A typing site, started at the kitchen table.

Typino was started by a father and his nine-year-old daughter, Levinja. She wanted to learn proper touch typing for school, but the children’s typing sites we tried were the opposite of what we wanted. They were noisy. They were full of zombies and racing cars. They begged her to come back every day. And after a few minutes she was tired in a way that good practice should not make a child tired.

So we started building something calmer. Something that looks more like a notebook than a video game. Something that helps children learn a real, lifelong skill — without trying to addict them to a website.

Four short orientation checks; each practice lesson contains three exercises. An exercise is one short typing task. A practice lesson has three exercises with one learning objective. A session is one lesson or a short review. The 61 lessons include four introductions and 57 practice lessons, from the alphabet to words, sentences, numbers and local characters. A session combines short exercises. Aim for two to five comfortable minutes; there is no countdown. Progress stays on this device.

Fun is allowed at Typino — but a quiet kind of fun. The kind that happens when something finally clicks in your hands. Not the kind that sells you a power-up.

Typino is free to use. We will keep it that way as long as we can. If you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler who wants real practice instead of a flashing reward loop, we built this for you and your child.