A Kid's New Typing Software

TEACHING CHILDREN DOES NOT
HAVE TO BE BORING!

A Look At The Keyboard Town PALS
Approach to Computer Keyboarding for Kids

Product Description: Keyboard Town PALS' "Learn to Type" is the only typing program for kids on the market that teaches using association; no repetitive games, no drills, no timed-tests, no counting mistakes, and therefore no stress. Children type along at their own pace as puppets use music, humor and memory techniques to teach kids touch typing. Software is available in both CD-ROM and web-based versions.

• The use of association and memory techniques in KTP's typing software accelerates the learning process for kids exponentially. While other typing programs boast “over 150 lessons!” or “over 30 hours of material,” to teach your children to type, our award-winning program needs only one hour.
• This groundbreaking educational software is designed for children aged seven and older and is suitable for kids of all learning aptitudes. Children with special needs and learning disabilities have been shown to learn to type exceptionally quickly with this software.
• "Learn To Type" has been specially designed so that the child learning to type using it is self-motivated to learn more. The backspace and delete buttons have been de-activated so that kids using the program are not concerned about their mistakes or correcting them. In addition, children will type their first real words after only two minutes of using the software. Feeling good about themselves, their new keyboarding abilities, and their new puppet friends, you would have to work hard to get your kids not to keep going!
• The free Virtual Journal page, which is accessed through the CD-ROM or web based software, gives the child the opportunity to email his or her favorite puppet and actively engage with the program on an unprecedented level. Kids can exchange poems, riddles, and jokes that they are encouraged to type on their own with their favorite puppet on our secure site. All emails are answered by teachers on our staff with early childhood development backgrounds. This interactive tool encourages the child to be in touch with their inner voice as it stimulates creative flow and encourages them to express that through typing.
• Co-produced by crew members from the Emmy-Award winning ‘Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, our children's typing software leaves us confident that no parent or educator will ever want to switch back to the boring drills and mindless exercises used by all the other software out there.

Computer Requirements:  Keyboard Town PALS’ "Learn To Type" CD-ROM or web-based typing program for kids is compatible for PC and Mac computers with Flash Player Version 8 or Later Installed.

Not A Typing Game - but it sure
does feel like one!

Keyboard Town PALS is not some kid's typing online game. It is much more than that. Online typing games for kids focus on flashy animations, tests, and rankings. Children's typing programs give kids repetitive drills and exercises. These types of programs can be stressful to a child learning to type and can quickly turn them away from the program.

Online typing games and most typing programs out there emphasize how many words per minute you will be able to type by the end of them. Keyboard Town PALS' "Learn to Type" won't teach your child to type 60 words per minute. KTP may only teach your child to type fifteen or twenty words per minute. BUT, within only one hour, our typing program will have your kids properly typing their first words while looking at the screen and loving it!

With Keyboard Town PALS' "Learn to Type," you get a CD-ROM or a web based program that plays engaging video lessons as children type along at their own pace and are taught by puppets in a fictitious town called Keyboard Town. Our lovable puppets, voiced by Jeff Bergman from Warner Brothers and Hanna Barbera Studios, teach the location of the 30 letters and symbols on the keyboard. Music, humor and association are used to teach, not boring drills and endless exercises.

Once kids have begun to use the typing program, they are able to actually type their own emails to their favorite puppets on our free virtual journal. This unprecedented engagement with the program, cements and sharpens the touch typing skills taught on the video. This interactive experience encourages children to use their new-found skills to express themselves and be creative with their typing. All emails are then answered by teachers on our staff with early childhood development backgrounds.