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Teach Your Monster to Read: The Best Phonics App for Junior Students.

ByMaking English Fun! January 14, 2020April 17, 2021

It almost pains me to write that title. I make apps to help students, I have about 12 of them on both Google and Apple and they are pretty good. None of them are the one I am talking about here though. Here is is all about Teach Your Monster to Read made, and made really well, by Usborne in the U.K. The links are all at the bottom for the app and website.

TRUGS: Teaching Reading Using games Review

ByMaking English Fun! January 13, 2020April 6, 2021

TRUGS, or ”Teaching Reading Using Games” is a Synthetic phonics system I stumbled on a few years ago at a Education Expo in Hong Kong. I attend these things with a ”look what you could have won” mindset as they are usually showing off equipment or resources that my school at the time couldn’t, wouldn’t and probably shouldn’t invest in. Things like holographic projects, VR suites for whole classes, 8k interactive white boards, that supply coffee, that type of thing

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Late to the Party

ByMaking English Fun! January 4, 2020March 14, 2021

I can’t remember when i exactly started wanting to do something different, but i remember when i decided to do something about it. It was watching as my class sat quietly and did worksheets in my lessons on a Friday,

The Best Free Online Rhyming Games for Teachers and Parents.

ByMaking English Fun! December 14, 2019January 31, 2025

ee online rhyming games are a great way to engage the whole class in an activity. We have searched the internet to find some of the better ones here. Rhyming in general is an excellent reading skill for learners of all ages.

10 Great Free English Phonics Apps

ByMaking English Fun! December 9, 2019November 25, 2023

There are more than 10 great English apps on the Google Playstore and Apple App stores. Apps like Teach your monster to read and Phonics hop and pop are great but there are more options out there with out pay walls. Here we talk about 10 of them.