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Ladybug Typing: Help the Ladybug Crawl From Leaf to Leaf

Type the letter on the next leaf to help the ladybug crawl along the vine and eat the aphids!

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★☆☆☆☆ Ages 5-9 ~5 min Letters Home Row Words

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What is Ladybug Typing?

Ladybug Typing is a free ladybug typing game for beginners. A seven-spot ladybug sits on a garden vine, and the next leaf along the vine shows a letter. Type that letter and the ladybug crawls onto the leaf. Level 1 uses only F, J, D and K; every 10 leaves a flower blooms in the garden bed and new keys join in, through the home row, the top row and the whole alphabet, then short garden words like bug and sun and four-letter words like leaf and frog. Some leaves carry a green aphid: crawl onto it to eat it and fill one of the ladybug's seven spots. The leaf you need slowly wilts (about 9 seconds per letter on level 1), and a wilted leaf or three wrong keys on the same leaf costs one of three hearts. When all 8 flowers bloom, the game keeps going as a Bonus Garden with longer words.

How to Play Ladybug Typing

Skills You'll Practice

Letters Practice more letters games
Home Row Practice more home row games
Words Practice more words games

Recommended for These Grades

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade

Why this grade range?

Ladybug Typing is built for kindergarten through 2nd grade, about ages 5 to 9. It asks for one letter at a time for the first 60 leaves and adds keys in small groups: F J D K, then A S L, then G H, so a kindergartener who is just learning where the home row is can play from the first leaf. The wilting leaf gives a slow, visible clock instead of falling objects, with about 9 seconds per letter on level 1 and 6.5 seconds by the time the whole alphabet is in. 1st and 2nd graders reach levels 7 and 8, where the leaves carry three- and four-letter garden words, which is the step between single keys and real words. The aphids, spots and blooming flowers give young kids a reason to keep going without any reading in the early levels.

Have a preschooler who wants a turn too? The home page lists our toddler typing games, where every target is one big letter and no reading is needed.

Pro Tips for Ladybug Typing

  • 1

    Rest your index fingers on F and J before you start. Level 1 only uses F, J, D and K, so every leaf is a home-row key right under your first two fingers on each hand.

  • 2

    Watch the little bar under the letter. It turns from green to orange to red as the leaf wilts, so you always know how much time is left.

  • 3

    A wrong key does not undo the letters you already typed in a word, but three wrong keys on the same leaf make it drop. If the leaf says 1 MORE TRY, slow down and look for the key.

  • 4

    Aim for the leaves with aphids. Seven aphids fill all seven spots and make a Lucky Ladybug, which gives back a heart you lost.

  • 5

    The next three leaves are always visible on the vine, so glance ahead and find the next letter on the keyboard before you need it.

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    Ladybug Typing — Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Ladybug Typing?
    Ladybug Typing is a free browser typing game where you help a ladybug crawl along a garden vine by typing the letter on the next leaf. It works in any modern browser with a physical keyboard, with no download and no login.
    Which keys does Ladybug Typing practice?
    Level 1 uses F, J, D and K. Each level adds keys: A, S and L on level 2, G and H on level 3, E, I, R and U on level 4, the rest of the top row on level 5 and Z, X, C, V, B, N and M on level 6. Levels 7 and 8 switch to short garden words, and after that the Bonus Garden mixes four-letter and longer words.
    What happens if my child presses the wrong key?
    The leaf shakes and the game shows how many tries are left. Letters already typed in a word stay typed. After three wrong keys on the same leaf, the leaf drops, one heart is lost, and a new leaf grows in its place with a different letter.
    Is there a timer in Ladybug Typing?
    Only a gentle one. The leaf you need slowly turns brown and a small bar under the letter shrinks. On level 1 each letter gets about 9 seconds, and the time gets a little shorter as the levels go up. If the leaf wilts before you type it, you lose one of three hearts.
    What are the spots and flowers for?
    Some leaves have a green aphid on them. When the ladybug crawls onto that leaf it eats the aphid and fills one spot on its shell. Seven spots make a Lucky Ladybug and give back a lost heart. Every 10 leaves a flower blooms in the garden bed, and blooming all 8 flowers fills the garden.
    Do kids need to use capital letters or Shift?
    No. Letters are shown as capitals, the same way they appear on the keys, but the game accepts either case, so kids never need to hold Shift.
    Can a class play Ladybug Typing together?
    Yes. A teacher can pick Ladybug Typing in Class Race, and each student's leaf count feeds the live classroom board, with no student accounts.