Space Race
A free typing game for kids, with free classes for teachers. Students join with a class code and race a space passage at their reading level, and you see every student's speed, accuracy and the keys they miss.
- Free
- Typing game
- Grades 3–12
- Classes and join codes
- Teacher dashboard
- No ads
A typing game kids love, with a class view teachers can use
Teachers asked for an ad free way to practice typing that they could actually track. Set up a class in about 30 seconds, put the join code on the board, and students race short passages about space at their grade's reading level. Every race starts with both hands on the home row: students tap F, J and Space together to launch. You see the whole class on one dashboard: who practiced, how fast each student types, how accurate they are and which keys they miss.
How Space Race works in class
Set up your class
Click I'm a teacher, name the class, pick the grade and paste your roster, one name per line. Space Race keeps first names and last initials only, and gives the class a join code.
Share the join code
Show the code on the projector, or share it as a link, a QR code or a join card picture sized for Google Slides, Google Docs or Canva.
Students join and race
Students go to flintk12.com/spacerace, tap I'm a student, type the code and tap their name. Their progress follows them to any computer, so shared Chromebook carts work.
Watch the class dashboard
Every student docks as a ship with their average speed, best, accuracy, minutes this week and a six week trend. Needs a hand and Most improved lists show who to check on first.
What's in Space Race
A dashboard built for class
Click any ship to see that student's missed keys on a keyboard, their last 10 races and a plain tip, like slowing down when accuracy drops. The tips are simple rules, with no AI. Switch to a sortable list when you want the numbers side by side.
A race that feels fast
The faster a student types, the faster the stars stream past. Twenty correct keys in a row light the afterburner, passing a ship pops up on screen, and every race ends with a landing and a podium. Turning on reduce motion on the device keeps the calm version.
Stardust points unlock backgrounds and ships
Every correct word earns Stardust, and accuracy multiplies it: 1.5 times at 90%, 2 times at 95% and 3 times at 100%. Stardust opens 11 more race backgrounds, from the Moon to the Galaxy core, and 5 more ships on top of the 3 free ones. In a class, a student's Stardust and ships follow them to any computer.
Played from the keyboard
Students keep their hands on the keys from the first race to the last. In a class, the cursor waits for the right key, so accuracy comes first. Warps let a student skip two hard words a race.
- Enter
- Race, or race again
- FJSpace
- Launch
- Space
- Finish a word
- Enter
- Warp past a hard word, in a race
- Esc
- Back to Home
Built for typing practice in class
- 250 passages about space, 25 for each grade from 3 to 12, with every fact checked against a NASA page.
- Passages get longer as the grades go up, so a race takes about a minute at any grade.
- Two pace ships fly a little slower and a little faster than the student's average over their last 5 races, so the race stays close.
- A teacher's computer opens on Select a period, so each class's dashboard and join code are one click away.
- Races finished without internet wait on the device and send when it reconnects.
- Calm space music plays on Home, the sound effects are calm too, and a speaker button turns all sound on or off.
- Students can still play on their own, with no class, from Just play on my own.
No ads, no student accounts, no AI
Space Race is ad free and has no student accounts or emails. For a class, it stores each student's first name and last initial and their race results, nothing else, and only the teacher can see the dashboard. Teachers can remove a student or delete a class at any time, and classes with no races for 12 months are deleted automatically. Students who play on their own keep everything in the browser on that computer.
Space Race questions
What is Space Race?
A free typing game for kids in grades 3 to 12, with free classes for teachers. Students race short space passages written at their grade's reading level, and teachers see each student's progress on a class dashboard.
Is it free?
Yes. There are no ads, and classes are free too.
How do I set up a class?
Go to flintk12.com/spacerace and click I'm a teacher. Name the class, pick the grade and paste your roster, one name per line. You get a join code, a QR code and a join card right away.
How do students join?
They go to flintk12.com/spacerace, tap I'm a student, type the class code and tap their name. A join link or QR code skips straight to the names.
Do students need accounts or emails?
No. Students tap their name from your roster. Space Race keeps only first names and last initials.
What does the dashboard show?
Each student's average and best speed, accuracy, minutes practiced this week, a six week trend and the keys they miss most, plus who needs a hand and who improved most this week.
Can I change my class later?
Yes. Edit class lets you rename the class, change the grade, rename, add or remove students, or delete the class.
How do I get back to my class on another computer?
When you set up a class, save your private teacher link: open it on any computer to bring the class there. Keep it to yourself, since anyone with it can see and edit the class.
Does Space Race use AI?
No. The dashboard's flags and tips are simple, fixed rules, and student data never goes to an AI service.
How does it help with hand placement?
Every race starts with F, J and Space tapped together, so students launch with their index fingers on the home row keys and a thumb on Space.
Can I try it before setting up a class?
Yes. Click I'm a teacher, then Try a race first, or pick Just play on my own.
Tell us what your class thinks
Send an idea, a bug or a space topic your students want to type next. Every message goes to the Flint team that built Space Race.
