Free typing program "Nitro Type"

Nitro Type

A free online site, for advancing typing ability.  Since I thought we would only be in our apartment for a few months, I didn't pack all our homeschooling resources.  Normally my daughter uses Typing Instructor for her typing lessons, but I somehow didn't bring it with us to the apartment.  So, we have been looking online for some free typing games, since our Typing Instructor must be in a box somewhere.  My daughter found a typing site called "Nitro Type" and has really, really enjoyed it.  She literally asks to do it!  And this is coming from the same kid who put up such a fuss on having to do Typing Instructor previously.

I think one of reasons she likes this program is that you can invite your friends to play the same time you are playing; which makes it more fun for them.   There are around five cars on the track, and how fast and how accurate you type, compared to the others, determines who wins.  The races are fairly fast; around one to two minutes of typing per race.  At the end of each race; your accuracy and words per minute (WPM) are listed.  This feature, the accuracy and WPM, has really encouraged my daughter to continue to strive for improvement.  You can click on your stats and see what your accuracy, wpm, and use of "nitro's" are.  A "nitro" is a credit that you can earn, and then use during your race if you want to.  The "nitro" will allow  you to skip over a hard word.  Dd always checks to see how many nitro's are used, at the end of each race, by the other competitors.  

As her wpm and accuracy have improved, the game moves her up into races with players at her level.  So, when she first started this game, she had about 26 wpm-as did the other racers.  But, now that she is typing in the upper 30's, she is racing with other people who also type that fast.

Here is a link to the site:

http://www.nitrotype.com/