Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum at Mac App Store analyse

Crashed when I opened it; can’t get it to open fully. It is very buggy. The work area doesn’t fill the computer screen; very difficult to see. It is a poor product and I just wasted $20. All the one-star reviews on the Apple site are correct.

i just downloed this tonight in hopes that I like it enough to start my kids on it tomorrow. All seems good so far, the graphics are pretty good, the exercises are straight forward but what I dont understand is why the game only fils a small square in the middle of my screen? Its like it was built for DOS or something? There is now way to expand it or change the size. I just dont get it. This is 2012 right? If they could get the app to fill the screen and allow me to make all the frogs and things stop saying good job every two second on the lilly pad game Id give it a 5 stars for sure!

This was recommended to me by my friend so I could learn how to type. I tried the one he bought and liked it so much I bought my own! The games are super addictive, and teach you how to type well. This is the best typing game Ive tried so far.

Awesome Product! I have just gotten started and already I am typing 30 wpm. Usually I do two lessons a day and then some games for review. Only had it two weeks and already I have %75 of the keyboard down. I love that this game only uses the keys Ive learned. The variety keeps it so intresting and challenging for me, I just cant wait to play it. The track is detailed and useful so I can see how Im doing - my speed, accuracy, and the keys Im having trouble with.

I just started using this program, and I am having fun learning to type this summer. Im getting ready for my new schools laptop program. I need to learn to type a lot better than just using a few fingers like I have been doing. I like the Ziggy game the best.

After using two other typing programs with my homeschooled children I do not recommend this program. It is hard to get out of a screen, the lessons are short, and it does not have enough material to cover more than a month of typing.

There were a few bugs in the program, including the fact that I couldn’t delete “an adventurer.” Sometimes the background music worked, sometimes it didn’t. What really bothered me was that the program was too advanced even for the “easy” level. It jumped from the home row to the top row in two lessons! My eight year old daughter was never able to master the home row before she was sent to the next level. She couldn’t pass that level and got so frustrated she didn’t want to continue the program. I don’t blame her. There should be more practice at each level, so the child doesn’t have to hear over and over again, “Sorry, better luck next time.” I’m really surprised by all the positive reviews. I thought this program was simply awful!