WunderKeys Piano For Preschoolers: Book 1, 2nd Edition

Written with piano teachers and their preschoolers in mind, WunderKeys takes young children (ages 3 to 5) on a magical journey where they acquire the piano skills, keyboard awareness, and rhythmic understanding needed for a successful future at the piano. Using a story-based format with loveable characters, off-bench learning, game-based teaching, and age-appropriate music, WunderKeys Piano for Preschoolers sets the stage for a long future at the piano. Four things teachers need to know about WunderKeys Piano for Preschoolers: This is a piano method designed to be used by piano teachers and their students in a one-on-one lesson setting. This is a preschool piano program (not a book of preschool music) that is designed to build a strong foundation for all future musical knowledge. This book does not include familiar folk tunes or nursery rhyme music. Instead, WunderKeys helps your preschool-age students to develop important pre-reading skills and keyboard awareness. Because portions of the book contain teacher-student duets designed to accompany student parts on black key groups, those teaching from the book should possess intermediate piano playing abilities. This program is intended for students ages 3-5. Many 5-year-olds will be ready to instead begin in WunderKeys Primer Book 1 (learning to read on staff). Book 1 encourages exploration of the piano in ways that are accessible and appropriate for this age group. All lessons are geared toward having young children understand everything they will need to know before learning to read notated music. Students will learn symbol-to-sound recognition, practice finger independence, and coordination, improve aural awareness, play long sounds and short sounds on black keys, play high sounds and low sounds on black keys, play sounds moving higher and lower, and learn math skills to assist musical understanding. Be sure to check out WunderKeys Piano For Preschoolers: Book 2 and WunderKeys Piano For Preschoolers: Book 3. Use WunderKeys to grow your studio while delivering perfectly paced and developmentally appropriate piano lessons for preschoolers.