Monkey Word School Adventure App Reviews

My child loves this app. I would like the option to turn off hints. They arent really hints. They are the answer. But it is a great app otherwise. We love it.

The Thup games are so consistently good, Im blown away. They make educational games for kids look easy to make and yet there is so much other crap out there. This game is perfect for the burgeoning reader. Love it. Great

my son loves this, he enjoys it so much he doesnt realize hes learning and that’s the beauty of it. The visuals are lush,colourful and engaging and the sound are entertaining. wish there were more apps like this out there, two thumb up : )

Its a great game but hints frustrate my child. They appear while she is trying to figure something out on her own! They are basically answers .... There needs to be an option to turn off the hints! My daughter has stopped playing this game because of that:(

Good sound effects and graphics, my kids like tracing the letters. Docked it one star because the hints popup too quickly. Also long loads between activities. As far as word/spelling games go, this one and Licking Letters are my kids favorites.

Ive bought all 3 of the monkey apps for my kids, they love them and really have learned (still are) from them, they are fun and have them both laughing while learning, great stuff! Only one thing; On this new game I would like the trace the letter to be a bit better, my son hates the way it asks him to write and M , its not fluid, having to draw the two vertical lines them the v in the middle, can you do it as you would if handwritten? Other than that, cant fault it, great price too and love that it can go on iPhone as well as iPad :)

These guys do an amazing job with their apps for kids. Thorough and detailed without any bugs (its intuitive and well thought-out). I love watching my daughter play this game. It helps reinforce what she is doing in class. I really look forward to any apps these guys make.

This is the first review Ive ever written but I just had to... My son in general resists all learning games because he finds them boring. But not today!! He fell in love with this game, the great interactions and prizes. He literally couldnt put the game down and is actually excited about learning. Great job!!!

My daughter loves this app. She wants to play it all the time and the best thing is that she doesnt know that she is learning. She is just having fun. She loves the terrarium and how pretty it is. She dances around to the music when she gets things right. My only complaint is that it says, "good job" even if you didnt do anything. Too much praise isnt good for kids.

I bought this app for my cousin thats 5 and he really loves it !

There are a bunch of apps out there that are educational but they dont really follow education theory. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. This is pre-reading and beginning reading the way youd get it in elementary school. The games are short and varied, the concepts are the same ones you get in school -- from rhyming to identifying vowel sounds, to letter identification of both capital and lower-case letters. Builds sounding-out skills as well as site word skills in a fun, encouraging and VARIED way. Great to play WITH your child, too...keeps parents from getting bored. This is a winner, we recommend this one very much.

This is a wonderful game for my son who is getting ready to go to first grade. It holds his attention. He loves the terrarium. He is reviewing the words he know, learning, and having fun all at the same time. I want more "games" like this for 1st grade...

I have been looking for a way for my son to learn while using the ipad. At his stage, learning fundamentals are essential for future learning. This app may not be enough for a complete curriculum but it such a well thought of app. Learning reading and spelling is made fun and captivates my sons attention, mine included. The terrarium is such a good idea and designed beautifully. We both love it. Ill be recommending this to my friends and family.

My kids are 6, 4, and 2 so being able to customize different profiles for each of them is really great. Its easy to navigate, which I always love in a kid app. One of the things I like most about this app is the section that they need to place the right letter to make the word, even when the wrong letter is placed in the spot the narrator of the game sound out the all of the letters so my kids can hear the sounds that are in the word, example they want them to place the letter u to make the word cup, c and p are already in place, the letters u, t, and g are available to place. If my child places the g the narrator then sounds out c-g-p and the monkey shakes his head and then they get to place another letter, this is really great for young children, they get to solve the problem and see why cgp doesnt make a word that anybody understands. There arent any ads for them to touch and navigate out of the game they are in. I recommend this app for all young children, its really a great app.

I love Monkeys preschool lunchbox but that one is much more fast moving. This one has that needless monkey screen that comes up after every single task and really drags the Mae down and gives my students a chance to get distracted, I also agree with other users that the hints need to have an option to turn off. My students sometimes take a bit longer to think and just as they are ready to go the hint aka answer appears.

Really like the app, love the customization options. Would like a few more: picture rhyme option in addition to the word for even younger students, add section where beginning sounds are matched? Overall, a really nice app - thanks!!

Why do they say the letters instead of sounding them out?? Not very helpful for teaching phonics!

Please fix this. I just bought this application and it wont open.

This is great for my preschooler, its fun to see her excitement when she gets it right. This is one game o dont mind her playing, along with the other thup games.

Not sure what I love most, that I can set up multiple children with profiles or the range of learning. I have a 2 1/2 yr old and 6 yr old, just started Kindergarten, and they both love this app. My youngest is a little young, but we dont let her on our iPad without an adult, so we are right there to help. We have been using the Lunchbox app for awhile now and love that as well. Thank you so much!