Typing Practice

Can Improving Typing Skills Be Fun? www.WordGames.com Says “Yes!”

If you had 15 minutes of free time, what would you rather do – go over a one-minute exercise 15 times, or play a game? Most people would choose to relax with a game rather than work on a repetitive lesson, even if that lesson teaches valuable skills. Fortunately, when it comes to typing, skill building lessons can easily be incorporated into games. At the www.WordGames.com site, there are dozens of games to choose from. Site director Alex Fleming gave us examples of some of those games.

Typesy: Where do you find the typing games that you feature on your site?

AF: You can find all of our premiere typing games at http://www.wordgames.com/typing/

Typesy: Our Typesy software has a section on numeric keypad training, for people who work with numbers doing data entry or spreadsheets. Do you have games that help people improve this skill?

AF: Some of our games will fluctuate between typing words and letters. But there are particular games where you can focus on typing numbers on the number pad. This game is an example of that:
http://www.wordgames.com/moon-type-2.html

Typesy: What’s the most popular typing game on your site right now?

AF: Our typing games are constantly shifting in popularity, but the most popular games are typically the ones with some kind of competition or survival aspect. Here are a few:
http://www.wordgames.com/zombie-typocalypse.html
http://www.wordgames.com/word-machine.html
http://www.wordgames.com/clockwords.html
http://www.wordgames.com/typing-tidepool.html
http://www.wordgames.com/the-typing-of-the-ghosts.html (For Halloween)

Typesy: Are there typing games that are designed mostly for children, or mostly for adults? Or can anyone easily learn to play any of the games you offer?

AF: We have typing games that are mainly just timing based games. Where the user is pressed to type as quickly as possible under a time limit. These games with simple UI are geared more toward adults:
http://www.wordgames.com/quicktype.html
http://www.wordgames.com/fast-typer.html
http://www.wordgames.com/key-krusher.html
Whereas, obviously games with a kitty cat riding a dolphin in a water race and shooting down mutated zombies with words are more geared toward children. All of the games are fairly straightforward, and for that reason, our games have been used in classrooms around North America. Or by parents seeking a simple and free way to teach their children basic typing skills.

Typesy: It’s important for typists to have good spelling skills. Do you have games in other categories of the site that people might be able to use to improve spelling or vocabulary?

AF: We understand the importance of good spelling and grammar. That’s why we offer a variety of vocabulary and sentence structure games within our Typing category of games. Here are a few examples:
http://www.wordgames.com/word-master.html
http://www.wordgames.com/spell-it-right.html
http://www.wordgames.com/the-sentence.html