We’ll see if we can rectify this for the next version.Īlso, it’s worth pointing out that the game’s full title is “Teach Your Monster to Read: First Steps”, and is designed for 4-6 year olds. “a” as opposed to “p”) – we had tried to get all the sounds as even as possible but we maybe could do more in that area. It’s tricky as some of the sounds naturally are a lot clearer than others (e.g. Regarding some of the sounds being too soft – that’s a really interesting point and one we’ll definitely look into. I thought I’d just add a couple of comments which may clarify a couple of points you made: We really appreciate all feedback – we’re making a new game in September and so any comments and thoughts are really helpful. If you try it with your children, post here and let us know what you think.
It won’t really teach a child to read but it is free and it may help some children who need a bit more practice and need it in a novel format. It’s hard to find really excellent computer games and Teach Your Monster to Readis certainly not a bad one–but neither is it an outstanding one. Or maybe it’s just me!) Not a prob at home but if you had your whole classroom playing, this observation could lead to a bit of a class management struggle! And some child (read–boy) is probably going to point out to great hilarity all around that the monsters seem to “poop” their stars.The prizes were on the odd side–clothing pieces for your monster, oh-kay, but underwear? And I really have a thing against good as prizes even if it’s pretend molded jello.The routine and the activities were getting a bit repetitive. I didn’t work all the way through the game but I did make it to the second island.Many of the letters sounds demonstrated were too soft even though other sounds were plenty loud enough.If a child makes a mistake, the game allows him or her to repeat the activity until it is correct.
You can stop and start the game it will re-start you where you last stopped.Tasks are fairly intuitive if you have played any other computer games.Graphics and sounds are fun and colorful without being obnoxious or overwhelming.Each island king helps to repair a part of the space ship if the monster can find the king’s missing letters. Each player creates his or her own monster who crash lands his space ship in a land of islands. Kids who are drawn to learning on the computer will likely enjoy the game. It starts with individual letter sounds, first consonants, then vowels, and then blending into words. Teach Your Monster to Read is a free online game for beginning readers.