Speech & Motion March Book Club: Spot!
Welcome to the Speech & Motion Book Club! Every month we will feature fun, exciting, and creative books to spark your children’s imagination and offer some fresh suggestions for your reading routines.
Books of the Month: Where’s Spot? and Spot Goes to the Park by Eric Hill
In 1978, Eric Hill made up a story about a small puppy to read to his son at bedtime, and Spot was born. The success of his first bestselling lift-the-flap classic, Where’s Spot?, in 1980 convinced him to become a full-time author, and his Spot books have been enjoyed by children around the world ever since.
We love Spot books because the lift-a-flap format encourages curiosity as well as fine motor skill development, and the board pages allow little fingers to build dexterity with out accidentally tearing pages.
Hill’s writing style uses repetitive language to help growing minds develop language. Parents can discuss objects and animals in the book using the 3:1 Rule to further assist in vocabulary development. These books are bound to be a new bedtime favorite!
Follow along each month on our blog or Facebook page as our Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists share their favorite books.
