Teach Your Monster to Read
Learn to Read & Phonics Games
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5.2for iPhone, iPad and more
9.1
2K+ Ratings
Teach Your Monster
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131.1 MB
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Mar 11, 2024
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#18
in Education
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About Teach Your Monster to Read
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.
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.2
Last updated on Mar 11, 2024
Old Versions
We've improved the experience for new and existing users to get into the action!
We've also added links to help curious minds discover other great Teach Your Monster games, and improved our insights so we can help more people use the game.
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!
We've also added links to help curious minds discover other great Teach Your Monster games, and improved our insights so we can help more people use the game.
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!
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Version History
5.2
Mar 11, 2024
We've improved the experience for new and existing users to get into the action!
We've also added links to help curious minds discover other great Teach Your Monster games, and improved our insights so we can help more people use the game.
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!
We've also added links to help curious minds discover other great Teach Your Monster games, and improved our insights so we can help more people use the game.
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!
5.1
Feb 13, 2024
We've improved the experience for new and existing users to get into the action!
We've also added links to help curious minds discover other great Teach Your Monster games.
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!
We've also added links to help curious minds discover other great Teach Your Monster games.
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!
5.0
Jul 31, 2023
◆ 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
Nov 3, 2020
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
Apr 29, 2020
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
Apr 22, 2020
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
Mar 10, 2020
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
Jan 7, 2020
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
Dec 20, 2019
• 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
Dec 9, 2019
• 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
Nov 6, 2019
• 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
Sep 12, 2019
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
Jun 11, 2019
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
Apr 26, 2019
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
Feb 21, 2019
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
Jul 2, 2018
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
Jun 28, 2017
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
Apr 1, 2017
Various bug fixes.
3.0.3
Mar 13, 2017
- 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
Oct 26, 2016
Smartphone compatible
Better compatibility with school IT systems
Minor bug fixes
Better compatibility with school IT systems
Minor bug fixes
2.1
Aug 24, 2016
Fixed a number of small bugs and issues.
2.0
Jun 21, 2016
● 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
Jul 17, 2014
Minor bug fixes.
1.0.1
Jul 9, 2014
Minor bug fixes
1.0
Mar 10, 2014
Teach Your Monster to Read Price
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$8.99
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Free
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Teach Your Monster to Read FAQ
Teach Your Monster to Read is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
China
Teach Your Monster to Read supports English
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Teach Your Monster to Read.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
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