Piano Sheet Music for Toddlers | A curated selection of unique materials to enjoy by seeing, listening, and touching
Choosing sheet music for children touching the piano for the first time can be tricky for any teacher.
Some parents may also be wondering, before lessons begin, how to help their child get used to the piano at home and asking themselves, “What kind of sheet music would spark their interest?”
In this article, we’ve selected piano books for young children from among kids’ piano materials that make learning the piano fun!
We’ll introduce carefully chosen scores with unique features and clever twists—such as “cute illustrations,” “progressing like reading a picture book,” and “playing in ensemble with audio that comes from the book.”
Piano Sheet Music for Toddlers | A Curated Selection of Unique Materials to See, Hear, and Touch for Fun (1–10)
Easy-to-Play First Piano: Do-Re-Mi Land, Preschool Edition (One)kuon shuppan
The preschool edition of the Doremi Land series helps children develop sight-reading skills—including pitch and rhythm—through short, friendly songs.
It’s divided into three books: One, Two, and Three, and features many familiar children’s songs such as “Frog Song,” “Tulips,” and “Snail.” Use it together with the supplemental workbook Easy-to-Learn Note Drill: Runrun Preschool Edition to make reading and writing music even smoother.
For lessons with kids who love to sing, we recommend playing while singing, or clapping along and singing to the teacher’s accompaniment!
Piano Picture Book for Fun Playing, Supervised by Harami-chantakarajimasha
A piano picture book supervised by Harami-chan, the hugely popular YouTuber known for improv performances and collaborations with many famous artists! A key feature of this book is that, in addition to classic children’s textbook pieces like “Frog Chorus” and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” you can also enjoy songs that are very Harami-chan—such as YOASOBI’s “Racing into the Night” and Harami-chan’s original “Harami Taiso.” Each piece includes a quick tip from Harami-chan, too! It’s a must-have for parents who want their children to enjoy playing the piano freely, just like Harami-chan.
Play more and more songs you know — You can play the piano! Junior 1doremi gakufu shuppansha
This is a collection of practice pieces featuring mainly nursery rhymes and other songs familiar to children! While learning to read music with both hands starting from middle C and expanding outward, they can naturally absorb pitch and rhythm without strain.
Rather than just turning the notes on the page into sound, the joy of “I played a song I know!” becomes a powerful success experience for children.
It can also spark an even stronger interest in the piano and in reading music.
We also recommend using the accompanying workbook to learn how to write notes and the rules of notation together.
Educational picture book: Yamaha’s Piano Picture BookYamaha Myuujikku Entateinmento Hoorudingusu
With 30 recorded nursery rhymes and light-up keys, the “Educational Picture Book: Yamaha Piano Ehōn” lets kids enjoy music like a toy.
It’s the perfect book for checking your child’s interest before formal lessons—whether you’re thinking, “I’m not sure if they’re into music,” or “They dance to TV songs, but how about playing?” Its many features are also appealing: “Practice Mode,” where pressing the lit keys adds accompaniment; “Performance Mode,” which lets kids try playing along with automatic accompaniment; and an “All Songs Play” button that plays pieces automatically.
As part of playtime, why not look, touch, sing, and have fun?
You can play by yourself! Packed with fun features. The most fun! Piano picture bookWanibukkusu
Created in response to the voices saying “This is exactly what we wanted,” Solo-Play Super Fun Features: The Most Enjoyable! Piano Picture Book is packed with functions that will get kids excited.
It lets you switch between piano-only sound and vocals, and even create original tones using recorded sounds and voices.
Each song’s page features cute illustrations along with a staff, note names, and lyrics, helping children develop their ear for music while looking at the notes.
How about giving it to your child as an introduction to playing the piano?
Piano Dream [Preschool Edition] for Young Children Beginning Pianogakken purasu
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This is the preschool edition of the “Piano Dream” series, designed to expand a child’s range from middle C using both hands.
The progression is intentionally very gentle so it can be used from around 2 years and 6 months of age.
Over the course of one book, children learn three notes—C, D, and E—on the keyboard and on the staff, one-hand playing and alternating hands, as well as quarter notes and quarter rests.
With only very short pieces of 2 or 4 measures, kids can move forward quickly, boosting their motivation.
Adorned with cute illustrations, it’s a highly popular piano method for young children, especially among girls.
Miffy’s Piano Picture Book 1: Mr. Piano, Let’s Play!Yamaha Myuujikku Entateinmento Hoorudingusu
Created with the hope that children just starting piano will stay curious and enjoy their practice and lessons, Miffy’s Piano Picture Book 1: “Hello, Piano—Let’s Play!” features adorable illustrations of Miffy, the beloved rabbit character cherished for many years.
In this book, children expand their interest in sounds and the keyboard by recreating familiar everyday noises on the piano—for example, playing two adjacent black keys together in a piece called “Claxon.” Rather than treating piano as study, this is a book that lets children learn in a play-like way, enjoying it as if they were reading a picture book.