Teach Your Monster to Read
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $6.99 | Teach Your Monster Ltd. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
● Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books.
● Designed in collaboration with leading academics.
● Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.
● Suitable for school and home use.
● Now includes all 3 games!
Children create a monster and take it on a magical journey over three extensive games - meeting a host of colourful characters along the way and improving their reading skills as they progress.
The game is rigorous and works with any phonics scheme so it’s perfect for use in school and at home. It’s developed in collaboration with leading academics at the University of Roehampton.
Features:
● Suitable for ages 3-6.
● Designed in collaboration with reading experts from Roehampton University.
● Complements Phases 2-5 of UK Government-approved Letters and Sounds and other major systematic synthetic phonics programmes.
● Absolutely no in-app purchases, hidden costs or in-game adverts.
● Available on iPad and iPhone.
Reviews of the online game:
This game is the absolute best quality phonics game I have come across for educational and fun value.
Marie Lewis, Rochdale
“My class have reaped loads of benefits from using the programme and the difference in some of their reading skills has been dramatic.
Maria Andrews, Foundation Phase Teacher
This is a fabulous game. I'm not kidding when I say that my daughter essentially learned all her letter sounds using First steps, with relatively minimal input from me! Great for parents to practise their letter sounds too.
Eleanor Jones
Reviews
my nine-year-old daughter
avarfgfg
She has trouble spelling and she hasn’t put it down since she started. I recommend it.
I’m 10 and I love it.
Bob Steine
Hi so when I was in first grade I did this with my teacher and it really helped me and then by the time I was nine I was a homeschooler and I was looking through the App Store and I saw this app and omg I was so happy so I got it and played it ofc I had to start at the beginning and then when I was ten ( rn ). I found the app and started playing it again so I rlly recommend it
Fun and engaging
kdenny01
My daughter enjoys it. We use it to enhance our homeschool routine. I love being the fun dad letting my daughter play games (while she’s actually learning) She laughs and at times gets frustrated. But she asks to play it on bus rides and stuff. Way better than YouTube!
Two thumbs up!!
knowerof@llthingz7
My 7 year old son loves playing this game! It also gives us another way to spend quality time together doing something we both really enjoy...
Wow!
Addicted to a Point
We have played 15 minutes per day for 4 days now, and my daughter has gone from reading 2 letter words to reading tricky words and 4 letter words with consonant blends. Amazing! And it makes it even easier because she absolutely loves to play!
Letter sounds mixed up, confusing child
Jules7640
Game is fun for my four year old, but I have found so many errors with sounds and letters mixed up, it often leaves him confused. They really need to do some QA on this!
Great for school and home!
Lilliepad25
I am special education teacher and mother. My kids at home school love this app. It’s fun, academic and truly free. The game is centered on each child’s needs and does not progress until they have mastered a skill. Even when they’re slow to master a skill game doesn’t get boring or less challenging he continues to push the child in different ways the kids get prizes to decorate their monster for finishing challenges in the game. This game is not just for the lower level kids but for upper level elementary too. My daughter is in third fourth and fifth enjoy it for the reading comprehension and center structure. It has a great little Cavaleri and reinforces what your teachers are teaching. It’s colorful bright and I have yet to have any bug issues with his app. I use it on the computer on my whiteboard and also on my Apple products
Really helpful for a struggling reader
True Colors
I’m not generally a fan of app based learning, but have been COVID schooling a kinder student who struggles majorly with the rudiments of reading, like letter sounds and blending. This app has turned reading from a frustrating subject to his favorite subject. He only plays for 10-15 minutes a day, as a supplement to our usual phonics lessons, but he has improved in every area by leaps and bounds, easily reading through simple books that would’ve been a slow, frustrating process to get through before. He is very motivated by earning prizes for his monster, and loves to show me all the monster accessories, letter sounds, and now “trickies” (sight words) he’s collected. The game has just enough intuitive feedback that he can figure it out almost entirely on his own, but not so much that it encourages guessing. My only complaint is that it does not automatically keep the player from progressing to harder material without mastery. As long as the child has done all the activities in level 1, even if he is still struggling and making a lot of errors in some places, the game will still move on to level 2. Overall, a great way to get struggling readers motivated, and build confidence.
Fun and Engaging
thub36
We have tried several reading apps and this one is the only one my son has actually ASKED to play. It’s fun and engaging while also reinforcing key reading sounds and skills he is learning at school. It’s a good tool when he gets tired of “homework”.
