Teach Your Monster to Read Hack 5.0 + Redeem Codes
Learn to Read & Phonics Games
Developer: Teach Your Monster
Category: Education
Price: $8.99 (Download for free)
Version: 5.0
ID: com.teachyourmonstertoread.tm1
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Description
Teach Your Monster to Read is an award-winning phonics and reading game that’s helped millions of children learn to read.
• Parents have seen significant improvements in their children’s literacy within weeks.
• Teachers claim it’s a wonderful and captivating classroom tool that helps their students learn to read.
• Kids love making their monster and teaching it read. They learn through play.
Children create a monster and take it on a magical journey over three extensive games - meeting a host of colorful characters along the way and improving their reading skills as they progress.
• Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books.
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics and game designers.
• Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.
• Suitable for school and home use.
• Includes all 3 games! First Steps, Fun With Words and Champion Reader!
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.
The app is commonly used in preschool, primary school, kindergarten and first grade as an interactive teaching resource.
PART OF 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.
TOP FEATURES
• 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. Perfect for kids!
• Suitable for ages 3-6.
• Designed in collaboration with reading experts from Roehampton University.
• Available on iPad and iPhone.
REVIEWS FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS
"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
Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1121957.
• Parents have seen significant improvements in their children’s literacy within weeks.
• Teachers claim it’s a wonderful and captivating classroom tool that helps their students learn to read.
• Kids love making their monster and teaching it read. They learn through play.
Children create a monster and take it on a magical journey over three extensive games - meeting a host of colorful characters along the way and improving their reading skills as they progress.
• Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books.
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics and game designers.
• Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.
• Suitable for school and home use.
• Includes all 3 games! First Steps, Fun With Words and Champion Reader!
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.
The app is commonly used in preschool, primary school, kindergarten and first grade as an interactive teaching resource.
PART OF 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.
TOP FEATURES
• 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. Perfect for kids!
• Suitable for ages 3-6.
• Designed in collaboration with reading experts from Roehampton University.
• Available on iPad and iPhone.
REVIEWS FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS
"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
Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1121957.
Version history
5.0
2023-07-31
◆ The Sign Update
Presenting the Sign Update! We redesigned the sign-up page so that you can dive straight into your reading adventure and save your progress with ease. Patch notes for intrepid readers follow:
▸ Features
• Log in with your Teach Your Monster account
• New users can sign up inside the app
▸ Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to lose their progress.
• Solved an edge case that caused the game to crash in practice mode.
• Squished a bug that made it impossible to capture trickies.
• The settings menu should now display correctly on all devices.
We want to make this game as great as it can be, so please leave a review and let us know what you think; we read every one!
Presenting the Sign Update! We redesigned the sign-up page so that you can dive straight into your reading adventure and save your progress with ease. Patch notes for intrepid readers follow:
▸ Features
• Log in with your Teach Your Monster account
• New users can sign up inside the app
▸ Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to lose their progress.
• Solved an edge case that caused the game to crash in practice mode.
• Squished a bug that made it impossible to capture trickies.
• The settings menu should now display correctly on all devices.
We want to make this game as great as it can be, so please leave a review and let us know what you think; we read every one!
4.1
2020-11-03
PLAY THE NEW SPACE BLASTER MINIGAME!
• Play the brand new Space Blaster minigame, where you mine the asteroids for fuel to get home. Play this in Practice mode and let us know what you think!
• We’ve added the Lava minigame into the second game ‘Teach Your Monster to Read: Fun with words’
• We’ve also made some improvements including new launch and background screens, new VO and permitting special characters and hyphens for player names.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
• Play the brand new Space Blaster minigame, where you mine the asteroids for fuel to get home. Play this in Practice mode and let us know what you think!
• We’ve added the Lava minigame into the second game ‘Teach Your Monster to Read: Fun with words’
• We’ve also made some improvements including new launch and background screens, new VO and permitting special characters and hyphens for player names.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
4.0.5
2020-04-29
PLAY 2 NEW MINIGAMES!
• Play the brand new minigame where you rescue villagers. Kids love this minigame so much that we've made it the first minigame your monster runs into.
• Head over to 'Practice' mode to race against the duck professor in a jet pack!
• We've also made some bug fixes along the way including a fix for users reporting crashing within Practice mode and 10 Minute Adventure.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
• Play the brand new minigame where you rescue villagers. Kids love this minigame so much that we've made it the first minigame your monster runs into.
• Head over to 'Practice' mode to race against the duck professor in a jet pack!
• We've also made some bug fixes along the way including a fix for users reporting crashing within Practice mode and 10 Minute Adventure.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
4.0
2020-04-22
PLAY 2 NEW MINIGAMES!
• Play the brand new minigame where you rescue villagers. Kids love this minigame so much that we've made it the first minigame your monster runs into .
• Head over to 'Practice' mode to race against the duck professor in a jet pack!
• We've also made some small bug fixes along the way.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
• Play the brand new minigame where you rescue villagers. Kids love this minigame so much that we've made it the first minigame your monster runs into .
• Head over to 'Practice' mode to race against the duck professor in a jet pack!
• We've also made some small bug fixes along the way.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
3.9
2020-03-10
PLAY THE NEW MINIGAME - Can you free the villager from the naughty duck in our brand new minigame? Head over to Practice mode to play today!
ENJOY MAKING YOUR MONSTER - Are you having fun making monsters? The interface has been spruced up a little!
CHECK OUT THE IMPROVEMENTS - Playing on a smaller screen size? We've made GPCs, words and prizes bigger, so that they're easier to see. We've also made a few smaller improvements, fixed a few bugs and added a little music to our main menu.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
ENJOY MAKING YOUR MONSTER - Are you having fun making monsters? The interface has been spruced up a little!
CHECK OUT THE IMPROVEMENTS - Playing on a smaller screen size? We've made GPCs, words and prizes bigger, so that they're easier to see. We've also made a few smaller improvements, fixed a few bugs and added a little music to our main menu.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
3.8.2
2020-01-07
Small improvements to the app.
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
We want to make this game as great as it can possibly be, so please leave a review, we read every one!
3.8.1
2019-12-20
• A magical Christmas theme has been added! Get a special Santa costume prize in your monster's inventory.
• As voted by you, a new monster called Spike, is now available! Find Spike's monster parts when you make a monster or customise your monster.
• A help button has been added to the home screen to explain a few features.
• We've made the in-game shop appear more regularly so players can spend their hard-earned stars. Don't worry, there are still absolutely no in-app purchases (it's just for fun)!
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you'd like added to the game. We're a non-profit on a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
Please leave a review, we read every one!
• As voted by you, a new monster called Spike, is now available! Find Spike's monster parts when you make a monster or customise your monster.
• A help button has been added to the home screen to explain a few features.
• We've made the in-game shop appear more regularly so players can spend their hard-earned stars. Don't worry, there are still absolutely no in-app purchases (it's just for fun)!
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you'd like added to the game. We're a non-profit on a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
Please leave a review, we read every one!
3.8
2019-12-09
• A magical Christmas theme has been added! Get a special Santa costume prize in your monster's inventory.
• As voted by you, a new monster called Spike, is now available! Find Spike's monster parts when you make a monster or customise your monster.
• A help button has been added to the home screen to explain a few features.
• We've made the in-game shop appear more regularly so players can spend their hard-earned stars. Don't worry, there are still absolutely no in-app purchases (it's just for fun)!
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you'd like added to the game. We're a charity on a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
Please leave a review, we read every one!
• As voted by you, a new monster called Spike, is now available! Find Spike's monster parts when you make a monster or customise your monster.
• A help button has been added to the home screen to explain a few features.
• We've made the in-game shop appear more regularly so players can spend their hard-earned stars. Don't worry, there are still absolutely no in-app purchases (it's just for fun)!
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you'd like added to the game. We're a charity on a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
Please leave a review, we read every one!
3.7
2019-11-06
• As voted by you, a blue tentacled monster has made it's way into the game. You can find these monster body parts when you make a monster or customise your monster during gameplay.
• A thunder of dragons has flown in to our third game. These fire-breathers are spread across many planets, so watch out!
• A beautiful little animation has been added to the start screen, bringing warmth to the welcome.
• The buttons on the title screen are now bigger, making it easier to read them on small devices.
• The way the game exits when the app is closed has been improved. We've increased the time before the game goes back to the main menu, so you can continue where you left off if you've only exited the app for a few moments.
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you’d like added to the game. We are a charity with a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be. Please leave a review, we read every one!
• A thunder of dragons has flown in to our third game. These fire-breathers are spread across many planets, so watch out!
• A beautiful little animation has been added to the start screen, bringing warmth to the welcome.
• The buttons on the title screen are now bigger, making it easier to read them on small devices.
• The way the game exits when the app is closed has been improved. We've increased the time before the game goes back to the main menu, so you can continue where you left off if you've only exited the app for a few moments.
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you’d like added to the game. We are a charity with a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be. Please leave a review, we read every one!
3.6
2019-09-12
We've made some improvements based on your feedback. Please keep your reviews coming. We read every one!
• A glistening trophy icon will magically appear on your dashboard when you've achieved a new certificate!
• The way the game exits when the app is closed has been improved. It's now easier to continue where you left off if you've only exited the app for a few moments.
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you’d like added to the game, so please leave a review. We are a charity with a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
• A glistening trophy icon will magically appear on your dashboard when you've achieved a new certificate!
• The way the game exits when the app is closed has been improved. It's now easier to continue where you left off if you've only exited the app for a few moments.
• Small bugs have been blasted away!
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you’d like added to the game, so please leave a review. We are a charity with a mission to improve children's literacy, so we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
3.5
2019-06-11
We've made improvements for you. Keep your reviews coming!
• Collectable stars can now be transferred between games. Save them up or spend them in the shop!
• Words are now easier to hear! We know that there can be a whole load of background noise in the home or classroom whilst playing, so we've made the words louder and clearer.
• Help messages have been made a bit clearer and, well... more helpful
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you’d like added to the game, so please leave a review. As a charity with a mission to improve children's literacy, we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
• Collectable stars can now be transferred between games. Save them up or spend them in the shop!
• Words are now easier to hear! We know that there can be a whole load of background noise in the home or classroom whilst playing, so we've made the words louder and clearer.
• Help messages have been made a bit clearer and, well... more helpful
We love to read your success stories and we want to know what you’d like added to the game, so please leave a review. As a charity with a mission to improve children's literacy, we want to make this game as great as it can possibly be.
3.4
2019-04-26
Thanks to your feedback and reviews, we’ve made some additions to the app. We read and respond to every review so please keep them coming.
New things in this version:
The new certificates have been brought to life with animation.
The letter sounds have been made more audible.
Typos in the third game’s books have been corrected.
Bugs have been fixed, including one that was causing some users to experience ‘freezing’ at the end of minigames.
Let us know what you think and please leave a review. We love to hear your success stories and want to know what else you’d like us to add to the game.
New things in this version:
The new certificates have been brought to life with animation.
The letter sounds have been made more audible.
Typos in the third game’s books have been corrected.
Bugs have been fixed, including one that was causing some users to experience ‘freezing’ at the end of minigames.
Let us know what you think and please leave a review. We love to hear your success stories and want to know what else you’d like us to add to the game.
3.3
2019-02-21
Thanks to your wonderful feedback and reviews, we’ve made some exciting additions to the app. We read and respond to every review, so please keep them coming.
FUN NEW THINGS:
Dress your monster up as a princess, a superhero, a unicorn or a dinosaur!
Win snazzy new certificates for every game your monster completes.
You can now play practice mode with logged in monsters and we’ve also improved the interface to make it easier to jump into the game.
The popular running mini-game has been updated so it’s smoother to play.
There are more exciting prizes in the first game and the stars you collect are now carried across all three games.
Many small bugs have been fixed, including a multi-logout error, a keyboard bug when entering star codes and a proxy-related issue. We’ve also improved our error reporting in case of future ‘monsters in the system’.
Let us know what you think and please leave a review. We love to hear your success stories and want to know what else you’d like us to add to the game.
FUN NEW THINGS:
Dress your monster up as a princess, a superhero, a unicorn or a dinosaur!
Win snazzy new certificates for every game your monster completes.
You can now play practice mode with logged in monsters and we’ve also improved the interface to make it easier to jump into the game.
The popular running mini-game has been updated so it’s smoother to play.
There are more exciting prizes in the first game and the stars you collect are now carried across all three games.
Many small bugs have been fixed, including a multi-logout error, a keyboard bug when entering star codes and a proxy-related issue. We’ve also improved our error reporting in case of future ‘monsters in the system’.
Let us know what you think and please leave a review. We love to hear your success stories and want to know what else you’d like us to add to the game.
3.2
2018-07-02
2 brand new minigames added! Play Space Goblins and Beach Party - excellent for blending and segmenting. Available in Practice mode.
The Island Kings have been brought to life with a wealth of new animations and expressions.
Multiple players can now login simultaneously (in the login-mode).
Music volume has been lowered and phoneme files changed so that letter sounds are easier to hear.
Small bug fixes, gameplay and usability improvements.
The Island Kings have been brought to life with a wealth of new animations and expressions.
Multiple players can now login simultaneously (in the login-mode).
Music volume has been lowered and phoneme files changed so that letter sounds are easier to hear.
Small bug fixes, gameplay and usability improvements.
3.1
2017-06-28
NEW!
* Practice Mode including our brand new 10 Minute Adventure and Single Minigames
* 10 Minute Adventure: Choose letter sounds to practice in a fun and interactive new adventure mode
* Single Minigames: Choose a ‘letter sound matching’ or ‘blending and segmenting’ game with your chosen GPCs (Grapheme Phoneme Correspondences)
* Music volume controls in Settings to enable users to choose the balance between music and speech
IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES
* Switched the first game from sheep to ducks to avoid confusion with “s” letter sound and “sh-eep”
* Polished the interface – clearer images, texts and buttons to enhance the overall appearance
* New in-game music in some mini-games to add more variety and aid in the clarity of phonemes
* More intuitive controls for the UFO and submarine mini-games
* Added Progress Maps between levels in Fun With Words and between galaxies in Champion Reader
* Fixed a word sequence in Champion Reader
* Minor bug fixes including in monster shop and on maps
* Reduced memory load in Champion Reader
* Practice Mode including our brand new 10 Minute Adventure and Single Minigames
* 10 Minute Adventure: Choose letter sounds to practice in a fun and interactive new adventure mode
* Single Minigames: Choose a ‘letter sound matching’ or ‘blending and segmenting’ game with your chosen GPCs (Grapheme Phoneme Correspondences)
* Music volume controls in Settings to enable users to choose the balance between music and speech
IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES
* Switched the first game from sheep to ducks to avoid confusion with “s” letter sound and “sh-eep”
* Polished the interface – clearer images, texts and buttons to enhance the overall appearance
* New in-game music in some mini-games to add more variety and aid in the clarity of phonemes
* More intuitive controls for the UFO and submarine mini-games
* Added Progress Maps between levels in Fun With Words and between galaxies in Champion Reader
* Fixed a word sequence in Champion Reader
* Minor bug fixes including in monster shop and on maps
* Reduced memory load in Champion Reader
3.0.4
2017-04-01
Various bug fixes.
3.0.3
2017-03-13
- New! You can change your monster's appearance by tapping on it in the monster shop!
- Added an 'exit' button to log out of game (within the monster shop)
- Small bug fixes
- Any aspect ratios
- Improved full screen behaviour
- Improved memory use
- Added an 'exit' button to log out of game (within the monster shop)
- Small bug fixes
- Any aspect ratios
- Improved full screen behaviour
- Improved memory use
3.0
2016-10-26
Smartphone compatible
Better compatibility with school IT systems
Minor bug fixes
Better compatibility with school IT systems
Minor bug fixes
2.1
2016-08-24
Fixed a number of small bugs and issues.
2.0
2016-06-21
● Now connects to the online version of the game.
● Contains all three games: First Steps, Fun With Words and Champion Reader.
● Hours of game play in one app.
● Contains all three games: First Steps, Fun With Words and Champion Reader.
● Hours of game play in one app.
1.0.2
2014-07-17
Minor bug fixes.
1.0.1
2014-07-09
Minor bug fixes
1.0
2014-03-10
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Ratings
4.7 out of 5
9 761 Ratings
Reviews
True Colors,
Really helpful for a struggling reader
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.
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.
Emp Zog,
Effective and fun!
When my 4 year old daughter began using this game she loved it and didn't want to put it down. When she started she knew all the letters of her alphabet and many sounds. Within the first two months she was reading simple words (CVC). By the fourth month she was reading simple sentences. By 9 months she had completed finished all three levels of the game and could read proficiently at a 2nd grade level (about 550 lexile). I combined this game with Usborne Books & More's Very First Reading Set, which progresses using the same sounds/words as each part of the game.
The only downsides of this game are: as an American some of our pronunciations are different than how they are taught in the game (just a few words, but I enjoy hearing the accents of the narrator and characters), and single sounds/parts of the game cannot be focused on for further practice; the entire level has to be repeated. With my daughter I made up flash cards to practice her sounds and tricky words, but being able to select a letter/letter combination/word to repeat would be a nice feature. Overall, though, I give this game 5 stars for being FUN and very EFFECTIVE. I recommend this to everybody!
The only downsides of this game are: as an American some of our pronunciations are different than how they are taught in the game (just a few words, but I enjoy hearing the accents of the narrator and characters), and single sounds/parts of the game cannot be focused on for further practice; the entire level has to be repeated. With my daughter I made up flash cards to practice her sounds and tricky words, but being able to select a letter/letter combination/word to repeat would be a nice feature. Overall, though, I give this game 5 stars for being FUN and very EFFECTIVE. I recommend this to everybody!
NuMacUser,
Child wanted to play extra time
Just downloaded yesterday but my first grader loved it right away. One glitch for my ESL girl was figuring out how to get the “magnet machine tool”...do not know what it should be called ...to lift the blank sound blocks as visible clues are what she looks for first. Because she has had trouble hearing and recognizing initial letter sounds, the lack of a visual clue made her listen more closely which was good. After frustration about figuring out what action was needed, she happily went on to make progress. She was so excited, she wanted to use the app again today on her lunch break. Today her almost 5 year and sister whined for me to put it in my phone so she could do it also. If early excitement and learning continues, I will be happy. A couple of other apos that I have tried the younger sister on before have yielded a “no, I don’t want that!” response. So it clearly got both over the app avoidance test!
ChaneyAlexis,
Homeschool Mom Thrilled with App, but...
We have been using this app for a couple of weeks and we love it. My daughter struggles with reading, and her progress with TYMtR has been incredible. She enjoys all the games and is motivated to play. My only complaint is that the “Stat” feature is not working for her profile. On my account I made two student profiles one called “Mom” so I could test the app out to see if it was worth letting my daughter try it, and one in my daughter’s name. I have no problems accessing the Stats for the “Mom” profile, but for about a week, I have not been able to access my daughter’s stats. I would like to be able to use those stats to help her work on problem areas and to determine if she is progressing too fast through the levels. I emailed tech support, but was told that it may be a server issue with the influx of users and to try at different times of day, but no matter the day or time, the Stats are not available for my daughter’s profile but work fine on the other profile. Fixing this issue would make this app a solid 5 star review.
Lilliepad25,
Great for school and home!
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
Ashlicita,
My kids are in love!
This app is “almost” the perfect phonetics game!
Loves:
-My kids want to play it ALL the time.
-It had 3 levels so it adapts to each kids’ ability.
-It is fun, interactive, and very educational.
-My autistic (almost)4yr old is an early reader but late speaker, his pronunciation is getting better after just a few days.
-My 6yr old is now recognizing more blended letters when reading his homework. He was already one of the top readers in his class, he is now blowing me away by home much he is picking up in just a few days of playing.
Cons:
-The British accent is sometimes hard for my American kids to understand what they are being asked to do.
-The volume is not quite right. The main narrator and the music/sound effects are really loud if you want to actually hear the “word speakers”. Example: I the narrator says “to save the bear find the word”, and then someone else says “turn”. The person saying “turn” is so quiet that we have the tablet volume almost all the way up. Then it’s way too loud when the narrator speaks again.
-There are a few instances, in different games, where I wish you could touch letters and they would make the phonetic sound again for kids who have a hard time remembering their task.
Overall we are absolutely in love with this game and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a good phonetics game!
Loves:
-My kids want to play it ALL the time.
-It had 3 levels so it adapts to each kids’ ability.
-It is fun, interactive, and very educational.
-My autistic (almost)4yr old is an early reader but late speaker, his pronunciation is getting better after just a few days.
-My 6yr old is now recognizing more blended letters when reading his homework. He was already one of the top readers in his class, he is now blowing me away by home much he is picking up in just a few days of playing.
Cons:
-The British accent is sometimes hard for my American kids to understand what they are being asked to do.
-The volume is not quite right. The main narrator and the music/sound effects are really loud if you want to actually hear the “word speakers”. Example: I the narrator says “to save the bear find the word”, and then someone else says “turn”. The person saying “turn” is so quiet that we have the tablet volume almost all the way up. Then it’s way too loud when the narrator speaks again.
-There are a few instances, in different games, where I wish you could touch letters and they would make the phonetic sound again for kids who have a hard time remembering their task.
Overall we are absolutely in love with this game and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a good phonetics game!
Pregnant falsely,
Excellent
This has hands down been one of our best apps. My son is 4 and on the 3rd level/game. There are a few items I think could be tweaked....the running game....my son was too young to time jumps when it came along. You can just wait and eventually you will win. ><
There are constant updates and added content. The only thing I would like to see added is writing. A moveable alphabet to practice and writing with a stylus or finger. One comment on level 3, I notice my kid guessing a lot. He knows what parts he can “cheat”. He’s a little too smart. If you let kids progress when guessing the point won’t hit home. I know practice exists but I would love if he could see his scores on phonemes and go back to practice. This would also be great insight for our teacher. He is in a US Montessori school.
There are constant updates and added content. The only thing I would like to see added is writing. A moveable alphabet to practice and writing with a stylus or finger. One comment on level 3, I notice my kid guessing a lot. He knows what parts he can “cheat”. He’s a little too smart. If you let kids progress when guessing the point won’t hit home. I know practice exists but I would love if he could see his scores on phonemes and go back to practice. This would also be great insight for our teacher. He is in a US Montessori school.
12monthyearoldatheart,
I’m 15 and I learned a lot
Wow. That is the word I would use to describe this amazing game. I have played a lot of different games over my past years of living (My job is living so I do it quite a bit). The clothing outfits are fascinating. I love how you can dress up as whatever you want! The progression behind the game is great as well. The more activities you complete, the faster you can build your spaceship to get home. The plot is a little shaky though. You crash land on this planet and your ship explodes, yet you come out with no injuries what so ever. I think if the game showed a little blood and showed the children how to bandage and clean a wound, that would be a great survival skill to learn. You never know when your spaceship will crash land and you’ll be stuck on a planet with kings that have you learn letters to rebuild your ship. Overall, this game is a pretty good game but it could be better.
Smorkle,
5 year old loves it
My 5 year old loves designing her monster. Actually, she’s obsessed! She’s a bit addicted to playing so she can gather more stars to dress her monster up. She plays the game as if she’s secretly gotten away with doing something. I feel like in the 2 days she’s played, she’s learned lore about phonics and letter recognition than a whole year of being in school. I absolutely recommend this game for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
Side note, for those in the US, as other reviews have mentioned, some, maybe just a few, of the phonics are different sounding. When she comes across those, I let her know how different countries/places pronounce things differently and I try to help her find the correct letter and move on. Gives me a chance to review it with her.
Side note, for those in the US, as other reviews have mentioned, some, maybe just a few, of the phonics are different sounding. When she comes across those, I let her know how different countries/places pronounce things differently and I try to help her find the correct letter and move on. Gives me a chance to review it with her.
Carolpdx,
6-yr-old loves it
My granddaughter figured out how the game works faster than I did! She really loved it, and I saw a lot of progress both in beginning reading and in reading 3-digit numbers. She had come to believe, in school, because the curriculum marched on regardless of whether all the kids were getting it, that she couldn’t read. She just didn’t want to try. But playing the game she did pretty well. Not being on paper was part of it I think. Her eyeballs still seem to just bounce off paper text.
The sentences in the game get progressively longer, while the words are still about the same. As the sentences lengthened, the time she spent with it shortened. It would be nice to be able to choose levels, with variety, so that the learner could have some say in the challenge.
The game definitely has resulted in important progress.
The sentences in the game get progressively longer, while the words are still about the same. As the sentences lengthened, the time she spent with it shortened. It would be nice to be able to choose levels, with variety, so that the learner could have some say in the challenge.
The game definitely has resulted in important progress.
