SpongeBob Squarepants Typing and Spelling Learning System

Introduce your children to essential skills that they’ll use for many years to come with the help of one of their favorite characters and exciting storylines. They won’t even realize they’re learning!

Includes

• SpongeBob SquarePants Typing CD
• Super Solvers Spellbound! CD
• Spelling Word Flashcards
• Reward Stickers

Skills Learned

• Quick Response Techniques
• Common Letter Combinations
• Capital Letters
• Numbers and Punctuation
• Track Speed and Accuracy
• Proper Posture and Hand Placement
• Keyboard Layout
• Interactive Spelling Activities
  • Word Recall
  • Recognition
  • Differentiation
• Inspiration
• Learning Independence
• Confidence

Product Overview

SpongeBob SquarePants Typing

Dive right into the step-by-step typing tutorial that's awash with waterlogged hilarity and all your favorite SpongeBob SquarePants friends!  Now kids of all ages can learn to type with SpongeBob!  Get ready to master keyboarding!  Navigate through Bikini Bottom and help SpongeBob and his friends compete in the Bikini Bottom Typing Tournament and improve your typing skills along the way.

The Practice Area is set in Jellyfish Fields where you can play Practice exercises to improve your typing skills. Here you will be able to choose short passages about Bikini Bottom and its residents as well as other interesting sea facts.  enter the Lesson Area and compete in the Bikini Bottom Typing Tournament. You will compete with SpongeBob against various Bikini Bottom characters. Type your way to the Finals where you will compete to be the Bikini Bottom Typing Tournament Champion! Games are set up all over Glove World. These games provide a fun way to practice your typing skills.

SpongeBob SquarePants Typing features five exciting games with different themes to build your typing speed accuracy and rhythm. Your typing progress is not tracked in the Games Menu. The more advanced your typing skills the more fun and challenging the games will be.

Features:

• Arcade-style learning activities
• Game mode or practice mode
• 3 levels of challenge
• Tracks typing speed and accuracy

Skills:

Lessons are separated into three different levels: Beginner Intermediate and Advanced. The Beginner level typing speed is 5 WPM (words per minute) the Intermediate level is 11 WPM and the Advanced level is 15 WPM.  Each Lesson consists of a tutorial a drill keystroke practice an activity and a quiz to determine your progress. Lesson content starts with the basics and builds on accumulated knowledge. Games played as part of a lesson will only contain content learned up to that point.  There are five rounds to play and three Finals.  Each round contains three to four lessons and has a different opponent. Completing a round earns you a Certificate which you can print if you have a printer installed.  To complete each round you must pass a test. To pass you must type at least 60% accuracy of the all of the test correctly and you must type at least 30% accuracy for each of the letters learned in the current round.  Once you complete the Beginner and Intermediate lessons you will be able to choose one of the three advanced lessons (the Finals). The advanced lessons’ goals are based on WPM (word per minute).

• Proper posture
• Hand and finger placement
• Home row keys
• Keyboard awareness
• Common letter combinations
• Capital letters numbers and punctuation

Lesson Chart

• Lesson 1:    a s d f
• Lesson 2:    j k l ;
• Lesson 3:    e i
• Lesson 4:    g h '
• Lesson 5:    r u
• Lesson 6:    t y
• Lesson 7:    q w o p
• Lesson 8:    v b n m
• Lesson 9:    z x c
• Lesson 10:  .
• Lesson 11:  Uppercase
• Lesson 12:  Uppercase
• Lesson 13:  ? " :
• Lesson 14:  1 2 3
• Lesson 15:  4 5 6
• Lesson 16:  7 8
• Lesson 17:  9 0
• Advanced:  15 wpm
• Advanced 20 wpm
• Advanced 25 wpm

Super Solvers Spellbound!

Build fundamental spelling and vocabulary skills using word recall recognition and other proven spelling techniques.  Customize your weekly spelling lists.  Over 1000 spoken words!  Contains five levels of Spelling-bee action! Colorful animated graphics!

Features:

• Builds fundamental spelling skills - Four interactive activities help children master spelling using word recall recognition and differentiation techniques.
• Enhances vocabulary and language development - Words chosen on the basis of their age appropriateness and visual imagery help sustain interest and encourage a broader vocabulary.
• Allows you to create customized weekly spelling lists - By adding their own word lists children can practice spelling words from school or those they frequently misspell.
• Developed by education experts - The in-house team of experts has carefully designed this product with extensive input from educators parents and children to develop spelling and vocabulary skills essential for successful learning.

Spelling Word Flashcards

Reward Stickers
Colorful stickers are the perfect reward for a job well done.  Decorate notebooks backpacks and more!

Windows Requirements

• Windows 98 Me 2000 XP
• 266 MHz Pentium II or faster processor
• 200MB free Hard Disk Space
• 64 MB RAM
• 16 bit color monitor 800 x 600 resolution or better
• 8X or faster CD-ROM drive
• Windows compatible 16-bit sound card Speakers
• 4 MB of Video RAM
• Keyboard
• Mouse

Macintosh Requirements

• Mac OS 8.6-9.2 and Mac OS X 10.1.5- 10.3
• G3 233 MHz or faster processor
• 200MB free Hard Disk Space
• 64 MB RAM
• Thousands of colors monitor 800 x 600 resolution
• 8X or faster CD-ROM drive
• Speakers
• Keyboard
• Mouse

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