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At Roehampton, we are focused on creating new knowledge and ideas that help us to understand our world and make it a better place. We are ranked the most research-intensive modern university in the UK. Our staff undertake world-class research across all our academic departments. This means that if you join us as a student, you will benefit from being taught by leading thinkers from your first year of study.
- Research and Knowledge Exchange Centres
  
  Arts and Creative Exchange
  
  Equality, Justice and Social Change
  
  Inclusive Humanities
  
  Integrated Research in Life and Health Sciences
  
  Learning, Teaching and Human Development
  
  Psychological Wellbeing
  
  Sustainability and Responsible Management
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Teach Your Monster to Read played over 60 million times

Monday, October 22, 2018

Teach Your Monster to Read, the award-winning children's reading app created in partnership with academics from the Roehampton School of Education, has become the most popular free app in Apple iTunes.

Image - Teach Your Monster to Read played over 60 million times

Angela Colvert, from Roehampton's School of Education, is a lead academic advisor in the project team that created the Children’s BAFTA-nominated app, a series of hugely successful games which support children’s early reading.

In September 2018, Teach Your Monster to Read became the most popular free children’s app on the apply iTunes store in the UK and USA, and was downloaded 2 million times globally.

Since the app was created, it has been played more than 63.1 million times, with over 3.9 million plays in September 2018 alone.

With a strong focus on developing children's skills in reading more fluently and for meaning, the games build children’s knowledge of pronunciation and spelling, working with any phonics scheme. It's now used in preschool, primary schools and kindergartens as an interactive teaching resource.