All About IT for Young Children

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Jump Start Typing (Ages 7-12)
Publisher : Knowledge Adventure
Packaging : Jewel Case
Requirement : Window ME/ 2000/ XP
Item Code : 8886335361205
Usual Price : S$12.90
NOW : S$11.61

How JumpStart Typing Teaches Your Child to Type
JumpStart Typing applies the award-winnign approach of the JumpStart
Learning System to teach correct typing technique. Designed specifically
for kids ages 7-10, the product combines arcade-style game play and
challenging activities with timed typing lessons and technique movies
to offer a comprehensive typing experience.

Step 1 Take a special diagnostic test to determine your base typing
ability. Exclusive technology automatically adjusts the product to
match the avilities of each individual user.

Step 2 Watch full-color movie clips that teach correct hand placement,
posture, and more.

Step 3 Participate in over 30 timed typing lessons using color-coded keys
and animated computer hands to demonstrate correct typing technique.

Step 4 Build typing proficiency in five extreme sport events, including
rock climbing, skateboarding, soccer, and snowboarding. Adjustable
difficulty levels ensure constant challenge and variety.

Help Botley Save the Competition!
Professor Sparks, along with his robot pal, Botley, has just completed
work on the galaxy's first Interplanetary Stadium for Extreme Typing.
Just as the games are ready to begin, bratty little Polly Sparks locks
the head coach of the Sparks' Dream Team in the Trophy Room. Earn
the seven power cards you need to unlock the door by practicing your
typing skills in extreme keyboarding events like snowboarding, soccer,
and rock climbing. Free the coach in time, and the team has a chance.
Hurry, Botley needs your help.

Trail Blazer
Help the snowboarder race down Mount Keys by typing the correct letter
or letter combination. Jump, zigzag, and tear through the course while
avoiding dangerous obstacles like moguls, tree stumps, and even polar
bears.

Keyboard Kicks
Compete against the Galaxy Gladiators in a game of table-top foosball.
Move your team around the field by typing letters, and try to score ten
points before your opponent does.

Keyboarding Training Center
Start your mission in the Keyboard training Center, where you can take
special diagnostic tests, participate in over 30 lessons and watch
technique movies on correct hand placement, proper posture and more.

Cliff Hanger
Help Botley climb the mega mountain. Type your way to the top while
avoiding obstacles like wall crawlers, banana peels and green slime.

Roller Racing
Skate your way through a fun-filled obstacle course while practising your
typing. Jump and duck your way through hurdles and other obstructions
while avoiding the Trickster's mischievous pranks.

The Fans Are Wild
Help cheer the team on by completing a special speed typing puzzle.
Type the correct letters and uncover secret key combinations to flip the
fan cards, then watch the stands go wild as you succesfully complete the
message.

Requirements for Newer Version
Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Pentium II 300Mhz, 128MB RAM, 25MB HD
Space, 640x480 display, 16-bit color, Windows-compatible sound card
& speakers, 12X CD-ROM Drive.

Requirements for Older Version
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, Pentium 233MHz or higher, 12x CD-ROM drive,
64MB RAM , 100MB available on hard drive, 16Bit color ,
Windows-compatible sound card, 640x480 screen resolution, mouse.

Requires Windows 95 compatibility mode, 640x480 with 256 colors to
run properly on Windows XP.

Requirements: Macintosh OS 8.6, 9.2.1, 10.1.2 , 16x CD-ROM drive,
64MB RAM, 100MB available on hard drive,16Bit color , 640x480 screen resolution, mouse.

[Ivanlew]

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[Ivanlew]

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Jump Start Typing (Ages 7-12)

I bought this Jump Start Typing.
The games were not very nice.

I realised that Clementi Lib has a good collection
of all the Jump Start CD and lot of good courseware CD
at Clementi lib for borrow and best of all the CD are all very updated and many of them are still selling at Popular book shop.
We can borrow them back and try out before deciding to buy one.

[bishanman]

want to try Little Art Academy. IT lesson with art in mind…My daughter is doing her lesson there for 3 terms already.

[sridhar94]

Don’t know about you guys, but I don’t think that educational games are really fun in a sense to the child.


As the child gets more addicted to these games, the questions get repetitive and the child gets bored.

Pen and Paper is still the way to go, unless you want to start your child on some basic computer programming and be the next Ding Wen.

[Padre]

The best time to start IT is NOW.


Computers have already become an integral part of our lives.

I might have mistaken but I sensed that somewhere between pg 2-3, there were some confusions equating IT to computer games.

From even a very young age, we can show our children how we use computers in our life. Showing them how we use email or web cam is a good start. I chat with my family via webcam whenever I go on business trips.

Build up a list of good children’s website and visit with them from time to time. In fact, I frequently involve kiddo in our meal planning. We would visit allrecipe.com and he would help me select the recipes. Designing and printing invitation cards are also good activities to begin with.

Kiddo also got to use my digital cam. At the end of our outings, it would be his job to download the photos from the cam to the PC. Iguess it is all these little things that made him comfortable at operating computers.

Kiddo was first exposed to ‘formal IT education’ at P1 as part of the school’s curriculum. By P2, he was already proficient in using Word and Powerpoint. This has come in useful in upper primary. His projects are quite heavy and typically require submission of 2 drafts before the final report. All these require the use of word processors. Being able to type fast is a naturally an advantage.

In fact, in his current school, Ask and Learn is the chosen e-learning platform and being comfortable with using a computer definitely helps when attempting the timed assessments.

So, help your kids get acquainted with your home PC. They will need to use it someday.


Cheers!

Padre

[mrswongtuition]

I used Jumpstart Typing when I was young to learn typing. Though it’s not the most interesting game around, it builds a good foundation. I can proudly say that I type faster than my colleagues & am more familiar with the keyboard than them. I can also type from a printed document without looking at my screen or keyboard.


It’s a good basic skill to start off from young. I started learning to type at P3 and my mum was very fussy about the way I type. She insisted that I had to use the correct fingers for the different alphabets so that I can type by feeling, not looking at the keyboard. I’m glad she did that, cos I’m able to do work more efficiently.

[plum-cake]

I have Disney learning's adventure in typing with timon n pumba. got it from carrfour 2 for 10$. sometimes ago.... :lol: but my 6yr old can type now. for her age she is good. I think so....

[UncleLim]

In the Dec 09 holidays, I embarked on a computer project with my son.


Instead of buying a new computer, we decided to assemble one with DIY parts and learn about the inner workings of the system.

In the end, we managed to have fun during a weekend and the computer worked beautifully (phew !!). We had another father-and-son pair with us so it was good bonding and learning for everyone.

[guppy]

THis is a delayed post on an old topic. I agree with Mrs Wong’s message about typing using the correct fingerings as it helps in the long run i.e. you don’t need to look and peck to type.


My dd just went for an intermediate typing course conducted by a Mr Chia (Little typist trainer) at the nearby Community Centre. She had learnt basic typing at school and wanted to learn to type faster. She found the 2 day course fun as the teacher was quite engaging. The kids had little electronic keyboards which counted the number of words typed and accuracy. My dd was so motivated to "beat" her score and I was surprised on the progress.

BTW, I’m not related or connected to Mr Chia. My dd came home and told me that the teacher was showing them yo yo tricks and other things to enliven the teaching. So, it’d be a good class for children to attend. Have fun and learn something.