Reviews
What you've been saying
We've had some fabulous comments about Teach Your Monster To Read. If you have anything you'd like to say, just email us at: feedback@teachyourmonstertoread.com
Thank you so much for your wonderful game. I'd tried every resource available to me, but my son had zero interest in learning to read. After playing on your site for two days he was focused and ready to start learning. He's already reading simple words and he's excited about reading!!
Alicia Lott (Parent)
My year one class love this reading game and are desperate to know if there will be more levels. It is the best game I've found for teaching sounds - and I've looked at a lot! Being able to play at their level and have consolidation for the sounds they get wrong is brilliant and means they can work independently without having to wait for me to assess and set the correct level. Fantastic!
Sandy Shepard (Teacher)
My son (almost 4) absolutely loves this game and it has made phonics fun and accessible - he simply isn't interested in traditional phonics games/activities. The island king and monster have really captured his imagination. Suddenly his reluctance has gone and he's sounding out his phonemes accurately and recognising them instantly (not bad for a lad suffering from glue ear!).
Tracy Halford (Parent and Teacher)
I would like to congratulate you on a brilliant piece of software. We have introduced this to our Early Years Foundation Stage Pupils who have totally taken to it and gone home and carried on playing there. If they have a choice of things to do on the computer, this is now their first choice. I have also introduced it to a class of Years Ones in ICT Club and they have chosen to play it all week. It is wonderful to stand back and watch them all engaged with the game and comparing their progress.
Congratulations on an excellent product. Can you do one for maths now?!!!!!
Mel Hall (School ICT Administrator)
I read about the website in the TES a few months ago and have only just got around to trying it with my 4 year old twins. They both loved it and it was hard to stop them at 4 games each!!! Thank you for this well made and motivating resource.
Becky Green (Teacher and Parent)
Thank you for this wonderful site! My students are
really enjoying it! We can't wait for Step Two.
Teri Pope (Teacher)
This is an amazing, beautifully made and entertaining site for young children to learn phonic sounds. Design a monster and take it on an adventure around a magic area to find the letter sounds and fix a spaceship. The storyline is good and the activities are educational and motivational.
Martin Burrett (Teacher and Educational Speaker)
All in all – we loved it and I can really see the potential for this in both mainstream classroom setting and for children with additional needs.
Jenny (Parent and Blogger)
My 5 year old son loved playing this and it was educational (without being too obvious). The graphics and sound were exceptionally good. Children these days are very lucky to have such learning tools. My son says “it is amazing!'"
Sue Press (Parent)
I can't recommend this highly enough, my boys love this! Even the ones that can already read enjoy it.
Samantha Tancock (Parent)
I just introduced my kids to your game today, and my son is already addicted. Which is wonderful because he's having a hard time with reading! Hurray!
Amy (Parent)
This website is truly a gem. I love it and so do my students
Jennifer Jones (Teacher)
This is such a gem you will scarcely believe it is free! If you teach infants or children in the first stages of learning to read, sign them up straight away and watch them have a ball while teaching their monster to read. As well as recognising letters and sounds, the game teaches children to blend and segment. Synthetic phonics in an engaging, fun and progressive game... and completely free!
sites4primary (Educational Resource Website)
Teach Your Monster to Read raises the bar for those producing learning games. Even though games have increased in their quality and scope throughout the last few years, teachers have often had to shoe-horn ideas from off the shelf titles.
This game is deeply rich in its design, classic in gameplay, and importantly designed with the learner at the centre.
It offers a brand new approach to educational game development - drawing expertise together from a multidisciplinary team and it shows it the depth of quality in the game. As a primary teacher I was always left with a nagging doubt about one facet of games I was using. If it wasn’t the gameplay, the design and production quality was limited or indeed the learning value was fleeting.
With Teach Your Monster to Read we have a game that breaks that mould and delivers on every level.
Tom Barrett (ex teacher, now consultant in ICT & Education (www.notosh.com) )
(Tom worked with us in the final stages of the project to make sure our back end systems worked well for teachers, and also to advise on our marketing strategy.)
