Book excerpt: Teddy's Train is for four- and five-year-olds beginning English. It provides two levels of activity books with perforated tear-out pages. The books have a very low vocabulary load and lots of songs. Teddy's Train uses the metaphor of Teddy and his train to take children to different places. A specially designed long train poster is used to load the new vocabulary flashcards into the wagons. The tear-off sheets mean that teachers can use the materials flexibly to fit in with the general curriculum. Notes and a step-by-step illustrated guide to the action songs are printed on the back of the activity sheets for the teacher. Flashcards teach basic vocabulary.