TLC Spongebob SquarePants Typing Learning System (PC & Mac)

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Product Features

• Kid-friendly typing tutorial encourages independent learning
• Explore a motivating combination of tutorials, drills, activities, and games
• Progress through 17 lessons and 5 levels of challenge for ages 7 and up
• Game mode for structured progress; Freestyle mode for open-ended practice
• Designed by the typing experts at Mavis Beacon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AAYB0A
• Item model number: 10175
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,636 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Featuring multiple levels of challenge for ages seven and up, two modes of play, and a slew of irresistible learning pals, SpongeBob SquarePants Typing is an unbeatable tutorial solution for young keyboarders. As typing skills grow, kids also pick up nifty facts about undersea life and nautical nonsense!

Features:

• Enjoy a kid-friendly design that encourages independent learning.
• Discover, refine, and test essential typing skills.
• Explore a motivating combination of tutorials, drills, activities, and games.
• Progress through 17 lessons and five levels of challenge.
• Check out Game mode for structured progress, or switch to Freestyle mode for open-ended practice and play.
• Brought to you by the typing experts at Mavis Beacon.

SpongeBob may be squishy, but his typing skills are on the way to becoming rock solid! Kids and adults can become seaworthy typists, too, thanks to this adorable skill-building adventure featuring Bikini Bottom's favorite denizens.

Product Description

Featuring multiple levels of challenge for ages 7 and up, two modes of play, and a slew of irresistible learning pals, SpongeBob SquarePants® Typing is an unbeatable tutorial solution for young keyboarders. As typing skills grow, kids also pick up nifty facts about undersea life and nautical nonsense! SpongeBob may be squishy, but his typing skills are on the way to becoming rock solid! Kids and adults can become seaworthy typists, too, thanks to this adorable skill-building adventure featuring Bikini Bottom's favorite denizens.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Typing Program for Kids, October 28, 2006

By	Amazon John - See all my reviews

My 8 year old started using Mavis Beacon at school, loves it, and was working hard at improving her typing skills. I wanted something for her to work on at home, and gave Sponge Bob typing a try. It is very similar to Mavis Beacon, except sponge bob makes encouranging comments, the hands are yellow, there are a few Sponge Bob out takes, the background and theme is of course Sponge Bobish, and the words they type are words that kids are more familiar with. She just got to print her first certificate for beating Patrick Star in a typing competition using the home row keys plus "i" and "e". She will get her next certificate for beating Gary the snail when she completes the next benchmark.
One improvement would be if Sponge Bob would refrain from saying "I make that mistake sometimes too" when no mistakes had been made.
My daughter likes Sponge Bob typing much better than Mavis Beacon, but a child who isn't motivated to learn to type probably wouldn't use it very much because there isn't as much activity variety as other Learning Company games.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Attractive game for kids that want to learn typing, but watch out compatibility, September 9, 2006

By	Ovidiu Predescu (San Francisco Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got this game in an Apple Store, my kid played it on one of the provided computers while I was looking around. I would check with him from time to time, and he seemed to be very much into the game, trying to identify the keys on the keyboard. He plays on a computer at home almost daily, but this was the first time I saw him preoccupied learning the keyboard.

The box I got contains three CD, as opposed to only two advertised in this package. The other two are called "Spellbound" and "Writing Practice". Out of them, only the "Typing" CD worked on a PowerBook running MacOS X 10.4 (a PowerPC processor). The other two sadly require MacOS 9 to be installed. While this might be fine for a PowerPC-based machine, it won't work on the new Intel-based Macs. The typing CD seems to be running fine on a new MacPro Intel-based system.

One thing which is really bothersome is the fact the software requires the original CD to be inserted in order to run. I guess the reason is to protect from piracy, but is this really working? For paying customers, their small kids are going to always ask their parent's help before playing the game. This will only reduce the time the kids spend with the software, as CDs are often misplaced and hard to find later. Why require this for a less than $20 program? There are so many other ways to make this work, the developers should really investigate them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and exciting, January 3, 2007

By	Helice E. Jones (Baltimore, Maryland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this for my granddaughter who is 8 to help her learn how to type since she is always trying to type pages from her reading books. It starts with the basic typing skills such as how to use the correct fingers and make games out of what you learned. It can be used for adults who want to learn how to type or improve their typing skills.