Teach Your Monster to Read

What Teach Your Monster to Read is

Teach Your Monster to Read is a phonics and reading game for children aged 3–6, available on web, iOS and Android. Its three stages address early letter sounds, blending and segmenting, tricky words, sentence reading, comprehension and short books. The game is designed to complement school phonics programmes, and adults can set a child’s level to suit their abilities. A progress tracker shows reading development and highlights stronger and weaker graphemes. Practice Mode lets adults create flashcard sessions and use blending and segmenting mini games. Teachers can access phonics resources, guides, literacy activities, certificates, display materials and songs. Parents, guardians and teachers create student accounts and can track performance; students cannot create their own accounts, and the maker says it does not request or hold student email addresses. Website play on computers and laptops is free. Offline access, a parent dashboard and printable activities are listed. The maker says the app is moving from a one-time purchase to a subscription model and points users to app stores for current prices.