piano for 3- and 4-year-olds

The early childhood years are a critical period for cultivating children’s interest and skills in music. With that in mind, we have developed specific piano resources for young children which are conceptually suitable and age appropriate, while helping to promote positive first-time experiences for learning to play the piano.

The products featured in PIANO FOR 3- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS include piano-related activities (i.e., finger numbers, key names, stem direction for right- and left- hand playing), matching and identification games, and pre-reading exercises and songs. These are designed to help children acquire basic piano skills and introduce them to the primary elements of reading music.

The Piano Book, First Play, and Songs on the Black Keys serve as preliminary guides to piano instruction beginning with basic music concepts, finger numbers, fingers on the black keys, stem direction, and pre-reading exercises and songs. The presentation of content in each book is colorful, straightforward, and easy to understand, a  perfect combination for adults without piano or music experience who want to introduce a young child to the piano.

The Piano Book presents the fundamental concepts of music (i.e., sounds that are high/low, loud/quiet, long/short) and the first steps of learning to play the piano, including spatially identifying and physically playing higher and lower sounds on the keyboard, identifying black key groupings, and learning about finger numbers.

First Play is a compilation of 2- and 3-key exercises on the black keys for first-time playing experiences. These exercises promote finger independence, reinforce the use of finger numbers, introduce right- or left-hand playing, and build skills for left-to-right eye tracking on a single line.

Songs on the Black Keys is a collection of multi-measure, pre-reading exercises with simple rhythms and reinforces the use of stem direction to indicate right- or left-hand playing.

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