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The kids phonics and reading app that's helped millions of kids learn to read
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)
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Bug fixes, small updates for the latest OS, and now new users will sign up before jumping in - this helps us protect your progress, offer cross-device play, and give better support if you need it. A few other small improvements too. Love the game? Please leave a review — we read them all!
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I purchased this app for 12 but it is super buggy. My 4-year-old was playing one of the games with sounding out the letters but it kept telling him his answers were incorrect even though they weren't
- kirstie b · v5.4
easy
- Harvey McGinn
Rating this as 2 stars for moving to a subscription model. Should have created a new app instead of updating the current app.
- Roel Palloj
DO NOT BUY The product is moving to a subscription model and you will lose your money. Just got an email about this. It's an absolutely wonderful program, and I've bought it multiple times on multiple devices but in 45 days all of that money goes in the garbage.
- Patrick S · v5.4
After paying for the game, this developer force switches paid users into a subscription model. They should have released their subscription game as a distinct, separate product instead of screwing paid customers. They have excuses for their bad behavior, justifying it with "but now it's free for schools!" (but they're hoping kids will play at school and bug their parents to download the game and until they pay for the outlandish subscription at home). Don't download, don't buy, don't pay.
- David Millet · v5.4
don't buy this app! they are changing the rules and their app and even though you purchase you won't be able to access what you've purchased once the new app is launched. dishonesty will get you no where.
- Heidi Currey · v5.4
disable auto update. this one time purchase will become a subscription when they release their "new version"
- Jeriel Lopez · v5.4
DO NOT BUY - LICENSE IS CHANGING SOON I bought the application for my child and am finding out that the license is changing soon. Per their email: If you previously purchased the Teach Your Monster to Read app through an app store, the version you purchased will no longer be available to play once the new version goes live on that app store.
- Joshua White · v5.4
App is great but being discontinued, if you intend to get this app don't. it will be discontinued very soon to turn into a subscription service instead. company is great and hope they are reasonable for future users with the subscription costs.
- Jesse A · v5.4
wont be able to access what I paid for. a different game with a different monetisation model should be released as a different app. why you'd do it this way I couldn't possibly imagine. I'll just have to be careful not to update this app forever, where updating is something I do automatically for every other app I've ever used.
- Christopher Heard (Alma Grande) · v5.4
Do NOT buy for $9!!! They're moving to a subscription-based system, and old consumers have no say in the matter. Edit: If I can continue to use the old version, then how come your email says "If you previously purchased the Teach Your Monster to Read app through an app store, the version you purchased will no longer be available to play once the new version goes live on that app store."???
- Jordan Sells
Just received an email that the developers are moving to a subscription based service and the paid full version will be removed. The last thing this world needs is more subscriptions especially for a children's game. If they absolutely HAVE to go to a subscription service, I think paid users should have the option to keep the older game version or get grandfathered in somehow rather than being milked for more money. The focus should remain on education not greed.
- Dustin Forbush · v5.4
Switching to subscription based model is a mistake.
- Joshua Townsend
great for kids
- not bob · v5.4
Great app! I used it for my oldest when he was younger& now I use it for his little brother. They both love it& so do I. Very cute, educational& fun!
- Devina Sarmiento · v5.4
Not a great first experience. The first question "enter your year of birth" - I enter my child's date of birth, but then the field to enter DOB resets. Not really sure what to do as the app is for children and I entered their year of birth, I'm guessing for tailored content. Not great from a £9 app. I currently can't use the app
- Darryl Edwards · v5.4
One of the first games with the sounds and the pillar of 4 letters just doesn't make sense. Kills the whole app right when it should be taking off.
- Miranda Boyd · v5.4
I find that these games are too difficult for preschool children due to their speed and lack of instructions.
- Dawna Stirrup · v5.4
It's not free anymore! My autistic 12-year daughter wants to play it but now you have to log in. I wish it was free again. No, I'm not referring to the game's price, I bought it already, but the log in feature is so annoying! Can you remove that in the next update please?
- Erin Bridges · v5.4
Great for lering
- Craig Mutch · v5.4
very nostalgic game
- J Beacham
repetive and boring
- Hannah Crowley · v5.3.3
Even though I haven't played this for years, I really recommend it to your child. I used to use it when I was younger and it taught me really good. 👍
- Mila Gilliam · v4.1
This is the only app I would ever recommend. Perfectly helped my son to read so that he started school all reading full sentences and what he learned at school (in England).
- Aidan Watson · v5.3.3
Would be a good game, but why show the famous flag colours (very similar) every time a task is completed correctly, which is about every 30 seconds?
- Matas Paulikas · v5.3.3
I downloaded this because it was in the language learning section, and I love the art style. I was hoping it would be multilingual because learning language through games is much easier for me than basic memorization of flash cards and words. I'd love to see other languages as an option in the future, and I look forward to teaching my monster to read, because I'm still going to play this as an adult.
- Alyssa Smith · v5.3.3
Paid for this and now it isn't compatible with my childs tablet anymore. No refund and lost all her progress!
- Julia Snowden · v5.3.3
Edited: I did like this game for helping my kid to learn reading, they were into it. Now they fixed the login so I'm updating my review. Original review: The custom keyboard is so bad I gave up and uninstalled the app. Please let me use a password manager and an accessible keyboard
- Kyle Maxwell · v5.3.1
Great game for early readers, and reasonably priced. Thank you. My son is 4.5 in pre-k and starting to read thanks to only letting him play learning games on his tablet like this.
- Sarah Grosh · v5.3.1
App keeps freezing and closes on me.
- MountainMom17 H · v5.3.1
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.
- Brittany Koontz · v5.2
He want me to sign in or login to teach your monster i decided to sign in but i forget the password and i put my email and press reset password and it says email not found
- murad nashawati · v5.1
Th is not pronounced mmmm.
- K M
Unusable. I signed up, paid, every time I try to sign in it just says "an error occurred." Never been able to use it
- BL · v5.2
Fantastic game to make phonics fun and interactive! I always recommend it to the parents of my reception class. It's a huge hit!
- Emily Bottomley · v5.2
Please can you help me the keyboard and it recently turn yellow and omg! Why my primary school just have this game recently yay! 😊😄
- Hui Ryan · v5.2
My kids love this game, no matter the age!
- Jana C. · v5.2
Childhood game, i had many memories with this, Love this!
- Ever Mangahas
My 5 year old loves this app
- Jacinta McCaffrey · v5.2
5 stars.....
- Mario Morris Gaudet · v5.2
First time playing this game with my boys (3&5) and I think it's just fantastic. The boys were both engaged and the levels were perfect for where the level they're at. My youngest went first with his monster and everytime he got it right he'd say yes and fist pump and his brother kept asking for a turn. He had his turn and it was more tricky and definitely challenged him but exactly where he's up to with his sounds and reading but he was so engaged and was so proud when he completed first planet
- Paige Paterson · v5.2
Great game for kids.
- Jyoti Kumari
MY DAUGHTERS OBSESSED AND LOVES IT GREAT GAME TO TEACH!
- Olivia Zapala · v5.2
Love this game!!!
- Dori B. · v5.2
I love it but it's too addictive and a lot of things going on for the children's age
- random human · v5.2
Entertaining and educational good for kids
- Revo D. Palmaira
₹890 🥱
- Shaikh Mujahid · v5.2
My four year old grandson loves playing with this on my phone and seems to be learning phonic sounds. Edit: my grandson is now six, and he still loves Teach Your Monster to read!
- Judy Paladino · v5.2
Love this game for my child.
- Christina Cochran · v5.2
Not great for kids who already have some phonics knowledge. I was hoping to find an app to help my son practice and strengthen his reading, but the 2nd level was too easy for him and the 3rd level too advanced. A placement test like in reading eggs would have helped tailor the levels. He also was frustrated that he couldn't always catch all the stars when he finished a level. It might be better for very young kids who don't have any formal schooling yet.
- Jenn Leson · v5.2
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