Read, Write & Type

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Product Features

• Enables Children to Write Whatever They Can Say. [Age 6 - 8]
• Combines a strong phonics approach with writing and typing skills.
• Write animated stories while building skills in phonics, reading, and keyboarding.
• Includes 57 sound games with more than 200 words with accompanying pictures.
• A progressively challenging sequence

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00029BPLW
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 13, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,096 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

Product Description

Product Description

Three Essential Skills on One CD-ROM!Product Information Read Write & Type! is a revolutionary program that enables children to write whatever they can say. This early reading program combines such a strong phonics approach with writing and typing skills. Read Write & Type! teaches these skills simultaneously as children progress through a lesson adventure building a multitude of animated sentences and writing their own stories. Read Write & Type! integrates three essential skills into one essential program. Product Features Over 200 sequenced activities present three essential skills: reading writing and typing. Links all 40 speech sounds with typing to let kids write anything they can say. Lifelike talking hands provide spoken help demonstrate each key stroke and guide children through the learning process. Based on 10 years of classroom research. Prints stories and certificates to provide motivating tangible rewards. Automatically directs children to activities that provide extra practice in areas of difficulty.Windows Requirements Windows 3.1/95/98/Me 486/66 MHz or faster 4MB of RAM 2MB free hard disk space SVGA display and 256 colors Windows compatible sound device WinG included on the CD Printer recommendedMacintosh Requirements Macintosh and PowerPC System 7.5.1 - OS X Classic Mode 68040/16MHz processor or faster 4MB of RAM 5MB free hard disk space 2X CD-ROM drive or faster 256 color graphics display Printer recommended

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, January 22, 2005

By	Slime Dog "Slime Dog" (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Children learn to type by sound from individual letter sounds to sentences in this program, formerly "Talking Fingers." Read, Write, and Type does very well correlating sounds to letter keys with the help of left and right hand animations that guide the finger and hand placement.
Plan on sitting with your child if you want them to learn to type correctly. The program could have had a few more audio prompts for the typing aspect of the program, such as looking at the screen while finding keys with their fingers, especially when the excercises go from typing one letter to short sentences. You'll need to remind them to relax the hands while over the keyboard to help them reach for the keys and develop dexterity. Another common mistake is that the child presses too slowly, which makes the key repeat many times on a computer, and then shows up as an error, making them repeat the exercise. This IS a program that some children are not ready for, and it can also be frustrating if the child doesn't succeed in the excercises, as they will not be able to move on to the next story. Kids will naturally want to advance in the program's storyline, a catchy chase to earn back (doing typing exercises) all of the storytellers who occupy the keys, stolen by Vexor the Virus, and they will often need someone right there to remind them to "power up!" This is the kind of video game parents of 6-8 year olds WANT their child to play!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read, Write & Type and Learn, June 18, 2004

By A Customer

My son first played this game in the computer lab at school and begged me to buy it! It teaches typing skills and phonics. Foil the evil blob by typing the letters on the keyboard. He rates it a FUN game!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read Write and Type, August 15, 2006

By	schparkenmom (tennessee) - See all my reviews

I am happy with Read, Write and Type. I like that it combines several language arts skills along with typing. It moves slowly, which also teaches listening skills and the all important "how to follow directions" skill. It does not have the fast action of some video games, which makes my 8 year old think its not cool, but he is learning how to keyboard, which is cool.