How to Play Kids Keyboard Games
Along with handwriting, learning how to operate a computer keyboard has become essential to children's development. The earlier they learn, the easier time they will have in technology classes in school. Instead of having children take standard typing lessons, they can learn with entertaining and free games on the Internet. Free Online Typing Games.com has several typing games catered toward keyboard development for children.
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Go to FreeOnlineTypingGames.com. Their main page has links to all of the typing games available for the children. Scroll through the games to see which ones interest your child and focus on the skills he needs to develop.
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Play "Focal Points." This number-based typing game makes children use the numbered keypad on the right side of a keyboard or to the arrangement of numbers on top of a keyboard. When the red target passes over a number they must press it to clear the number and score points. The game ends when the time limit is up.
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Play "Keypad Keyball." Another number-based game in which players trap balls in between certain numbers by pressing them on the keyboard.
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Play "Keyball." This game is like "Keypad Keyball," but it replaces numbers with letters. This game may be harder for children because there are a lot more letters than numbers, but it will help them learn to type fast without looking.
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Play "Keyblock." This pong-inspired game replaces the pong paddles with letters. As the ball approaches, a player must type in the letter that the ball goes toward. If they do not make it in time, the ball passes through and players lose a life. Players gain points for every successful letter typed.
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Play "Typo" and "Typo II." More experienced children will enjoy these fast-paced, sentence-typing games. If a player types the sentences as they appear on the screen without typos, the sentences get harder. This game teaches typing, spelling and proper sentence structure.
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Play "Falling Words." Falling words is a lot like the "Typo" series, but it involves single words falling toward the bottom of the screen. Players must type each word before it hits and as they go on, the words fall more frequently.
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Play "Speed Typing." Players must type 12 words in a row with the least amount of mistakes. If successful, they move on to a tougher challenge and each round features longer words to type quickly. The faster and more accurate each word is, the more points a player receives.
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