Keyboarding Practice Sites
Dance Mat Typing is a fun musical introduction for
kids seven and older. Practice is divided into 12 lessons introduced by
animated characters. The full screen version is available by clicking just
below the lesson.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing
There is more than one typing game here. There are
six arcade style games, thirty keyboarding lessons and thirty timed tests (with
printable certificates). Other features include a color coded keyboard and
review lessons.
http://www.freetypinggame.net/
Power Typing has no cute characters or animation but
includes lots of practice set to radio music. The radio music encourages
rhythmic typing. You select the song corresponding to your current WPM and type
to the songs rhythm. There are also games for practice.
This site gives practice with keys and reaches. It is
an arcade style game.
http://www.gamequarium.com/cupstacktyping.html
This a a
really fun way to remember and practice where the letters are on the keyboard.
You drag the letters to the correct place on the keyboard.
http://www.abcya.com/bubbles_keyboard.htm
This is an arcade style game which lets you choose
the keys you want to use. The goal is to keep the space ships safe.
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play2.asp
Another arcade game which you have to type the words
before they get to the frogs!
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play3.asp
Free flash typing game is designed to learn typing on
a computer keyboard. Part of Power Typing, a free online typing tutorial design
to learn to type Qwerty or Dvorak style keyboard.
Typing games improve your typing speed, they won't
teach you how to type correctly. That's what typing lessons are for.
http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracuda.htm
Test your skills in this timed typing test.
http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-certificate.asp
Another typing test
http://www.typingtest.com/default.asp?m=1