Customer Reviews

JUMP START TYPING

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I bought this for my 6-yr old after picking up an old version at a garage sale that would not save his scores on Windows XP. He likes it, and begs to practice his typing that has improved fairly quickly. I tried it a bit in training mode to do exercises as I don't quite touch type and liked how it shows which finger to use to type the next letter so you don't have to look at the keyboard.

Note this was written back when screens were 640x480 and barely updated since. the window is still stuck at that size, and it will not run if the CD is not in the drive, even if you copy the whole CD to your hard drive and install from there. When this was advertised as the XP/Vista version I hoped it would have lost these limitations.

I home schooled my daughter during her 3rd Grade year. She was 9yrs. old learning the majority of her lessons on the computer. We purchased Jump Start Typing for her mainly so she could become more familiar with the keyboard. She not only became familiar with the keyboard, she learned to type fluently, efficiently, and it also increased her spelling skills. By the time she was in 7th grade (the year public school teaches typing) she mastered her typing skills into 120-130wpm. I attribute her mastery in typing to the fantastic lessons from Jump Start Typing software. I highly recommend this software and/or any of the Jump Start software available. Knowing how to type at an early age enables kids to learn the lesson at hand instead of struggling with the typing of an assignment. A lesson learned is possible when a child's typing skill allows him/her the chance to learn freely. Finding keys on a keyboard to type an assignment means the child's concentration isn't on the lesson.
We purchased this one for our niece when she was in 3rd grade. GET YOUR CHILD TYPING EARLY!!!! GET JUMP START TYPING!!!!!

My 10 year old son would spend hours playing (actually learning and practicing typing) if I let him. His typing/keyboarding has improved in a very short time.

My little guy is only 6 and most typing programs out there were just too advanced for him. Now he loves this one. Easy to use and he is learning tons from it.

This is the best product I've found for teaching children how to type properly. Learning how to type efficiently is as important as learning how to read, write & spell. My children loved this process & I will find them using it without my prodding. It is fun. It's also handy to keep because they can use it to brush up on their typing skills.

I use this is my classroom as a center for my Kindergarteners thru 2nd graders. They love this and are learning to be successful typist.

This cd is fun for the kids. It really keeps them interested in learning to type

It looks like a great product, but it won't run on my computer. I tried tech support, and they suggested another product. You have to have QuickTime running on your computer for it to work. If you don't have QuickTime, don't buy it. I tried downloading QuickTime, but it isn't working either. I tried to uninstall QuickTime, but now it won't uninstall properly. I really wish I could get this to run. My son was really looking forward to using it.

I can't give an honest rating, since I'm not able to use it.

I got this game for my god son and he has not used it yet but I know he will love it. I gave it a test run and it is so much better then the typing game I learned how to type on.

I think you need the Windows 95 or something like that, which I didn't realize when I bought it. This CD didn't work for us how it was supposed to, some things were upside down or something like that, I just gave it away to the library, it was totally useless to me.