Teach Monster: Reading for Fun

From the makers of award winning Teach your Monster to Read comes a new game that helps children develop a love of reading. Take your monster to explore a magical village full of fascinating facts and spellbinding stories. The latest in the series from Teach Your Monster, ‘Reading for Fun’ is designed with experts from Roehampton University to get kids reading more, boost their confidence and inspire a lifelong love of reading. Customise your monster with hundreds of items, make friends with colourful characters and collect over 70 brilliant free ebooks (from Usborne, Okido and more) to add to your monster’s bookshelf. The game encourages children of all ages to read for pleasure, helping them build empathy by putting themselves in different characters' shoes. Perfect to play at home or school, alongside Teach Your Monster to Read 1,2,3 or on its own. Every interaction involves reading, from following signposts and checking the village noticeboard to reading aloud with librarian Goldspear. The books you discover will help you bake delicious cakes, make the villagers laugh and even find treasure. It’s up to you to choose what to explore and when. But hurry, the villagers need your help. Your monster must use all its wisdom, skills and bravery to stop the book-eating goblin causing chaos in the village and eating all the books! PART OF THE USBORNE FOUNDATION CHARITY Reading for Fun has been created by Teach Your Monster, which is part of The Usborne Foundation. The Usborne Foundation is a charity founded by children’s publisher, Peter Usborne MBE. Harnessing research, design and technology, Teach Your Monster is a non-profit that creates playful media that addresses issues from literacy to health. BENEFITS OF READING FOR FUN Boost children’s confidence with reading. Positive screen time for kids. Develop children’s empathy, as children put themselves in different characters' shoes and develop an understanding of the wider world. Develop children’s understanding of what they’re reading. Improving comprehension by reading in different contexts (reading recipes, signposts and instructions, with help and explanations from characters). TOP FEATURES WITH AN EXPERT PEDAGOGY Reading for pleasure is proven to transform children’s literacy, academic performance and chances of living a happy and successful life. The pedagogy of Reading for Pleasure within this game has been developed in close collaboration with educational experts from Roehampton University. Make your own monster and collect hundreds of items. Visit the costume-seller to buy clothes and hats with the stars you’ve collected. Go for a new look using the magic magic in your monster’s house. There are hours and hours of fun, whilst you read along the way. Try new things: Read different sorts of texts, from signposts and instructions, to a whole range of fiction and non-fiction books. Enjoy: Play in a world of reading. There’s a whole village to explore, with reading woven into it. Achieve: Complete jobs to get rewarded with books for your monster’s bookshelf. Community: Make friends and help out the villagers with quests that require reading. Pop into the village library to read along with Goldspear, Coco and more. Understanding: Solve challenges and follow the story as it unfolds. Read recipes to make treats, read the delivery instructions to deliver books and go on quests to deal with the book-eating goblin. Preferences: Discover new authors, poems, stories and series of children’s books that you’ll love. Stamina: Collect over 70 brilliant free ebooks from Usborne, Okido and more. There’s a whole world of reading to explore as much or as little as you want. REVIEWS “Practicing reading while having fun! As a mom and a teacher, this thrills me“ “An engaging way to get my reluctant reader to enjoy reading” “My children are choosing to play over the video games. They think it is like the RPG games”