Visit the website "Dance Mat Typing" on the BBC's School Web page. Children can work their way through four levels of practice. Start off typing with a goat that coaches them on how to place their fingers on the keyboard and which letters to type. Children can choose to type with any of the animals and sea creatures for each level. The animals may sing and dance when children type correctly.
Go to "Learning Games for Kids" and scroll down and click on "Keyboarding Games" for a page of humorous typing games. Click "Typing Challenge" keyboarding games that allow children to type paragraphs. In "Homekey Kennys," the keyboard buzzes when a child makes a mistake or whacks Kenny's head when the correct keys are pressed.
Visit the "Kaboose: Funschool" Web page to test the typing game "Fun Blaster Arcade." Click the button "All Fun Blaster Arcade." A list of games appears. Scroll to the bottom of the game and click the No. "8" page to select the "Type Me" keyboarding game. Children can choose their level and type as fast as they can before the letter falls completely. If they type the right letter, they create a perfect landing for the letter with a parachute.
Dexter's Laboratory "Robo Raid" game on the "Cartoon Network" website encourages children to type, as their keyboarding skills help Dexter save his laboratory from his brainy rival, Mandark, Click the keys to remove the robots with Dexter's magnet device.