4.0
Teach Your Monster
4.0
Publisher Country
US
Country Release Date
2016-06-21
Content Rating
Everyone
Country / Regions
US
Teach Your Monster to Read is the award-winning, phonics and reading game for kids. Enjoyed by over 30 million worldwide, Teach Your Monster to Read is a truly ground-breaking kids reading app that makes learning to read fun for little ones aged between 3-6.
Kids create their own unique monster to take on a magical journey across three reading games, encouraging them to learn to read by improving their skills as they progress while meeting a host of colourful characters along the way. The app also contains a host of minigames, which help children to develop speed and phonics accuracy.
Games 1, 2 and 3
1. First Steps – for children starting to learn phonics through letters and sounds
2. Fun With Words – for children who are confident with early letter-sound combinations and are starting to read sentences
3. Champion Reader – for children who are confidently reading short sentences and know all of the basic letter-sound combinations
Developed in collaboration with leading academics at the UK’s University of Roehampton,
Teach Your Monster to Read offers a rigorous program that works with any phonics scheme, making it perfect for use in school or at home.
Why Teach Your Monster to Read?
• Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books
• Covers everything from phonics to reading full sentences
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics to compliment programs used in schools
• Teachers claim it’s a wonderful and captivating classroom tool that helps their students learn to read
• Parents have seen significant improvements in their children’s literacy within weeks
• Kids love learning through play
• There are no in-app purchases, hidden costs or in-game adverts
PROCEEDS GO TO THE USBORNE FOUNDATION CHARITY
Teach Your Monster to Read has been created by Teach Monster Games Ltd. which is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation. The Usborne Foundation is a charity founded by children’s publisher, Peter Usborne MBE. Harnessing research, design and technology, we create playful media addressing issues from literacy to health. Funds raised from the game go back into the charity, to help us become sustainable and build new projects.
Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales (1121957)
By Happy Bubble
2021-08-31
Version 4.1
I've used this app on PC many years and recently on the phone. It's great, but there are some difficulties in understanding the different accent for American kids. Especially if your student has a speech impediment or difficulty with R's as this is a British and Phonics based program. I will also say by level 3, Champion Readers, the sound quality seems to need fixed a little. Most of the voices cannot be heard well (on pc) except for the male who says to watch out for the monsters and such. His audio is overwhelming loud where as the female voices are too soft, but that's just on PC for the 3rd level. He now enjoys reading, after using this program for 3 years, in addition to others. Aside from the audio issue for PC users, I've noticed suddenly the pc version is very laggy. Consistently. So we moved to the app and that seemed to fix it. Though our pc is designed specifically for video gaming, the browser based program is just too laggy. His favorite activity has been grabbing 2 balloons to unlock a gate, and then seeing how far he can carry them past the gate. He loves the art work, and gets distracted by it often. Not a complaint.
By A Google user
2019-01-19
Version 3.2.2
My four year old loves this game. I assume she must be more than half way through it at this point and it is definitely improving her reading skills. It gives her confidence. my only complaints are: the narrator is not loud enough even when my phone is on high and an option for a narrator with an American accent would be good as she sometimes doesn't know what word they're saying. Overall VERY engaging and worth the $5 one time fee. Better than ABC Mouse in my opinion.
By Brittany Koontz
2025-01-11
Version 5.2
Teach your monster to read is one of my favorite learning apps! My kids used to love it and learn a lot from it. I wish i could give it 5 stars, but there are so many cons. The pros of the app don't even make it worth it anymore. To begin, I have a teacher account, and my students can't even get on and play the apps anymore. The app keeps closing down as soon as you put your birth year in. And now you have to pay for each app 😒, which I did and still won't work. Disappointed is all I can say.
