Teach Your Monster to Read

A Google user

6 years ago

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 to travel up the path when necessary. NOT GOOD! He is not coordinated enough to use a mouse on a computer yet, so that is not an option.

Mirella Serna

2 years ago

The game is great, definitely does what it's meant to do but the issue I'm having is the monster button/ redo button/ back out button placement. It's 100% frustrating for my child and myself to constantly hitting that button while in the middle of a game. As directions are being given the ginger slips and there we go to the monster editor, or my child is in the middle of a game and slip there we go back to the main menu. It's not helpful at all when trying to learn.

A Google user

5 years ago

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 getting frustrated. It's not timed so kids can work at their own pace until they've mastered a sound. Overall we LOVE Teach Your Monster to Read!

A Google user

6 years ago

Don't recommend app for US readers!!!!! This app is phenomenal, however it makes for an incredibly frustrated kindergartener from the US. The accent/ word/ letter sounds don't match up with US articulation. For example, "the" is pronounced "zuh" on the app. There are many other sounds and words that don't match up to how we pronounce in the states.

A Google user

5 years ago

Very good at engaging and entertaining my 5 year old son. He gets frustrated sometimes and doesn't understand a part or two, but eventually gets it (maybe with a wee bit of guidance). So far, the best phonics app I've found in his age group. My only critique is, how long it will capture his interest. 3 days, sure. He loves it. But most of the educational games these days are very repetitive and he opts to minecraft. We will see how long it keeps interest. So far, 5 stars easy. Buy it.

A Google user

6 years ago

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.

Deanna Howlett

2 years ago

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 child is now entering 2nd grade and is reading English fluently (including words he hasnt read before) so we are on the next game (Reading for Fun); we both absolutely love it!

Gina K

4 years ago

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 is very helpful. I would like to also see how we can improve the sounding out of words. sometimes the words aren't clear and it even confuses me. But overall, i would recommend this greatly for any parent. Its fun for both boys and girls and she still asks to play it. i try to get her to play at least once a week but some days she will spend 2 hours on it playing.

A Google user

6 years ago

this app started out great but it keeps freezing with a rainbow across the screen half the time. I've kept all apps cleared off when using this like suggested in another review, I've also restarted my phone twice. the only way to keep playing is to clear the app and reopen it, the music keeps playing if you don't. my four year old loves the game but is frustrated with the freezing.

Leslie Boston

3 years ago

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 option of American English.

Steve Brown

3 years ago

Exceptional app!! My son is on the spectrum and is mostly nonverbal. He loves this. He repeats the sounds, is able to associate the letters to the sounds. Has a little difficulty on getting the ducks in the lake (using a mouse on Android box). He almost has the order of letters to drop on the spaceship board. Repetition and a little help work great. Very pleased with his improvement over a short time. Impressed that backing out of the app doesn't lose progress. He gets extremely excited playing.

A Google user

6 years ago

Love the idea of this game/app however I have 2 big complaints. (Issue 1.) I keep changing my child's level back to 1, yet after a few minutes of playing the game automatically resets back into level 2 where she left off and is too difficult. Reset over 5 times and now I've given up. (Issue 2.) There isn't a "repeat" button. My child doesn't catch the directions perfectly every time and there isn't a button to have it repeat what it wants her to do so she ends up guessing or asking for help on EVERY SINGLE ACTIVITY.

A Google user

5 years ago

This is a great app that helps with learning/ becoming familiar with sounds and letters. There are different games to choose from to help with this. My only issue is that it states the word or sound one time and there is no where to click to hear it again if your child doesn't quite get it the first time. Also, it would be helpful if they would say what letter they are showing before saying the sound it makes. But, it's still very good, I just feel that these features will make it even better.

Holly

3 years ago

All three of my children absolutely love this app! They're used to playing it on a laptop at home. This makes it more convenient to be played anywhere we go. My oldest has eye teaming issues that make traditional learning to read programs difficult, my middle child has sensory issues that make traditional learning settings stressful, and my youngest can't sit still at all LOL. This game and app have made learning to read easier and enjoyable for all my children. They have a blast with it!

Big Boneded

3 years ago

My children (age 4 and 7) love this and ask to play it! Which is great. They are certainly learning as they do. I don't like that, after paying for it, I can't transfer the app to another device. If my child uninstalls it (one did), that's another $5 I must pay to put it back (I didn't/won't). It's not account based, it's per download

Happy Bubble

3 years ago

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.

Alyssa Smith

2 months ago

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.