Share your toddler’s keyboard smash
Twenty seconds of a baby discovering that every key does something is the most shareable thing on this site. Here is the format that works, a caption you can copy, and how to keep your child’s face out of it if you’d rather.
The three-step format
- Set up (5 seconds of screen). Open tottype.com in Chrome or Edge, close everything else, press Start. Show the fullscreen playground waiting.
- Smash (10–15 seconds). Hands on keys. Let the first press land on camera — the giant letter appearing is the moment. Confetti fires every 25 presses, and a bigger surprise every 50, if the smash keeps going.
- End on the report (5 seconds). Hold Esc to leave; the Smash Report appears with the score, the time and the chaos level. Let it be the last frame, or post its picture (below) alongside the clip.
The Smash Report as a picture
Under its numbers, the report can turn the session into a picture: a 1080 × 1350 PNG, the portrait size Instagram and Facebook feeds show uncropped. Save picture downloads it. Where your browser can share pictures (most phones and tablets, and some computers), Share picture opens the share sheet with it.
- Keys smashed, the minutes (or seconds) played and the chaos level.
- How many heroes your child met (summoned with a key or a tap), with up to three of them drawn. The favourite, the hero summoned most, wears a badge when it clearly leads. A session with no heroes in it counts letters and friends instead.
- The date, tottype.com and #TotType.
- Your child’s first name, only if you type it in: “Mia’s Smash Report”. Leave the box empty and the picture has no name on it.
The picture is drawn on your device, in the browser. We never receive it or the name you type; all we count is that a picture was shared or saved, and which of the two.
A caption to copy
My toddler's keyboard smash 🎹 — every key does something and nothing breaks. Free at tottype.com, no account. #TotType #toddlertyping #babykeyboardsmash
Swap in your own numbers from the report — “312 keys in 4 minutes, chaos level: Total chaos” travels further than any adjective.
Filming a child, honestly
You do not need a face in the clip. Hands, keyboard and screen carry the whole story, and the Smash Report shows nothing personal — a count, a duration, a chaos level, no name. Its picture carries a first name only if you type one in. If you do show your child, that is your call to make, and yours to change later; a clip you post today is still yours to delete.
Nothing about this page sends us your video. Tag it #TotType wherever you post so we can find it. If we ever feature clips on TotType, we will ask first, every time.
Questions
Do I have to show my child's face?
No, and many parents prefer not to. Hands-and-screen clips work just as well — the reaction people share is the screen answering the smash, and the Smash Report at the end. Film over the shoulder or from the side.
Which browser films best?
Chrome or Edge on a laptop, in fullscreen: the keyboard lock captures shortcuts like Ctrl+W, so a stray one does not cut the clip short (the Windows key and Cmd+Q still get through). On a phone or tablet, tap anywhere and the screen answers; hold three fingers for three seconds to end.
What is the Smash Report?
The card you see when you exit the playground after a real session: keys smashed, duration, pace, how many different letters and friends appeared, and a chaos level. It shows nothing personal, which makes it safe to post. It can also become a picture to save or share, with your child's first name on it only if you type one in.
Will you share my clip?
Tag it #TotType so we can find it. If we ever feature clips on the site we will ask first, every time, and never use a child's face without a parent's explicit yes.
Keep going
- Baby and toddler typing — the favourite key, the lock and the exit
- 41 learning games — for when the smash turns into letters
- The leaderboard — where kids compete
This page: https://tottype.com/share-your-smash