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Keyboard Town PALS "Learn To Type", CD-ROM Compatible for PC and MAC with Flash Player Version 8 or Later Installed, Jan. 1, 2009. Teaching Kids to Type in an Hour! No Timed-tests, No Grades, No Counting Mistakes, No Stress. Puppets, Music, Humor, & Association. No Drills. NYC School Vendor. |  | From: Keyboard Town PALS
Buy New: $29.95 (On sale from $39.95)
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Seller: Keyboard Town PALS
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 957
Format: CD-ROM
Media: CD-ROM
UPC: 705105740195
EAN: 0705105740195
ASIN: B001XUMK2C
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Groundbreaking educational software for kids 7 yrs. old and up. Co-produced by past crew members from the Emmy-Award Winning Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Successful with children with all kinds of learning aptitudes. | | • | The backspace and delete buttons have been de-activated so that the child is not concerned about his mistakes or correcting them. | | • | The child is typing real words after only two minutes and is self-motivated to learn more. |
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Product Description
Keyboard Town PALS is the only computer keyboarding instruction on the market that teaches using association. This accelerates the learning process to one hour and does not rely on endless exercises. No parent or educator will ever want to return to the boring drills used by all other programs.
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 KUDDOS FOR KEYBOARD TOWN PALS!! November 22, 2009
Sgriselda H. Buongiorne (Delta Junction, AK United States)
Hello Donna and the KBTP family,
What a wonderful little piece of software! My Down Syndrome son who is 12 immediately was taken by the warm and charming characters (rather reminiscent of Sesame, so familiar to him, in a way) and wanted to sit down and watch the whole thing through.
Once that was done he had no problem following directions (with me by his side as a prompter) and was able to finish one hand (left) in an hour long session.
I will say that for a Down Syndrome individual or an individual with impaired cognitive and motor ability, it might be a little too fast...I remedied this by pressing the pause button until he was ready for the next piece of info. Not really a problem but something to consider if there is a re-issue for a special needs version.
Also we took an hour on just one hand...which we actually had to break into two sessions because of attention and fatigue issues.
We practiced one hand, watching the sessions over until I felt comfortable with it and then went to the other hand, following the same daily pattern.
Result: IN ABOUT A 2 WEEK PERIOD OF TIME, MY DOWN SYNDROME SON HAS LEARNED ALL HIS FINGER POSITIONS WITH 98% ACCURACY. HE CAN NOW TYPE AT 5WPM.
This does not mean that he has the speed but the basic "how to" is there...and I credit KBTP for this.
Now we use another typing program, for the practice, speed and the games.
The interesting thing is that he asks for KBTP almost daily and goes through it at a much faster speed than at the beginning. Also, when he is on the other typing program and just doing his lessons, he tells himself where to put his fingers for each key USING KBTP CHARACTERS...isn't that funny...!
He is writing 10 - 12 sentence paragraphs on subjects that interest him. Writing will probably never be his forte so typing is a wonderful option for him. Once he writes his creative writing he proceeds to type it!
I would like to add that my operating system was not being very cooperative with the KBTP CD version and two wonderful people stayed with me and my trials until we made it work. Thank you Donna and Dan for your patience.!
Now I am waiting for a Mac version of the CD so that my son Robin can keep on using it on his MacBook at school.
Thank you again for a wonderful program!
Keep up the awesome work!
Gri and Robin Buongiorne
 Very Skeptical of these Reviews October 6, 2009
William Carson (Key Largo FL)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Be very skeptical of 19 Five Star reviews of a new product from 19 people who have never written a review before and sound an awful lot alike...
 Had problems loading - but customer service was very good at assisting me August 25, 2009
Carol G. Mcmillan
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After spending a few hours attempting to download the program and use it I was frustrated. All that I got was sound and no video. Even after having my son - a computer pro - come to my home and work on it, we still had no video. I was in tears. Well, I posted a less than positive review here (that is why I gave it only 1 star). A few hours later a customer service employee contacted me by phone. She ended up sending me the program through my email (an online version) and it worked! Although I was aggravated trying to download the program at first, the customer service person at Keyboard Town Pals was very understanding and helpful. Keyboard Pals seems to really care about their customers and their product. Purchase this with confidence! If Amazon would allow me to change more than the written part of my review, I'd move my rating to 5 stars. My daughter will be up and using the program tomorrow and learning to type!. Thanks.
 Alot of Fun at any age August 19, 2009
J. Mitchell
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this to help rebuild my skills. It was so much fun, it brought out the little kid in me. You are on your own for numbers but thats okay, it makes a great "re-gift" for a child.
A fun program that really works! August 11, 2009
Leah Davidson (Pennsylvania)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This program has changed the way our whole family types. Now, my husband and I finally learned the keyboard after years of unsuccessful attempts with other traditional methods. But, more importantly, our children now type properly. My seven years old daughter can now type a full page with her eyes focused on the screen and not on the the keyboard! She enjoyed every moment of the process. If I did not see it with my own eyes, I would not believe anyone can learn so quickly while having that much fun!
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