't let him run as Administrator, but with a limited account (so he can't mess with the parental controls or do other bad stuff). He likes the game, but every time he goes to play it/use it, we have to enter the password, etc. It's a royal pain. Had we known this, we never would have bought it.

Can't Believe This Has Good Reviews [Posted on 2008-05-09]
This game is perfectly awful and not fun at all.

It jumps right into typing without introduction. Moreover, it has an annoying interface that repeats phrases over and over and over until you respond or put a hammer into the monitor.

I'm trashing my copy (I don't feel morally comfortable selling it to someone) and getting my son a good solid version of Mavis Beacon.

It crashes my computer [Posted on 2008-05-09]
My daughter likes the typing game. However, it does lots of harm to the computer. After installing and running this game, my computer is totally ruined!

Typer Island is a bore [Posted on 2008-06-26]
My eight-year old son wouldn't go near this after trying it for one afternoon. The typing lessons are fine, they cover all the basics, but unless your child is super focused and diligent there are simply too many demands before you get to a reward (game). Although designed for kids, it is really not super kid-friendly. The rewards are too far apart, and frankly, not worth the effort. The voices used in this program are annoying, and Typer Island is dull dull dull. It really would have been easy to make this an interesting program...if only someone had thought it through. The creators should look to such educational games as Chess with Fritz and Chesster and some of the Reader Rabbit programs to understand incentives for kids.

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