Also setting the accuracy requirement to 95% and the w.p.m. Just setting the age range a bit lower helped us. If a child can't spell well yet, then some of the exercises are more challenging.
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Usually he is closer to 97%.Īlthough for younger students I think Type to Learn 4 is more interesting, it can also be pretty challenging if you set the age to upper elementary since it expects a child to remember how to spell. Well he is now in module 20 of level one and still doing well. Typed beautifully and got 98% right.Afterwards, he told me he would remember this moment forever because he successfully typed dictated words (and a sentence) that someone besides me was reading to him. He stared at me like I had grown a second head, then "light bulb"! OH! These are just normal words, not weird word? :confused1: :laugh: Yes, honey, these are just "normal" words, not weird words. I pointed out that it was just CVC words that he had typed before and had written out many times in Barton. He sort of panicked and said he couldn't do it. This is way earlier than his other typing program (although that may be because of the high scores).
I don't know that the instruction is terribly robust or clear on some things.īut what was really interesting for DS and I was that yesterday it started him doing dictation instead of just typing what was on the screen. Since he is getting high scores it just moves him on to the next thing. Hopefully it goes through and reviews really well.
I don't know how this program works if a child is getting lower scores. DS has been getting really high scores on his typing with this program, but he already had been doing another typing program for quite a while. I have not joined the Barton gmail tutor group. at 11 he is no longer as thrilled with being a Secret Agent on a typing program. He probably needs to back up a couple of levels and work through from there but he does not want to. he needs a change of pace since he has been at this two years and 2. He is older now, though, and he has started to hate his typing lessons. I went ahead and renewed the subscription when it ran out the first time because he did enjoy the program and was making progress. He loved being a Secret Agent saving information. :) He has been slowly making his way through the program, but his dysgraphia issues/dyslexia/perfectionism/motor planning troubles (gee, sound familiar?) have made it a bit of a slow slog. Hope you find something that's a hit with your son!ĭS started Type to Learn 4 nearly two years ago.
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If you are a member of the Barton Tutor gmail group, you could search for her post ask for typing software recommendations. "20 minutes typing is on his homeschool list" and he prefers to do it before any other school work. I'm not sure if I want to ask him to relearn proper 10-key or not. His 10 key skills are not proper (wrong fingers on wrong keys) but he self taught himself during TimezAttack. I've not heard of anyone taking as long to learn to type as my DS10 has, but I'm thrilled that he knows letters, comma, period, backspace, and return key at 23 wpm with 95% accuracy. It's nothing special, but a winner with my boy because it's silly and has no since of urgency. When our annual subscription expired, I dusted off an old "Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum Version 5" CD. Not good for my dysgraphic, developmental motor d, dyslexic, perfectionist. I didn't realize how much pressure Type to Learn 4 puts on kids - hurry and finish a mission while racing the clock.