Piano Sheet Music for Kids

In the decade or so that I've been teaching professionally, I've met with 5 year olds and 65 year olds and pretty much every age in between. Although my guitar students seem to center around age 30, give or take 5-10 years, I do meet with a few teen and pre-teen kids. One particular 8 year old guitar student switched to piano last year when he was still 7. Since then, we've been learning, as most kids do in piano lessons, to read music. It's been great to see him begin to develop this skill. I thought I would post some links to some of the music we've enjoyed reading through.

First is the first book I learned from when I was in 3rd grade:

Teaching Little Fingers To Play Written by John Thompson. Instructional book for piano. Beginner. 40 pages. Published by Willis Music. (HL.412076) See more info...

This was not available when I was little -- in fact I don't think I knew what a CD was at that point -- but the book is now packaged with a CD which some students could find helpful between lessons:

Teaching Little Fingers to Play - Book/CD Pack Book/CD. By John Thompson. This edition: 12373. Willis. BOOK W/CD. 40 pages. Published by Willis Music. (406523) See more info...

In addition to the original Teaching Little Fingers to Play book, there are some spin-offs that can be fun:

Teaching Little Fingers to Play Christmas Favorites - Book Only A Christmas Book for the Earliest Beginner. Arranged by Eric Baumgartner. Willis. 31 pages. Published by Willis Music. (416721) See more info...

Teaching Little Fingers to Play More Christmas Favorites - Book Only Mid-Elementary Piano Supplement. Arranged by Eric Baumgartner. Willis. 40 pages. Published by Willis Music. (416723) See more info...

Teaching Little Fingers to Play More Jewish Favorites Israeli, Klezmer & Holiday Music. Arranged by Eric Baumgartner. Willis. Softcover. 24 pages. Published by Willis Music. (416755) See more info...

Lastly, we have the book that tops the AMAZEMENT METER:

Music From The Star Wars Trilogy - Special Edition - Easy Piano By John Williams. Songbook for easy solo piano. Easy piano. Music from the "Star Wars" motion picture trilogy. 36 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.0020B) See more info...

It's a big moment for an 8 year old when they realize that they can play the Star Wars theme. This book is a HIT!