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I love teaching piano and I think it's not for everyone. If you truly hate teaching try to find a different job. I don't know how to do that so I'll give you this advice: let the students play more of what they want. I value playing classical music over other music but you better believe I have students playing ragtime, jazz, and pop. Why? Because at the end of the day I hate teaching students who don't want to play what they're playing. You have to teach each student and most students don't fall into the category of going to pursue a music degree. The goal, for most of my students, is to love music and to read music. If you're accomplishing that, then who cares if they don't play nocturnes? You'll have students who want to play those mingled with students who don't.

If you want to teach a more well-rounded curriculum, you need to implement those things you want your kids to learn. I love teaching Piano Safari for beginners because it includes improv, note reading, sight reading, theory, technique, and rote learning. They have a young kids version and an older student version. https://pianosafari.com/ you can add in sight reading and improv into any lesson by doing it for 5 minutes or even 1 minute at the beginning of the lesson or in between pieces. I use the Piano Safari sight reading cards for my students and then I move on to rep that is just easier than what they are learning. I also use Pattern Play PT01 - Pattern Play : Inspiring Creativity at the Paino https://www.amazon.com/dp/1554403022/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Q38HDb71WCCM2 as a slightly different approach to improv. You need to search for what you like teaching and teach that.

I'm not a teacher, but I'm surprised no one's responded to you since I would think this is a fairly common scenario.

I would say that most beginner piano method books are geared towards young children, so just look at any of the standard methods. Examples:

• Faber - Piano Adventures. See videos here. From other threads I've seen, most piano teachers typically highly recommend Faber.
  
  
• Bastien - Primer books and Piano Party books. I've known lots of kids who use this and the books seem really fun. I've read comments online from piano teachers that imply they (the piano teachers) hate them, although they've never said why. Check out some sample pages here and here.
  
  
• Suzuki - For a completely different approach, catering to very young starters (age 3) and emphasizing playing by ear before reading sheet music, this is a great alternative to standard methods. Careful - "Suzuki" can be a very divisive word amongst piano teachers :) There's a whole philosophy behind the method and often parents will take their kids to someone who specializes specifically in the Suzuki method. If you ever plan to teach it, you might want some kind of teacher's book, like this one.
  
  See a summary of different methods here: http://pianoeducation.org/pnomethd.html
  
  In general, I would say that young kids have no attention span, and the lesson needs to be short, engaging, and fun. If they do not read yet, I wouldn't recommend trying to teach any note reading yet. Good luck!
  
  

> I also use Pattern Play PT01 - Pattern Play : Inspiring Creativity at the Paino
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>https://www.amazon.com/dp/1554403022/ref=cm\_sw\_r\_cp\_apa\_i\_Q38HDb71WCCM2
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> as a slightly different approach to improv.

It seems I can't get it in Europe. But I've seen in their website they sell the pdf of the new version. Do you think it would be as good?

If you're looking for books that are good collections of pieces, I'd recommend the [celebration series] (http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/celebration-series-perspectives-piano-repertoire-1-sheet-music/18355179) for collections of classical works. There are different volumes for different levels, I just provided a link to their "level 1," although there is a primer level if you want even easier. If you want additional repertoire resources, you can also find a lot of older (public domain) music on IMSLP (international music score library project IIRC).

For more repertoire help see if you can find a copy of Jane Magrath's Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature. It'll give you ideas on repertoire for years to come.

My nephew got this one from Amazon
Yamaha YPT255 61-Key Keyboard Pack with Headphones, Power Supply, and Secure Bolt-On Stand https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01686TXTI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_OzooybJ30D2G3

He got it for his 8 year old daughter. However, I haven't tested it. Planning on checking it out tomorrow though so I will come back and report my findings. Seems like a decent beginner keyboard from the specs.

oldie but a goodie :)

If you don't get a teacher (recommended) then get this book. https://www.amazon.com/Adult-All---One-Course-Lesson-Theory-Technic/dp/0882848186/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466017501&sr=1-1&keywords=alfred+adult+all+in+one+piano+level+1

Get level 2 once you're done with it. Then you can get some public domain pieces and work through the easier classics. If you can afford it get a teacher, they're worth it.