Monster Phonics Reviews 134

The scheme has been a hit with both staff and children, who have thoroughly enjoyed using it. Its vibrant and colorful design, along with memorable characters, has greatly contributed to the learners' advancements in reading and spelling. The program has boosted their confidence to try and make phonetic attempts. The reading materials effectively back the learning process. Additionally, the planning resources are extremely convenient, saving staff valuable time by providing ready-to-use lessons and materials.

We have now been using monster phonics for over 4 years. It is very multi sensory and we use the puppets to bring it all alive. There are always improvements being made and great activities being added all the time. The plans are very easy to follow and the lessons are fun and exciting. The phonic results have really improved using the scheme and the children love it. I would highly recommend it!

The children have taken to it brilliantly; they don't even know they are doing phonics - I call the lesson 'Monsters' to disguise it! It is interactive and exciting. They are fully committed to the characters.

Monster phonics is relatively new compared to some phonics programmes but it is well thought out and based on current research. We use it as an intervention for our students who have struggled to make progress with other phonic programmes. It is very multi sensory and highly motivating with the link to monsters for each group of sounds. Students who used to dislike phonics have started to enjoy it again and actually enjoy coming to lessons. The programme is very reasonably priced and the company are very helpful with training and any issues you might have. They are constantly upgrading the programme based on customer feedback and I can highly recommend it.

Monster phonics is a great concept but is poorly executed. Unfortunately the scheme often doesn’t follow its own rules (an example being the word ‘put’ which it leaves all in black indicating you should pronounce it phonetically and therefore like ‘putt’). When I then have to ‘correct’ my son, despite him following the rule he has been taught perfectly, he then get frustrated. Unfortunately this isn’t an isolated example, the books are riddled with them. As I said, great concept, but it’s such a shame the people who wrote the books couldn’t follow their own rules.

Monster Phonics is nothing short of phenomenal! The training provided is absolutely superb, equipping staff with the tools and confidence to deliver lessons that are both highly effective and engaging. The progress our students have made since implementing Monster Phonics has been truly exceptional, with clear advancements in their reading and phonics skills. What makes it even more special is the sheer joy it brings—both staff and students have so much fun learning together through its vibrant and interactive approach. The laughter, excitement, and enthusiasm in our classrooms are a testament to how much of a game-changer it is. At Tenby, we only wish we had discovered Monster Phonics sooner; it has truly transformed the way we teach and learn phonics, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results!

Kids love the stories and characters.
It would be great if the stories included an audio option so students could also listen to them. Also, after each story, there could be some comprehension questions with multiple options to click on.

I love using Monster Phonics with my students. It's a great program and easy to follow, all the resources are there, so you don't need to spend time planning, It's just needed to follow the progression mapping, and you will see the good results on your students.
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We all absolutely love these products - Both Mummy and daughters. The colour coded letters make for easy recognition and my daughters have completely flourished with their sounds and reading. My oldest daughter is in Year 1 and has already finished all of the Level 10 books. I love the rhyming cards and play lots of games with my 4 year old. She absolutely loves them and none of them see it as 'learning' due to the cards being so colourful and fun. I would highly recommend these.

Wonderful resources.

A fantastic way to keep children entertained whilst learning phonics sounds.

We love Monster Phonic in our household, my daughter loved the characters engaging her instantly during her first experience of reading. There is extensive resources and support available to help you as parents support your child.

My child knows all the sounds thanks to the colours of the monsters and her reading of the books is fantastic and she can confidently read the books without help.

Staff and children have both loved using this scheme. It is bright, colourful and the characters are memorable and have really helped support improvements made by the learners in both reading and spelling. It has increased their confidence to have a go and make phonetically plausible attempts. The reading books are great in supporting the learning. The planning really helps save staff time with all the lessons and resources readily available.

Learning monster phonics with my six year old daughter has taught me so much. She wants to be a teacher so loves telling me about all the different monsters and what they do. And the practise spelling test book is fun and educational to do together. I really like how the method empowers her to work out unknown words maybe not all the time but gives her a way to try at least and blend the words and give it a go.

Not a great program, really confusing and children at the early stare can’t understand it!

Excellent customer service and delivery. The books are of very high quality and perfect for my little girl to gain confidence in her reading.

I received my order today, unfortunately the quality if the poster is very poor, there was a misunderstanding of number of books ordered, so I received 5 of each book, which I do not need as I am ordering as a parent, not for a class of pupils.

The price is very high for what I received.

Great resources and the kids love this as a scheme. Already seeing improvements. Thank you!

Brilliant customer service with regular updates about product availability and delivery status! Products are great quality too.

You can get these on a pc/laptop but all my little one wanted to do was play games! After purchasing these books I noticed an immediate change in my son's reading literally!! Well worth the money and you can pass them on to help others after and maybe get a few pounds back.