Cloud Courier

What it is

You're the newest courier in the sky post office. Each route is a line of clouds, and every cloud carries a word. Type the word exactly and the cloud drifts off to its home. A different key turns a letter red until you fix it with Backspace, so care matters more than hurry. Early routes use only the keys from the home row; later routes bring every letter, common words, capital letters and simple punctuation. Touchscreen couriers have their own Tap Clouds route.

What children learn

Builds typing accuracy with real words: each cloud must be typed exactly, so learners notice and correct their own mistakes. Stars reward accuracy, not speed. Keyboard routes follow the home-row, top-row, all-letters order; Sky Mail adds common words, capitals and punctuation; Tap Clouds practises touchscreen entry with relaxed goals and is reported separately from keyboard typing.

What it teaches

• Home row keys
• Touchscreen text entry
• Punctuation and capitals
• All letter keys