SpongeBob Squarepants Typing 2008 Win/Mac
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Manufacturer: Encore Software
Model: 12440
Binding: Software
Publisher: Encore Software
Label: Encore Software
Platform: Windows 2000
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Platform: Windows 2000
Features for SpongeBob Squarepants Typing 2008 Win/Mac:
- Enjoy a kid-friendly design that encourages independent learning.
- Discover, refine and test essential typing skills. Brought to you by the typing experts at Mavis Beacon.
- Explore a motivating combination of tutorials, drills, activities and games.
- Progress through 17 lessons and five levels of challenge.
- Check out Game Mode for structured progress, or switch to Freestyle Mode for open-ended practice and play.
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Customer Reviews
My son loves this! 
2008-07-19
My 7 yo loves this game. He gets excited and wants to play it every day!
Fun for learning typing 2008-05-14
My 9 year old son really likes to learn typing with this program. There are two modes. One teaches typing step by step and the other is just for fun. It is best if they do the step by step first so they learn all the letters. If they don't, they can still play the games, but it is a little more difficult. Great program for kids since today everyone needs to learn keyboarding!
Fun but not really updated 
2008-03-30
I would be wary and not pay too much for this product. Even though it is 2008, it seems like the programmers just rushed to get something to market and didn't bother to have it fully compatible. I have a Mac and was perturbed by the fact that it ran under a Classic environment. OS X has been out for how long? Then why would anyone create software to fit a MAC OS that has been obsolete for the last 8 years!!!
I felt like I overpaid for this at 10 bucks.
So Cool! 2008-02-27
This software is awesome for kids who really want to learn to type or parents looking for help teaching their kids. It makes learning fun and easy. My son and I both love it and he was faster and more accurate after the first lesson. One recommendation, don't let your kids skip ahead to the games that are above their skill level because, if their like mine, it will just cause frustration.
Makes a boring activity fun 2008-02-19
With this product I was finally able to get my daughter to learn to type.
It makes a boring and tedious subject fun to learn.
Spongebob Typing program is a great one! 2008-01-09
SpongeBob Squarepants Typing 2008 is educational and fun, for kids ages 7 and up. Kids will get to play with SpongeBob and his friends, while improving their typing skills. As typing skills grow, kids also pick up nifty facts about undersea lifeand nautical nonsense!
clunky on mac and no backups 2008-01-02
The game is okay, but a little confusing in terms of finding the places you want to go - lessons, practice, games, etc. They are not labeled very well.
The game did work on my Macintosh computer, but not very well. The graphics kept messing up.
Finally, the company does not let you make a backup copy of the disc, which I find absurd. As a younger children's product, the company should realize the disc is not going to be in the most pristine of environments and that parents might want to make a backup. After contacting customer service, I was told that if the disc is damaged, you have to pay $11 for a new one. I may as well buy the whole game over again.
Spongebob is the only good feature of this product because it appeals to the children. Next time, I'd go with a different company.
Everything You Could Ask for in a Typing Method... 
2007-11-12
I don't understand why some parents would slam this software... perhaps they didn't even take the time to review it in detail with their kids... sure there are games in there, (to help practise typing skills), but if you use the "Typing tournament" section there is a very well thought out graduated set of typing lessons that methodically introduces children to the various keys, giving them instruction on correct fingering, and walking them through drills to build their proficiency. What more could you ask for? Plus my 9 year old son loves it and can't wait to do another lesson when he gets home from school. Highly recommended!
SpongeBob making typing fun! 2007-10-01
This learn to type product suits my 10 year old for his only interest is to play video games. SpongeBob combines video game and the kid's natural competitiveness to motivate in learning a task that is basically boring. It really makes learning fun.
Doesn't work on the Mac 
2007-09-22
It *requires* that the disk be in the CD when using it. Even so, it's not a regular mac app. It doesn't install the normal way. I never could get it to work. I returned it.
I saw it working on the Mac at the Apple store, but I they must have a custom build for the Apple store because there wasn't a CD in that machine at the store.
I've had this problem with several products from The Learning Company. They're cute at the store, but good luck getting them to actually work at home (on a Mac, anyway).
