Customer Reviews:
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 great for young kids January 26, 2008
book lover (Florida)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My 8 year old loves it, and I see how pretty fast she is using correct finger placement (unlike me..) and getting faster at typing. I think that the way the software is setup, combining games with learning is perfect.
We've tried others, like the disney one in the past, and they never held her interest.
 Can't Believe This Has Good Reviews May 9, 2008
vamommy (Midlothian, VA United States)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This game is perfectly awful and not fun at all.
It jumps right into typing without introduction. Moreover, it has an annoying interface that repeats phrases over and over and over until you respond or put a hammer into the monitor.
I'm trashing my copy (I don't feel morally comfortable selling it to someone) and getting my son a good solid version of Mavis Beacon.
Typer Island is a bore June 26, 2008
Slatternly Jones (Rhode Island)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
My eight-year old son wouldn't go near this after trying it for one afternoon. The typing lessons are fine, they cover all the basics, but unless your child is super focused and diligent there are simply too many demands before you get to a reward (game). Although designed for kids, it is really not super kid-friendly. The rewards are too far apart, and frankly, not worth the effort. The voices used in this program are annoying, and Typer Island is dull dull dull. It really would have been easy to make this an interesting program...if only someone had thought it through. The creators should look to such educational games as Chess with Fritz and Chesster and some of the Reader Rabbit programs to understand incentives for kids.
 Typing Instructor January 18, 2008
C. Bingham (WA, USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
My daughter loves Typing Instructor. They use it at her elementary school. The only problem with this version is that if your child has any experience at all with typing, they will go through version 3 in a few hours.
 It crashes my computer May 9, 2008
Y. Ye (New Jersey)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
My daughter likes the typing game. However, it does lots of harm to the computer. After installing and running this game, my computer is totally ruined!
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