A practical book for beginner English instruction, accompanied by 2 audio CDs. Learn English playfully with games, rhymes, songs, poems, and stories. The English tradition offers a rich treasure of simple and cheerful cultural material that is ideal for teaching English as a first foreign language. With "Little Ones," teaching is easy even if English is not the teacher's native language or if there is little teaching experience. Each of the 40 practical lesson units begins with an introduction. This section uses and reviews previously known vocabulary or checks the students' learning progress. The children are actively engaged in listening, repeating, and speaking; they sing, play, and draw, but there is no reading or writing involved. The 40 units can be spread over 4 semesters. Thus, by the time they start school, every child has a solid foundation.