Teach Your Monster to Read

4.3
3.9K reviews
1M+
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Teacher Approved
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this game

Teach Your Monster to Read is the award-winning, phonics and reading game for kids. Enjoyed by over 30 million worldwide, Teach Your Monster to Read is a truly ground-breaking kids reading app that makes learning to read fun for little ones aged between 3-6.

Kids create their own unique monster to take on a magical journey across three reading games, encouraging them to learn to read by improving their skills as they progress while meeting a host of colourful characters along the way. The app also contains a host of minigames, which help children to develop speed and phonics accuracy.

Games 1, 2 and 3
1. First Steps – for children starting to learn phonics through letters and sounds
2. Fun With Words – for children who are confident with early letter-sound combinations and are starting to read sentences
3. Champion Reader – for children who are confidently reading short sentences and know all of the basic letter-sound combinations

Developed in collaboration with leading academics at the UK’s University of Roehampton,
Teach Your Monster to Read offers a rigorous program that works with any phonics scheme, making it perfect for use in school or at home.

Why Teach Your Monster to Read?

• Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books
• Covers everything from phonics to reading full sentences
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics to compliment programs used in schools
• Teachers claim it’s a wonderful and captivating classroom tool that helps their students learn to read
• Parents have seen significant improvements in their children’s literacy within weeks
• Kids love learning through play
• There are no in-app purchases, hidden costs or in-game adverts

PROCEEDS GO TO 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. Funds raised from the game go back into the charity, to help us become sustainable and build new projects.

Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales (1121957)
Updated on
Mar 7, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

4.2
2.92K reviews
Paige Paterson
September 23, 2024
First time playing this game with my boys (3&5) and I think it's just fantastic. The boys were both engaged and the levels were perfect for where the level they're at. My youngest went first with his monster and everytime he got it right he'd say yes and fist pump and his brother kept asking for a turn. He had his turn and it was more tricky and definitely challenged him but exactly where he's up to with his sounds and reading but he was so engaged and was so proud when he completed first planet
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Teach Your Monster
October 17, 2024
Thank you so much for your wonderful 5-star review! 🌟 It’s amazing to hear how engaged your boys were with the game! 😊 We’re so happy to be a part of their reading journey, and it’s fantastic to hear both boys are building their skills and confidence. Keep up the great work, and enjoy the adventure ahead with their monsters! 🚀📚
Happy Bubble
August 31, 2021
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.
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Teach Your Monster
September 7, 2021
Hi there, We’re glad to hear that your child is enjoying teaching their monster to read! We just love hearing how we’ve helped get children learning through phonics! Thank you for your opinions on how you would change or update the game for the better, we'll take these into account when we update the game next. Have a wonderful day. Thanks
A Google user
April 25, 2019
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.
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Teach Your Monster
May 7, 2019
Edit - We've just released a fix. Please can you check? Hi Kristin, we've been working hard on resolving this freezing issue that some users are experiencing, and we will have the fix live very soon. We're really sorry that this is happening. It is just a small number of users who are getting this, but we're working all-out to get it fixed...