The free typing game for kids that plays music
Every right key plays the next note of an Irish tune on a tin whistle and adds a piece to a little creature. Finish the line and it comes alive in your meadow.
No ads, no account, nothing to install.
Hear it before you play
Rest your pointer fingers on F and J. Feel the little bumps? Now press the keys in order, or tap them.
12 notes to go.
How Typing Melody works
Every right key is a note
Type the line in front of you and Penny's whistle plays the tune one note at a time. Keep an even beat and it sounds like a song.
Each key is the color of the finger that presses it, and the hands under the keyboard light up the same way, so kids learn where every finger goes without looking down.
Finish the line and it comes alive
Every key adds one facet to a drawing in brass. When the line is done, color sweeps through it, it hops, and it sings the tune you just played.
Name it, pick its color, and Penny leaves a gift for the meadow: a pond, a windmill, a lamp post.
Grow a meadow of your own
Everything your child makes lives in their meadow, bobbing and blinking under the moon. Seven worlds to fill, and a row of flower pots that grows with every day they practice.
Three stages for ages 3 to 10
Pick the stage under For grown-ups. Every stage plays the same tunes and grows the same meadow.
Sprout ages 3 and 4
Tap the glowing letter and hear its name and sound. No reading needed, and play stops after ten minutes.
Little Hands ages 5 and 6
The home row only, with bigger keys and every letter showing on the keyboard.
The full game 7 and up
All 72 lessons, from the home row to capitals, numbers, punctuation and whole stories.
Real touch typing, from the home row up
Typing Melody teaches in the order typing teachers use: the home row first, then reaching up and down, then capitals, numbers, punctuation and whole stories. Accuracy comes first and speed comes later. Here is the research behind it.
- Home Row Meadow11 lessons
Top Row Peaks14 lessons
Bottom Row Caves15 lessons
Shift Sky7 lessons
Number Harbor9 lessons
Punctuation Forge7 lessons
Story Library9 lessons
Badges and a certificate for every world
Badges reward showing up and trying again, never speed. Penny says each one out loud when it is earned.
First friendBring your first drawing to life.
Three starsGet three stars on any drawing.
Try againPlay a drawing you already made one more time.
Three daysPractice on three different days.
A week of flowersPractice on four days in one week.
Gift keeperOpen five gifts from Penny.
Five tunesHave five different tunes in your songbook.
Whistle playerPlay every note of a tune on a real whistle.
First worldBring every drawing in one world to life.- Every keyBring all 72 drawings to life.
- A to ZFind all 26 letters in Sprout.
Quick checkAsk a grown-up for a quick check, then type it.
Print it and put it on the fridge
Finish a world and Penny signs a certificate for it. There is one for Sprout, one for Little Hands and one for the whole game too.
Type your child's name on it and print. It fits one page, US Letter or A4, and the name stays in your browser.
Eighteen Irish tunes on a real tin whistle
The music is a real whistle, recorded note by note, playing tunes from O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903): St. Patrick's Day, The Rakes of Mallow, Drowsy Maggie, The Kid on the Mountain and more. Every finished tune goes into the songbook to hear again.
The whistle on screen shows the real fingering for every note, so a child with a whistle can learn to play along. Want to try? Here is our tin whistle finger chart.
For parents and teachers
- No ads, ever. No account to make and no chat.
- Nothing your child types is sent anywhere. Progress stays in the browser. A family save code, if you make one, carries the meadow to another device with no names.
- Built on research. Short sessions, praise for effort, letters by name and sound. Read the science, every source linked.
- A plain report. Under For grown-ups: lessons done, letters right first time, and the tunes they played.
- Plays offline. Add it to your home screen and it works without wifi.
- Laptops, Chromebooks and tablets. A real keyboard is best; on a touch screen it shows big keys to tap.
Questions parents ask
Is Typing Melody free?
Yes. It is free to play in your browser right now, with no ads and no account.
What ages is it for?
Ages 3 to 10, in three stages you pick under For grown-ups. Sprout, for 3 and 4, is finding letters and hearing their names and sounds. Little Hands, for 5 and 6, is the home row with bigger keys. From 7, it is the full touch typing game.
Does it teach touch typing?
Yes. Every lesson is touch typing: the right finger for every key, starting from the bumps on F and J, with each key the same color as the finger that presses it. 72 lessons cover all three letter rows, capitals, numbers, punctuation and whole stories.
Does it work on a Chromebook or an iPad?
It runs in any modern browser. On a Chromebook or a laptop it uses the real keyboard. On a tablet or a phone it shows big keys to tap, though a real keyboard is the best way to learn to type.
Do we need a tin whistle?
No. The whistle is in the game. If you have a D whistle at home, the game shows the fingering for every note, so you can play along.
What does it do with my child's typing?
Nothing your child types is sent anywhere. Progress is saved in the browser, and the report for grown-ups is made right there on the screen. If you make a family save code to play on another device, the drawings, stars and meadow are saved under that code, with no names. The game also counts a few moments, like a lesson finished, with nothing about who played.
Ready when they are
Open it in the browser and press F. That is the whole setup.