Why I buy this one ?
- Fun typing learning software for kids ages 7 and up
- 3 levels of challenge; 2 ways to learn--game mode or practice mode
- Includes lessons, typing games, practice, and drills
- Progress-tracking feature for typing, speed, and accuracy
- Uses the Mavis Beacon typing method

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What our customer's say!

"stupid interface, won't work on os x", On OS X 10.3, it worked when we installed it and has refused to run since then. No customer support we can find. I don't feel bad criticizing them because encoresoftware.com, listed in their troubleshooting guide, isn't even on the web any more. Why are they selling this crap in the Apple Store?

And the interface design is laughably bad. It took us quite a while to find the lessons--they're under "Typing Tournament"

"won't run on current Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard)", Couldn't get it to run AT ALL on recently purchased MacBook with 2GB of RAM and updated OS.

"Excellent", sponge bob is currently popular with the kids and this utilises that to help educate them, great

"A fun typing game", My eight year old daughter loves this game. This game teachs kids enough basic skills of typing but parents still need to be involved to make sure the kids use the right fingers.

"annoying sounds distract from lessons", Even if the lessons are well arranged, my 7-year old refused to progress past lesson 3 - the sounds are "baby-ish" and "annoying" and if you turn them off, you lose the benefit of the instruction. You're basically stuck with the sound track and may be forced, like me, to look for another typing software...

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"My 11 year old liked it. ", My 11 year old loves it. He is already in the mid 30s wpm wise. Yes, he has questions once in awhile. Nothing that took more than 30 seconds to answer. He found lots of games to do, but ended up steering himself towards the drill so he could do better in the games. The disk got lost-he was bringing this to friends' houses and when he would go to the office with Dad for something to do. So we are buying a second one. This in my opinion is the highest praise--we liked it well enough that we are willing to shell out the bucks all over again.

"Fun Game", I am 11 and I love this game. I was recently at the Apple I-pod store that sells this game and I have learned to type using the asdf keys and the ;lkj keys. This game has alot of different things to do. You can play games (Doh a dee or something like that is a good one), Go to the tournaments and practice.This game is really addictive and makes you want to keep playing.

"Save your money", This is a horrible typing program. A child could never use it alone, largely because there is endless "lead-in" to every game that is not obviously avoided. When one finally gets to the lesson, there is nothing exciting or motivating. It's not really a game to teach typing, it's really just a set of typing activities that just happen to have a cartoon character in the background. A real bore.

"Caution!", This software does NOT work with all versions of Mac -- will not install, and tech support pretty much non-existent (by phone -- no toll-free # and an endless series of holds; by email -- irrelevant responses). Probably an outstanding program for some, but a huge disappointment to this Mac owner.

"Great way for kids to learn how to type", The two previous reviews here on Amazon were mixed, but I decided to give the program a shot as I figured that it would go well with the new SpongeBob movie that is on DVD.

The most valuable component to this program is....it is interesting to children and enhances their participation.

Here are my results:
1) My seven year old daughter was able to comprehend and apply each lesson, typing game, practice and drills without any difficulties.

2) Teaching method was good...with the assistance of a guided virtual keyboard on the screen to provide instruction.

3) A critical focus was the reinforcement of home row keys and keyboard awareness.

The program is addictive and had to pry my daughter from the lessons. Not only her...but her friends who are interested in learning keyboarding.

I highly recommend this program. If it doesn't hold the attention of adults...it does for kids. Best of all...visible and measureable tangible results.