Spot's Alphabet - Including Words, Colours And Shapes | 
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Studio: Abbey Home Media
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 31256
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, particularly children
Region: 0
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5012106931381
ASIN: B0009VV7JS
Release Date: August 22, 2005
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Condition: brand new unsealed prompt despatch*
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 If your child loves Spot then DON'T buy this January 11, 2008
Mrs. E. Cooper (Oxfordshire, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My two year old daughter is a big Spot fan and owns many books as well as a copy of 'Spot's Show & other Musical Adventures' on DVD. This 'ABC' DVD is nothing like that. The cartoon is not animated in the same way - it looks very dated. It is not voiced by Jane Horrocks in the lively and interesting way that the other episodes are - it is voiced by an elderly and dull sounding man. The words picked to illustrate the alphabet are bizarre and unhelpful - Q is for quartet (yes, really!) and the 'story' into which the alphabet is woven is boring and incoherent.
Any child who has enjoyed Spot on DVD with Jane Horrocks will be disappointed with this, and any parent who was hoping to introduce their child to the alphabet would be better off buying 'Maisy's ABC' on DVD.
 I am a little disappointed October 24, 2007
R. Buonocore (Shandong Province, China)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The DVD is divided into 4 episodes, and each episode is approximately 15 minutes. Repetition of each episode is strongly advised, as well as pauses in between to emphasize pronunciation for young learners of English.
1. Spot's Alphabet:
- A for Acrobat, B for Ball, C for Car, D for Dolphin, E for Elephant, F for Flamingo, G for Giraffe, H for Helicopter, I for Insect, J for Juggler, K for Kangaroo, L for Lion, M for Mummy, N for Nuts, O for Oranges, P for Peaches, Q for Quartet, R for Reindeer, S for Snake, T for Tiger, U for Uniform, V for Violin, W for Wigwam, X for Xylophone, Y for Yak, and Z for Zoo.
- The vocabulary used to represent the letters of the alphabet are not really good examples. Some of the vocabulary is not frequently used, therefore difficult to memorize for small children, ie. quartet, wigwam and xylophone. Not to mention that xylophone begins with a "z" sound and not an "x" sound.
- The order of the letters when being first introduced to the watcher can also be in disorder, for example, it introduces P, R, S then Q, instead of PQRS, or Y then X instead of XY.
- I am mainly disappointed in the fact that there are no phonetic sounds to each letter. When the alphabet is being introduced to a beginnner, the letters need to be taught along with their phonetic sounds, otherwise there is no point in teaching the alphabet at all.
- The male voiced narrator lacks repetition of the alphabet letters when first introducing them to the watcher.
- There is more emphasis on the narration of the story than the introduction to alphabet letters. Also, sentences used in the narration are a bit too long and fast to grasp for beginners of English listening.
- The story itself is not very good, but the musical part of the alphabet is creative.
2. Spot's First Word Game:
- box, toy, book, chair, hat, mirror, shoe, table, rug, ball, window and moon.
- Good story used for teaching how to read words and good examples of vocabulary.
- It lacks repetition in the reading of each word.
- Sentences used in the narration are too long, and there is more emphasis on narration than on how to read words.
3. Spot Looks at Colours:
- Red for flower, shed and ball. Brown for basket and spot. Blue for lunchbox, bird, pond and flower chain. Green for Tom the crocodile, bush and leaves. Yellow for towel, the sun, banana and fence. Pink for balloon, icecream and hat. Grey for mouse and rainy cloud. Black for drawing board. White for chalk. Orange for orange juice, pumpkin and teddy bear.
- The pink looks slightly purple. Why not make it pinker!!
- I am very ashamed - no mention of purple!! (The teacher can revise the colours mentioned in the DVD with the children and ask them which colour was not mentioned to test their memory i suppose!)
4. Spot Looks at Shapes:
- Oval for toy train track, tray and pond. Rectangle for letter, letter box, door, mat and window. Circle for rubber ring, plate, spot, frisby and moon. Square for tablecloth, napkin and sandwich. Triangle for sandwich cut in half and quarters, folded napkin, sails of a toy boat and musical triangle. Diamond for kite and reflection of toy boat sails in pond.
- Good examples for shapes, and good repetition of each shape.
- Voice used to pronounce each shape is not very clear.
In addition to the four episodes are four games which summarize some of the content in each episode: 1. Helen's Shapes and Colours Game 2. Spot's Alphabet and Spelling Game 3. Painting with Spot 4. Fun with Spot.
The games are quite good, and the female voice is a lot clearer than the male voice used in each episode. The male voice is too smooth, hence lacking energy needed to pronounce each letter or word clearly.
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