Kids 'n' Keys permits the player to make a limited number of errors as represented by the remaining umbrella and keyboard icons. The status bar below the play field shows the remaining umbrellas and keyboards . The player loses an umbrella from the status bar if a play field umbrella carrying a character disappears off the bottom of the play field. The player loses a keyboard from the status bar after pressing a character on the keyboard that does not correspond to one of the characters attached to an umbrella on the play field.  Kids 'n' Keys provides audible indications that the player has lost either a keyboard or an umbrella. The game ends if the player loses all the umbrellas or keyboards from the status bar. The player receives points for each umbrella converted to a rocket and loses points for losing an umbrella or keyboard.  Kids 'n' Keys has many play levels. The play level increases with the score. The difficulty of play increases with increasing level. Kids 'n' Keys has a Hall of Fame to record the ten best scores.