[Children's Piano Sheet Music] Packed with Familiar Tunes! Introducing Recommended Series
A problem every piano teacher faces at least once: choosing sheet music for kids! Even if you want to find the perfect score for each student, there are so many options that it’s hard to narrow it down to just one.
So this time, we’ve picked out some of the most popular, serialized piano method books for children.
We’ll introduce them in detail along with performance videos of the pieces they include.
This will be helpful not only for piano teachers struggling to choose method books for their students, but also for parents who are thinking of trying a bit of teaching at home.
Be sure to use it as a reference!
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[Piano Sheet Music for Kids] Packed with Familiar Songs! Introducing Recommended Series (11–20)
Choux Cream (from Piano Masterpieces Collection 3, Season 4)Yuyama Akira
This collection offers a well-balanced selection of works from the four important periods of classical music—Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern.
Volume 1 corresponds to the Bayer level, Volume 2 to the first half of Burgmüller, Volume 3 to the second half of Burgmüller, and Volume 4 to the Sonatina level, making it easy to gauge difficulty and very convenient when choosing pieces for recitals.
It’s filled with pieces many students dream of playing at least once, so it’s also recommended to use alongside a main textbook once you’ve acquired basic sight-reading skills and foundational technique.
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!
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.
I played it all by myself! My Beloved Piano 1Yamaha Myuujikku Entateinmento Hoorudingusu
The introductory material “I Could Play It by Myself! My Favorite Piano 1” lets you perform familiar tunes like “Bumblebee” and “Happy Birthday to You” without moving your hands from their positions on the keyboard.
Once students can play the melody with both hands, they move on to arrangements where the right hand plays the melody and the left hand plays the accompaniment—pieces they can perform solo.
Playing together with the teacher’s accompaniment is, of course, important, but the sense of achievement from “I played it all by myself!” is truly special for children.
This text helps nurture sight-reading skills and musicality while letting them experience the joy of playing and the fun of the piano.
My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book Azen ongakufu shuppansha
From the very beginning, students learn the four essentials for piano playing—reading, listening, writing, and playing—using the comprehensive musicianship text “My First Piano Adventure: Lesson Book A.” The series is divided into three volumes, A, B, and C, and starts with pre-reading that does not use the musical staff.
Although its approach is somewhat specialized, teacher manuals and audio materials are available, and many teachers find that once they get used to it, it’s even easier to use with beginner students than textbooks that immediately require staff reading.
It may be especially well-suited for children who are highly sensitive or have rich musical sensibilities.
Alfred’s Basic Piano Library: Prep Course Lesson Book Level Azen ongakufu shuppansha
Created by three piano teachers and published in the United States, the Alfred series offers a comprehensive approach.
The Alfred Basic Piano Library: Prep Course Lesson Book is an introductory method that builds technique while playing musical pieces.
In addition to the main Lesson Books—six volumes from Level A to F—the series includes a full range of supplementary materials such as Solo Books and Ear Training and Music Theory, enabling well-rounded musical development throughout the series.
Level A is perfect for children who are touching the piano for the first time!
[Children’s Piano Sheet Music] Packed with Familiar Tunes! Introducing Our Recommended Series (21–30)
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.