Designed for pre-school children learning to read English as a second language, Dekker's day at the Zoo is designed to introduce your students to the first basic phonetic sounds of the English alphabet. As we progress through this series we will look at the other English phonetics as taught to young learners in the UK. Most education books which the author has had contact with as a teacher, missed this vital key stage for young learners of ESL. The exercises are designed to teach recognition of the letters and sounds following a routine structure and interactive teaching, to also reinforce the first basic conversation skills of our younger pupils. I hope that you enjoy this book (I plan to write more) and that it is a valuable addition to your classroom.