PRE-READING · WRITING
PIANO SKILL SET · PRE-READING LEVEL
Pre-Reading Songbook
Pets Will Play
A collection of 10 fun-to-play piano songs for very beginning students, especially young beginners ages 4–7.
With silly pet-themed titles, whimsical lyrics, and optional teacher duet parts, these pieces make early piano playing fun while reinforcing important Pre-Reading skills.
PRE-READING · SONGBOOK
Pets Will Play
PRE-READING MUSIC
Made for Beginning Readers
Every piece in Pets Will Play is notated off-staff, so students can begin reading and playing music before they're ready to read notes on the grand staff.
The Pre-Reading notation helps young beginners focus on finger numbers, patterns, direction, rhythm, and moving from the black keys to the white keys.
SONGS INCLUDED
10 Fun-to-Play Songs About Pets
From terrible pets and dreaming cats to bath time, nameless pets, and a full-on pet parade, the titles and lyrics in Pets Will Play were created with young beginners in mind.
Each piece includes an optional teacher duet part, adding a fuller musical experience while the student plays a beginning-level part.
- 1.The Worst Pet
- 2.Cat Dreams
- 3.I Can Find the White Keys
- 4.Bath Time
- 5.Cat Nap
- 6.Bird Talk
- 7.Fish Circles
- 8.Pig or Pug?
- 9.Nameless New Pet
- 10.Pet Parade
Perfect for private piano lessons, recitals, or performances.
Three Books Designed to Work Together
Pets Will Play pairs perfectly with the Piano Skill Set Pre-Reading Writing Book and Technique Book. The songs are carefully ordered to coordinate with the skills students are learning and practicing in the other two books.
Teachers can use all three books together as a coordinated Pre-Reading set, or use Pets Will Play with any piano method series to add more music and reinforce Pre-Reading skills.
PRE-READING · TECHNIQUE
Pre-Reading Technique Book
PRE-READING · SONGBOOK
Pets Will Play
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ACTIVITY PAGES INCLUDED
Learning That Feels Like Play
Seven student activity pages are included throughout the book to reinforce Pre-Reading skills with short, playful activities.
Students will review finger numbers, compose a short song, color the white keys of the piano, work with note values, and practice music math.
Activities include:
- Finger number maze
- Black key finger-number composing
- Name & color the white keys
- Draw & add note values
- Music math coloring
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Play Along With Every Song
Free play-along videos give students and teachers another way to use the music in Pets Will Play. Each song is demonstrated slowly and at performance tempo, with and without the teacher accompaniment.
Ready to add it to your studio?
Pets Will Play is available in paperback on Amazon.