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Stage 1: First Steps

For children just starting to learn letters and sounds.

First Steps gives children extra practice for whichever phonics scheme they use in school.

Practice for 31 letter-sound combinations:
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss, j, qu, v, w, x, y, z, zz
Blending and segmenting practice with CVC words
The first 6 non-decodable (‘tricky”) words

Takes 7 weeks to complete, assuming 20 minutes of play per week.

Stage 2: Fun With Words

This is for children who are confident with early letters and sounds and ready to move on.

Fun With Words gives children extra practice for whichever phonics scheme they’re using in school (NB: If you’re not sure, try game 1 first):

Practice of new letter-sound combinations:
ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er
Lots of blending and segmenting practice with CVC, CVCC, CCV and CCVC words
Practice of non-decodable (‘tricky’) words:
he, she, the, to, we, me, be, was, no, go, my, you, they, her, all, are, said, so, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, do when, out, what
Reading and comprehension of sentences, from short ones such as “Get the cat” to longer ones such as “Can you get me an owl that is not green or red?”

Takes 14 weeks to complete, assuming 20 minutes of play per week.

Stage 3: Champion Reader

For those reading short sentences confidently who know all of the basic letter-sound combinations.

Important: Champion Reader is our most advanced game and children should be ready to play it.

They must:

be able to read and understand short sentences like: ‘Go and get me a black bee for my jar,' she said.
have secure knowledge of the following graphemes / phonemes:
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss, j, qu, v, w, x, y, z, zz, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er

The game gives children extra practice for whichever phonics scheme they’re using in school:

Introduces alternative spellings of sounds (e.g. /ai/ as used in eight and they)
Introduces alternative pronunciations (e.g. i as pronounced in fin and find)
More non-decodable (‘tricky”) words
Lots of reading for meaning and comprehension - from sentences to magical little books

Takes 22 weeks to complete, assuming 20 minutes of play per week.

For even more information on the game, please visit our Teach Your Monster to Read Overview page.