[.ca] Spot Goes To School (ISBN 0399237194)

From Amazon.com:
Spot may be a little shy when he starts his first day of school, but by the end of the day he's on a roll! This pudgy brown-spotted pup and his new friends, Clare the turtle, Tom the alligator, Helen the hippo, and Steve the monkey, share in show-and-tell, spell words with blocks, sing, and paint pictures. Spot's verdict on school? "Great!" Preschoolers and new scholars will love to lift the flaps in this small square board book to see just what kind of fun Spot is having. Available for the first time in an interactive lift-the-flap format, this charming little book will reassure nervous first-time students as they see that school is a place of friends, learning, and fun. Fans of Eric Hill's many other Spot titles (Good Night, Spot, Spot Goes to the Farm, and tons more) will welcome this new edition of an old favorite. (Ages 3 to 6) --Emilie Coulter

Spot Goes to School -- Great for 2-3 year olds!:
Spot does it again! That dog named Spot shows little ones how he goes to school and talks about his day. From singing with Helen and Tom, to painting a picture, to reading stories, Spot let my son know it would be fun to go to preschool. We purchased the book right before my son started attending preschool and as we read it, he told me about his day, which includes storytime, painting and singing, as well as playing on the playground. The lift-the-flap books engage little ones to keep on reading. It is a nice way to end the day and naturally talk about what happened at preschool that day. Way to go Spot!

A fun book to share with your toddler:
Spot the Dog books are a favourite with my girls. They love the simple stories that they can relate to (hiding, baking a cake, playing with others etc) and the lift-the-flaps always bring screams of delight even though we've read them many many times. As they grow I'm sure they'll be one of the books they learn to read with. The words are simple and the font easy to read. Lovely books to cuddle up with your children on your lap. They are also big enough to hold up and read to them as they sit in back seat on car trips.

4 1/2* Spot's First Day at School!:
Spot discovers that school is fun and interesting in this flap book by Eric Hill. After a warm greeting by his teacher and classmates, Spot hides (under one of the flaps found on every page) when it's time to sing a song. "I can't sing," he says. There is no resolution to this (maybe some pages were torn out of my copy?), but Spot soon finds plenty to do as the disjointed plot reveals Spot's fun activities at school. These include finding dress-up clothes in a small playhouse, spelling the word "DOG" with blocks, story time by the teacher, playing teeter-totter (Spot is cleverly hidden under a flap that is part of a tree), and painting paw prints. When his mom picks him up and asks, "How was school, Spot?" he answers with a resounding "Great!" Twenty-two brightly colored pages showing Spot enjoying school after some initial uncertainty.