by Disney Interactive
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Windows 95 / 98
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Experience a typing adventure with Timon and Pumbaa!Product InformationLearn the fundamentals of typing with fun activities that build essential typingskills in the Disney Adventure in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa. Thistyping tutorial for children teaches essential typing habits while havingfun. Learn all this and more as you progress throughfive exciting and challenging activities. Throughout your typing adventure get private lessons from Rafiki and plenty oflaughs from wild and wacky Timon and Pumbaa.Fun activities build essential typing skills!Skills Learned Finger Placement Home Row Technique Edit Mistakes Accuracy Speed Letter Recognition Word ProcessingProduct FeaturesLetter Recognition and Finger PlacementLetter recognition finger placement and home row technique - who knew learningthe basics could be such a hit?Typing Words and Accuracytype words with an emphasis on accuracy - that's the correct way to quench Timonand Pubmaa's thirst.Typing PhrasesLearning to type phrases with accuracy more than with speed it the fastest wayto catch your dinner.Typing ParagraphsType paragraphs edit mistakes - c'mon get to it! Weary Timon and Pumbaa arestuck here until you get it right.Windows Requirements Windows 98 XP Vista (requires compatibility mode) Pentium 90 MHz or faster processor 16MB of RAM 20 MB free hard Disk space 640 x 480 monitor 16-bit color Windows compatible Sound Card and speakers 4X CD-OM Drive Gentle jungle murmurings overlaid with Robert Guillaume's gleeful voice give this solid, well-conceived typing program an unusual degree of appeal and staying power. While smacking bugs, catching grubs, and tearing away from dangerous enemies, kids are actually practicing the same fundamental skill-based keyboard activities as covered by such adult titles as Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. Some terrific components of this program include shadows that display which finger should be used to hit each key, a clock ticker that counts the seconds in each two-minute game, and the blissful fact that hitting the space bar will fast-forward you past the opening and closing credits. The mysterious, leafy jungle setting is delightfully alive, yet you'll likely need to turn the brightness on your monitor way up to see all the vital buttons hidden in the dark corners of the scene. Be forewarned: to truly conquer touch-typing, you need to drive those keyboard strokes deep into the body's muscular memory. Endless repetition is the only proven method for this. That means that while this program boasts five unique activities (for example, Rafiki gives "lessons" while Timon and Pumbaa play "games"), it is all keyboard practice, again and again. Kids receive encouragement with an enticing visual environment, progress reports, certificates, and frequent enthusiastic comments from Guillaume, but it is ultimately going to fall upon the parents to see that their children continue with this when the going gets, well, boring. Don't expect your child to see this through without your support. Stay involved, and they will. (Ages 6-10) --Jean Lenihan Lion King favorites Timon and Pumbaa are featured throughout the interactive adventures, customized private lessons, and dozens of activities that progressively challenge varying skill levels. Read more
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