Reinforces bad habits. Our 6 year old is trilingual but struggles mightily with reading English. We were hoping this app would help. But there’s no negative consequences for getting wrong answers, so she’s not reading or sounding anything out. She just guesses until she finds the right word. I highly recommend playing the game together […]
Reviews for Teach Your Monster to Read
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I like it! A few of the mini games have finicky controls and I’ve seen them glitch out (not making appropriate sounds). A good example is the the spaceship lifting blocks to make a letter tower mini-game. I like having this game on my phone for long car rides, my kids can play something educational. […]
It’s a wonderful phonics learning game. Our 4 year old started on it with virtually no knowledge of letters and has learned a fair bit from it (now halfway through game 2), while also enjoying it a lot. My only complaint is that the game progresses quickly between levels even if the player is not […]
It’s great to come across a game that’s British and my daughter (4) finds engaging. I love the idea of a monster on the mission, selecting prizes, the illustrations and personalising the monster… However I find it a little fast paced, 1 letter you select 1 game that they consolidate 3x (twice for the same […]
This app is amazing. After some abortive attempts at teaching my 5 year old to read at home, she started this game and is now playing it obsessively. It’s exactly at the right level for her. She knew letter sounds and was beginning to be able to recognise them in words, but only very occasionally […]
Both my kids (aged 4 and 7) love this game, and the price is very fair for what you get! My only complaint is that the adventure ends π You can keep playing by returning to planets on your own but my daughter lost interest in that. I wish there was another practice reading adventure, […]
I find that these games are too difficult for preschool children due to their speed and lack of instructions.
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?
My son is 4 at the time of this review. He’s been playing this game since he was about 2.5 almost 3 years old and we love it. Obviously at first he really didn’t understand how to play and just loved all the sounds and creating his monster. However, over time it really helped him […]
Absolutely amazing! My son got an account through school in Pre-K and he loved it from the start. The levels are simple, but challenging enough to keep his attention and really helped with recognition of letter sounds and sight words. It is fun and educational, which is so hard to find in a good kids […]
Amazing app. I definitely recommend it. Also, parents are able to go in and monitor their children’s progress on a pretty detailed level. The online “parent portal” made it easy for me to see what combination sounds my son was struggling with, so we could work on building those strengths while reading physical books. My […]
My son started playing this game when he was just learning to sound out words. It really was the catalyst to help him see how letters fit together to make sounds. He is at the end of first grade now, and reading at an early third grade level. He still enjoys playing the game, and […]
Paid for it less than 2 weeks ago and now they have it for free. Wheres my refund?We are disappointed with this one though Heard such great things & was let down a little. I do like the repetitiveness to teach the kids phonics & simplicity but it seems dated and not as engaging as […]
We love it. It’s a great sidekick to the Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons book (which we’ve used for three kids so far). However, whatever accent the narrator has makes it really tough for my 4yo to understand what sound they are asking for. It would be *immensely* improved by the […]
My son loves this game, however, it freezes quite frequently after completing the duck game and the rocket game, which causes him to throw the tablet across the room out of frustration. Also, the flower game speed is way too fast for him to follow and he gets upset when he cannot get the monster […]
My daughter enjoys the monsters and go thru the rehlms that are there. She is learning her site words, I in a way wish that as much as they move forward, they could also go back and redo some of the lessons. We want to reinforce those lessons. She is getting her sight words which […]
Kids LOVE it! It’s so fun to play my kids don’t realize they’re learning. It’s very kid friendly with easy controls and great graphics. They really like earning prizes for their monster. The mini games keep them engaged without burnout. It progresses smoothly so no big jumps in ability which helps keep the kids from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]