Posts tagged typing games
new additions to the site
Feb 20th
Hi folks, just a quick note to let you know that I have added all sorts of new content to the site for you to enjoy. Here’s a quick summary:
- Two new typing tests, one based on an essay by Mark Twain and the other a poem by Langston Hughes.
- A new typing game called Fast Typer
- Several new additions to the Typing Tutor section of the Keyboarding Directory
- An article with tips on how to improve your typing speed
That’s it for now, enjoy!
Fast Typer
Feb 20th
This is a very quick and straight-forward little typing exercise in which you have 30 seconds to try and type as many words as you can. At the end you get a report on how many words you typed and your typing accuracy. Nice graphics and sound make this a catchy little typing game.
More Typing Games for Kids
Feb 17th
I just came across an excellent post today which covers various different games/tutors that are appropriate for children learning how to type. The post (Reverting to Type) covers 5 valuable tools and provides links at the end to access even more. Several of the games / touch-typing tutors highlighted have already been mentioned on this blog, but a couple of them were new to me so I figured I would pass them on to you.
Keyboard Climber
This is a very simple but effective game in which you need to help the monkey climb up towards the sky by pressing the correct letters. Incorrect keystrokes cause you to tumble down and require you to restart the level. Simple yet effective with graphics and sound sure to be catchy to your average 6 year old.
keyboard climber game
first keys typing tutor
And here’s another excellent resource for finding some typing games for children, with over 20 games listed!
That’s it for now, happy typing!
Alpha Drop
Dec 18th
A simple falling letters game with nice graphics and sound. Perfect for kids looking to work on their touch-typing skills.
WPM Test #4
Dec 8th
Type the words as fast as you can. Letters disappear as you type them. After you complete the test, you will see a results screen that shows your wpm (words per minute) typing speed.
The text for this test is latin. For some, this might be a more effective way to assess your typing speed as you will be using words you don’t recognize and therefore will have to type by sight. There are a number of different paragraphs to test yourself with
Typeroids
Nov 13th
This is a simple yet fun typing game in which you need to destroy the drifting asteroids by typing the letters contained therein. The asteroids come at you in waves and break apart into smaller pieces as you destroy them.
Typing Zone
Aug 29th
This typing game rewards you more for accuracy than speed. The goal, aside from correctly typing the words, is to avoid typos and thereby build long streaks of correct keystrokes.
One by one, words will fall from the top of the game board. As you type them they will disappear. If you are unable to complete the word before it hits the bottom, it will count as a mistake. The game ends once you have made 5 mistakes in any given round.
Meanwhile, there are two meters on the left that indicate your current streaks. The leftmost bar displays your keystroke streak while the other one displays your word streak. They will continue to build as long as you type each keystroke or word correctly but will reset as soon as you err.
Your score for each word depends on three things in the following order:
1) Your current keystroke streak
2) Your current word streak and
3) How far the word fell before you successfully typed it.
WPM Typing Test #3
Aug 26th
Type the words as fast as you can. Letters disappear as you type them. After you complete the test, you will see a results screen that shows your wpm (words per minute) typing speed.
The text for this test is from Einstein’s essay The Mysterious
Super Hyper Spider Typer
Aug 25th
Here’s a new typing game for the kids from the folks at FunSchool called Super Hyper Spider Typer. The object is to type the letters fast enough to prevent the spider from being eaten by the approaching lizards.
a typing game for kids
jTypingHero
Aug 7th
Check out this online typing game I discovered just now. It’s called jTypingHero, its name being a reference to the fact that it is loosely based on guitar hero. Basically, letters fall down the screen and you have to try to type them just as they pass over specific spots.
Type the letters at the perfect moment in this variation on guitar hero