[LRUG] [Jobs] Teach Your Monster to Read: Small agency / team required to help us scale up

Wed Jun 11 15:57:52 PDT 2014

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On 11 June 2014 23:02, Ronny Ager-Wick <ronny at ager-wick.com> wrote:

>  I just heard about Teach Your Monster to Read via the original post, and
> immediately put my 5 year old son in front of it. He's in exactly the right
> stage, knows most of the sounds already, can read some words, and loves
> repetition! To provide some real user feedback from someone in the target
> audience, this is definitely a hit! He liked it right away, and completely
> forgot that I closed his cartoons on YouTube to show him this. This game is
> really very well made!
>
> To continue the OT discussion. My experience is that *when* a child is
> mentally ready to start reading varies greatly, but it doesn't matter. The
> final outcome is not given by the starting age. The all learn it
> eventually, and because interests come and go, an early start does not
> necessarily mean they'll be better 10 years later, and vice versa. But when
> they're ready, I see no reason to deprive them of material. As they not
> only tolerate, but even enjoy repetition up to around 6-7 years old, it's a
> huge advantage if they start learning to read before that, as it involves a
> lot of repetition. When the can play a game like this and learn at the same
> time, why stop them?
>
> I totally agree with the balance sentiment. I have let my children play
> with computers from a very early age, but I don't use them as a way to keep
> them quiet (trust me, they're far from quiet!). They cycle, play with
> sand/soil/mud, play games outside with the neighborhood kids, etc.
> Computers and tablets and the like give them something else to do when they
> can't play outside, as they don't have TV (good riddance!). Plus, if you
> can manage to keep them from watching YouTube all day (which is almost as
> bad as TV, bar the passiveness of just sitting and receiving), they also
> might just learn something useful!
>
> Other feedback; the generated passwords are a bit complicated for small
> children to type by themselves.
>
> Ronny.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/06/14 20:59, Rory Sinclair wrote:
>
> I don’t see why its an absurdity - many kids start primary school at 5,
> and reading and writing are fundamental skills to learn in early years.  If
> the kid is ready to take on reading (even very basic stuff, eg the word
> ‘Ball’ beside a picture of a ball, etc) then why not?
>
>  My eldest son was reading at 3, and is now 8 - his primary school
> teacher says he’s reading at the level of a Primary 5, although he’s in
> Primary 3.  I don’t think there’s any sense in trying to prevent
> development - if he’s ready, he’s ready.  My youngest is 3 now, and doesn’t
> have nearly the same grasp of reading yet, but its absolutely not something
> i’m concerned about.  He does, however, have an intense fascination with
> things like iPhones and iPads, which I think is something perhaps to
> ration, though not actually prevent.
>
>  Cheers
>
>  --
> Rory Sinclair
>  Head of Technology
> ASMALLWORLD
>
>  On Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 12:21, Hakan Ensari wrote:
>
>   This is off-topic, but do you want to teach your monster to read at age
> FOUR? Do you even want them to sit in front of a computer screen at that
> age?
>
>  My son is in pre-school (Lauriston, anyone?), and we're having to deal
> with the immense absurdity of an public educational system that thinks it's
> priority to teach five-year-olds to read and write rather than have them
> play, make things with their hands, socialise and generally get settled.
>
>  Sorry for flaming. Consider it customer feedback, assuming your real
> customers are the parents who are freaking out why their kids are not
> liking phonics and have yet to make the leap to a Steiner school or some
> other private refuge.
>
>
>
>
> On 11 June 2014 09:45, Antonio <antonio at teachyourmonstertoread.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
>  We have developed a product called Teach Your Monster to Read, a
> BAFTA-nominated educational game which helps 4-6 year olds practise the key
> first stages of reading.
>
>  http://teachyourmonstertoread.com
>
>  It's a free game, and has been funded by a literacy charity founded by
> Peter Usborne (of Usborne Publishing).
>
>  We're growing year on year, and we need some support in keeping our
> Rails-based server side component up and running as we scale up.
>
>  I'm looking for a small company or team that has some specialism in
> supporting sites in this way.
>
>  I've put further details in this Google Doc. If you're interested, see
> my contact details at the bottom of the document (please do this rather
> than reply to all obviously!)
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jh_PMIb8geFtQbTpn1GrD5oA8g3phRgTzqTIKDlpTTE/edit#
>
>  All the best,
>
>  Antonio
>
>  --
> Antonio Gould
> Producer: Teach Your Monster to Read
> http://teachyourmonstertoread.com
>
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