Children can focus on the creative process of writing and not the mechanical process of typing, whether learning at home or in school.

1. A New Method: Keyboard Town PALS is a unique method that is equally successful for the gifted child, mainstream child and children with learning differences. By  associating two unrelated items and linking them  in the mind, through story format, your child will easily be able to recall  the location of the placement of keys and  letters on the QWERTY keyboard. In our revolutionary approach, the keyboard is taught “vertically,” one finger at-a-time, and not “horizontally” across the keyboard. Within minutes your child is typing real words and his/her self-esteem soars as success is experienced. Self-motivated to continue, your child quickly and easily masters the rest of the keyboard!
2. An Old Method: Since all other typing programs on the market are based on the 90 year old stenographic method of drill and kill, they must rely on games and scores of repetitive exercises to cement their instruction and young children resist completing these boring programs.
3. Good Habits: Once the child has learned proper technique and the fingers have become tools, your child will then spend their time expressing ideas rather than wasting time searching for the correct keys to strike.
4. Bad Habits: Children who are not taught proper technique when they are young will develop bad habits and will then resist attempts to teach  them correct fingering. Hunting and pecking also causes strain on the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the wrist and hands.
5. All Types of Learners: Children with learning differences and those with short attention spans will find the program very accommodating and flexible.The program may be taught finger by finger, 6-8 minute lessons, or one hand at a hand approximately 30 minutes per hand. Colors can sometimes have a soothing effect for children with dyslexia. Therefore, the program offers the ability to change colors of fonts and background color.
6. Everyone is a Winner: The best learning environment for your child is when he/she relaxes and does not obsess about correcting mistakes. Therefore, the delete and backspace buttons have been disconnected.  Add to this, the absence of  timed-speed tests, which is the hallmark of all other typing programs, and you will have a child learning for the sake of learning itself. Watch as your child proceeds at his/her own pace competing only against him/herself.
7. Reading Readiness: It is during the early elementary school years that children learn to read. This also happens to be the optimum time to teach computer keyboarding. By using the Keyboard Town PALS program, you are not only accomplishing the goal of learning to keyboard but reinforcing the elements of reading making this a seamless curriculum. They are hearing letter sounds, blending, rhyming words as well as seeing the letter configurations. As the child types, he/she recreates the letters exactly as printed in their reading programs.  Every letter in every word is sounded out clearly and slowly. Therefore, Keyboard Town PALS becomes more than just a typing program but rather a integrated curriculum for all types of learners.
8. How are we different:
   • Children proceed at their own pace
   • The puppets, humor and music are very entertaining
   • Children easily recall the storyline
   • Children will want to view it again and again
   • No fear of making mistakes
   • No racing against the clock
   • No testing
   • No scoring
   • No anxiety

   Other features include:

   • The de-activation of the delete and backspace functions as to not dwell on mistakes.
   • The ability to shorten or lengthen the lessons, which is especially helpful to children with learning differences.
   • The ability to change fonts and background screen colors.