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Typing Games Designed to Help Children Learn Typing and Have Fun

The rate at which the world is adapting to digital technology is changing fast and in the near future perhaps all learning materials will become digital. Any parent who cares about helping a child to master typing skills will not hesitate to introduce a child to typing games. It should be easy for you to be able to find an online resource for different typing games for your kid. There are lots of games and programs out there in the internet these days that are specifically designed to help children learn how to type. 

Schools have also started offering basic typing skills to children to help them learn the skill of typing. Most kids typing games are designed in a way that the kid’s typing skills is graded. The typing games help children to acquaint themselves with touch typing by use of ordinary typing methods. The typing methods usually involve lessons centered on fingers, keys, and also placement of the hands on the keyboard. 

Some typing games designed for kids 

Here is a list of some of kids typing games you can find online that will help improve your child’s typing skills: 

1. Qwerty Warriors World 

It is a very interesting typing game for children that will help keep your child engrossed on the screen for long while learning new typing skills. This game is programmed in such a way that the player is supposed to destroy virtual enemies approaching. To achieve this, the player need to type letters on the keyboard. To be able to destroy the approaching virtual enemy, the player has to correctly spell a word and then press enter. This is something that not only helps to sharpen the child’s typing skill but also helps with spelling recognition. 

The other benefits that this game offers to the child are increasing the child’s typing speed, efficiency and accuracy. 

2. Bitter Boss 

Another interesting kids typing game that will not only help to train your child new typing skills but learn how to manage different tasks at one go! The child has to play by doing the typing fast to stop the green color from occupying an empty bar. If the green color fills up the empty bar before you finish typing the sentence provided you lose points. It is a game that helps the player increase typing speed and spelling accuracy. 

3. Ninja Hunter 

In this typing game designed for children, there is a good ninja who is standing guard on top of a temple to protect it from bad ninja invasion. Names of the bad ninjas will be displayed for the player to type. By typing the names of the approaching bad ninjas they are vanquished before getting into the temple. The aim is to vanquish as many bad ninjas as possible by typing their names to safeguard the temple. The more bad ninjas the player vanquishes the more points the player earns. 

It is a good typing game for your kid that will not only train the child to type fast but is also fun and enjoyable. 

5 Things To Do With Your Kids Today to Show Them Love

The choice to spend less time blogging about life as a stay-at-home dad and more time being a stay-at-home dad is proving to be a wise decision. There are so many wonderful things to do with your kids, and most don’t require much effort at all.

Being present with your child when possible makes a world of difference.  I know many parents work and have to have someone watch their kids all day, but the little things matter and make a big impact on your relationship with your children.

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Here are five things to do with your kids starting today that are simple, but will leave a lasting impression which will strengthen the parent-child bond.

  1. Tell them you love them. No matter when, where, or the time of day, just blurt it out “[Insert child’s name], I love you.” They may not be old enough to truly understand or maybe they’re older and will roll their eyes, but those three words are more powerful than any of us know.
  2. Give them a hug. Combined with number one, this will beat buying them the coolest toy on the market (only to become obsolete in a few months) and help you connect with your child on a new level. Hugging increases oxytocin, known as the cuddle hormone, and works great with your partner too.
  3. Read to or with them. Find a book, magazine, or just something with pictures to look at with your kid. Read or explain the pictures to them and ask them to point out certain words, letters, or pictures. If they need help, try giving clues first and praising them once they find the right thing or let them know it’s okay if they don’t and the important thing is that they tried. Knowledge is power and books are full of it!
  4. Simply sit beside them. Have a chat, ask them how they are doing (even if they can’t respond), play with blocks, describe your surroundings, or just embrace them in silence. Your presence will mean the world to your little mini me. This can be your fallback plan if reading doesn’t go so well or combined after you’re done reading.
  5. Go on a walk. If they’re still too young, push them in a stroller, but just getting outside with your little one has lasting benefits for the both of you. As a fan of keeping active, going on walks creates a healthy habit at a young age and is a perfect activity to do as a family. Fresh air promotes a sense of freedom and just makes you feel good. Depending on where you walk, it can be fun to explore new places or see familiar faces to socialize with.

Whether with your partner or not, these will stand the test of time as effective things to do with your kids to let them know you’re there for them and love them. Hopefully these easy tips give you something to do with your kids today, tomorrow, and every day. Going Mom and I do one or all of these every day and our family is stronger as a result.

Healthy Cooking With Daddy

Finally, the time has come to teach our little girl the ways of healthy cooking! In our house, pants are optional….

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I’ve thought of this before she was even born, and it warms my heart now that it’s becoming a reality. Oh, wait, that’s my shirt on fire!!

Okay, all better. So she’s not exactly ready to start slicing and dicing ingredients, but with a little help, she can add spices pretty well.

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This was us making a lunch for Mommy to bring to work. Now if she calls sweating from a little too much cayenne, I can blame Avery. She knows that we add fresh ground black pepper to all of our meals and made sure she had a “hand” in that part too.

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I had to hold the dish lower since her new non-slip Froggie Step Stool is not quite high enough for her to reach the counter. It’s called the Mommy’s Helper Step Up Froggie Stool, but looks like we just changed that to Daddy’s Helper, huh? Time for a product name change!

Product naming conventions aside, our growing toddler is using her stool for potty training and cooking training. Yes, we use a butter knife to stir in this house, but don’t worry, I was supervising.

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I usually tackle several meal preps at a time, so I took the time to get her dinner plate ready as she posed for the camera. Or maybe she was watching the cat walk by….

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Either way, she gets so excited if I ask her to help me, and even though she has a way’s to go before I can really trust her to do a few simple things, this is how it starts. For anyone who has cooked with kids, I’m sure you know they are more likely to eat the healthy food if they have a roll in helping prepare/cook it. This includes quality control of whatever we make.

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And the verdict?

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It’s an underwear-iffic win for dinner tonight!

Avery continues to put a smile on our face every day, and she seems to learn/grow more faster than we can keep up with. Soon, she’ll be stating things to us that we never knew. To those with older kids, when should we expect this?

When time allows, get your kids in the kitchen and explore a new food/recipe together. It will pay dividends well into the future in the form of bonding, healthy eating, and cooking skills.