Welcome to the TypingInstructorWeb for Kids Review Center! Here you can survey all of the features of this innovative web-based typing program. Click the Get Started button below to review the Typing Plans and Management Center.
Using the Review Center
If this is your first time at the Review Center, click the Get Started button to sign up as a New User. Fill out your information and enter the Review Center Code that your sales representative provided to gain access.
If this is your first time at the Review Center, click the Get Started button to sign up as a New User. Fill out your information and enter the Review Center Code that your sales representative provided to gain access.
- Click on the Tour Ship and take the Typer Island Tour. You will quickly learn about all of the features in the program.
- Review the Typing Plans. There are 11 complete and unique Typing Plans designed for kids from ages 6 to 12.
- Try a Typing Plan; try the lessons, activities, games, and tests.
- Visit the Castle and click on the dice to go to the Game Room. Sample a game and review the game settings which are uniquely designed so kids can successfully play any game with just the keys they have learned, or adjust the settings to make a game more challenging.
- Evaluate all of the Administrator tools in the Management Center. See how easy it is to track results and activities for each class and student.
- Sign-in to the Review Center as a Returning User after you complete the Registration.
About TypingInstructorWeb for Kids
TypingInstructorWeb for Kids is an innovative web-based program to teach kids to learn to type online. Kids begin their adventure on Typer Island, where they learn all keyboard basics following an age-appropriate Typing Plan. Step-by-step lessons, challenges, tests, and games motivate kids to type their way around the Island and reach the Castle—and become Touch-Typists! The plan curriculum follows the keyboarding standards outlinedby the National Education Technology Standards (NETS).
Kids begin their typing adventure on Typer Island — full of fun, surprises, and rewards!
Select a Typing Plan from 11 unique Plans designed for specific ages and skill levels.
Toby and his sidekick, Lafitte, guide kids through the Island. Kids can visit the Map Room to check their progress.
Practice typing in the Story Lagoon. Select stories from Fairy Tales or Classic Literature.
Typer Island is filled with exciting adventures to keep kids interested while learning to type! Kids visit all five lands of the island where they encounter typing lessons, tests, challenges and games. Once they reach the Castle, they can choose additional activities and games!
11 Typing Plans Designed for Kids
TypingInstructorWeb for Kids has all the tools kids need to learn proficient keyboarding, including 11 unique and complete Typing Plans, designed for ages 6 to 12.• Suggested Typing Plan
• Learning the Home Row Plan
• Home Row and Upper Row Plan
• Home Row and Lower Row Plan
• Suggest Typing Plan (no games)
• Ages 7 to 8 Plan
• Ages 9 to 10 Plan
• Skill Building Plan
• Games Plan
• Numeric Keypad Plan
• Numeric Keypad Numbers Only
Instant Results for Lessons, Tests & Games!
Kids learn all of the letters on the keyboard by visiting the five lands of Typer Island and following their selected Typing Plan. They can check their results at any time, review their progress and change their settings.Creative Activities Make Learning to Type Fun
A variety of extra activities make it fun for kids to improve their skills, including practice lessons, practice challenges, exciting typing games, and typing stories.Challenging Typing Games – Motivating Rewards!
Exciting typing games challenge kids to pass the first level and advance to the next – and post the high score for the classroom or school! Kids have so much fun practicing in the arcade they forget they are improving their skills! All games are designed to teach specific skills such as finger-to-key striking, rhythm, speed, accuracy, and more.Management Center Features
Exciting Typing Games
Games are designed with multiple levels to challenge kids to keep building their typing skills, such as rhythm, speed, and accuracy.
Play Ziggy! Change the color of each pyramid by typing each word correctly before an enemy catches Ziggy.
Motivating Rewards
Kids are motivated to keep typing and collect all of the jewels and coins for their treasure box, as they complete typing tests and challenges successfully.
Kids collect treasures every step of the way as they type their way around Typer Island.
*Quotes and awards may refer to previous Typing Instructor programs. This version of TypingInstructorWeb for Kids was created using the same methods and technologies.
**Typing Instructor for Kids was the #1 best-selling typing program specifically designed for kids. — Source: The NPD Group / Retail Tracking Service dollar sales (2006 – July 2011).
**Typing Instructor for Kids was the #1 best-selling typing program specifically designed for kids. — Source: The NPD Group / Retail Tracking Service dollar sales (2006 – July 2011).
Our old typing program was boring and the kids were unmotivated. Now they can’t wait to get to Typer Island! We have seen a dramatic improvement in the touch-typing skills of our students. Typing Instructor for Kids is fantastic! 
