TykeWriter is a word processing program intended for children who arelearning to read and write. It is trivial to learn and use. TykeWritercan be used without the keyboard, using only the mouse and on-screenalphabet. This makes the child task of learning to write much simpler. The child is no longer confused and distracted by having to look downat the keyboard to find each character's hiding spot. Also, the childis presented with only the features that they are likely to use. As thechild develops, new features can be added by changing the level settingfor that child.