‘It’s Fun to Learn with Spot’ Home Video Release Specials

The ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video series from the Spot franchise was released on VHS as phase one in 1990 and phase two was later released in 1994. In the fifteen minute episodes, Spot the Dog learns the alphabet, counting, months of the year, how to tell the time, opposites, first words, colours and shapes.

Spot’s Alphabet

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns the alphabet. Spot learns the letters of the alphabet with the following words – acrobat, ball, car, dolphin, elephant, flamingo, giraffe, helicopter, insect, juggler, kangaroo, lion, mummy, nuts, oranges, peaches, quartet, reindeer, snake, tiger, uniform, violin, wigwam, xylophone, yak, and zoo. The episode concludes with a tune reviewing all the letters of the alphabet.

Spot’s Busy Year

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns all the months of the year. The episode begins with Spot waking up and showing all the activities he undertakes throughout the year in the different seasons. The episode concludes with a tune reviewing all the activities Spot undertook in the months in the year. Spot learns the months – January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

Spot Learns to Count

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns how to count. The episode begins with Spot is going on a walk. On his walk, Spot meets one squirrel, two rabbits, three foxes, four snails, five butterflies, six ducks, seven worms, eight frogs, nine ants, ten mice, eleven fish and twelve birds.

Spot Tells the Time

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns how to tell the time. The episode begins with Spot sleeping. When Spot wakes up, he has breakfast at eight o’clock. Spot collects the letters from the doormat and takes them into the dining room at nine o’clock. At ten o’clock, Spot goes for his morning walk. At eleven o’clock, it’s time for Spot’s playtime with Cybil the orange tabby cat. At twelve o’clock, dinner is being cooked and his dinner is ready at one o’clock. At two o’clock it’s time for Spot to have a nap. At three o’clock it’s time for Spot to go on his afternoon walk. At four o’clock it’s time for story time on television. At five o’clock, Spot has his tea, followed by a wash. At six o’clock it’s time for Spot to go to bed. The episode concludes with a song reviewing all the times that Spot has learnt through the day.

Spot’s Looks at Opposites

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns about opposites. The episode begins with Spot going out to play after dinner. Spot goes to the playground to look for more opposites. Spot meets Tom the green crocodile and Steve the brown monkey on his outing. On returning home, Spot meets Clare the green turtle. The episode concludes with a song about the opposites that Spot has learnt. Spot learns lots of opposites that feature – full and empty, open and shut, over and under, in and out, up and down, high and low, fast and slow, and soft and hard.

Spot’s First Word Game

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns words. The episode begins with Spot looking out the window at the rain and he can’t go out to play. His father, Sam, prepares a game for Spot, hiding pieces of paper around the house with words on them for Spot to find, read and learn. The episode concludes with a song about the words Spot learnt. Spot learns lots of words that feature – ‘box’, ‘toy’, ‘book’, ‘chair’, ‘hat’, ‘mirror’, ‘shoe’, ‘table’, ‘rug’, ‘ball’, ‘window’ and ‘moon’.

Spot Looks at Colours

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns all about colours. The episode begins with Spot in the garden and his mother, Sally asks him to find her basket. On returning, Spot goes for a walk and continues to explore more colours around him, and meets his friends, Tom the green crocodile and Helen the blue hippo. Spot returns back home and after drawing on his blackboard, he enjoys a drink. The episode concludes with a song about colours. Spot learns lots of colours that feature – red, brown, blue, green, yellow, pink, grey, black, white and orange.

Spot Looks at Shapes

In this episode of ‘It’s Fun to Learn With Spot’ home video, Spot the Dog learns all about shapes. The episode starts with Spot at home and his mother Sally helps to prepare for Spot to go on a picnic. Spot meets his friend, Steve the brown monkey on his picnic outing and after his adventure returns back home. The episode finishes with a song about shapes. Spot learns lots of the shapes that feature – oval, rectangle, circle, square, triangle and diamond.