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Do you guys use a typing program to teach your kiddos word processing skills?

Thanks!!

My ds will be using Typing Instructor for Kids next year. It uses a game format to teach. My niece really enjoyed using it.

Where do you get it?

We used Typing Instructor too, but not until later in grade 4.

All my kids have use Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. It is a CD-rom program. It has lessons and games for practice. When you are learning, it shows a keyboard on the screen with semi-transparent hands which show you which finger to use and where the key is. My kids love it and my older two type faster than I do now. We started in 4th grade.

We are planning on using Typing Instructor Deluxe with my ds who is going to 4th grade next year....

We use Type to Learn.

We use this free one. The kids loved it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

We just looked online to buy Typing Instructor for Kids. I think you might be able to just download it, but we ordered it to be mailed to us. My son didn't seem ready for it this year (gr. 3) so we are going to try again next year in gr. 4. But I know my niece was ready at a younger age.

Kirsten wrote:We use this free one. The kids loved it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

This is what we use and it's really fun and a good program... even my 5yo knows where the letters on the keyboard are, and we've only used it maybe 10 times?