I am teaching piano, for the first time, to my kids and some kid's of my friends (ages 5-6.) My personal playing skill is about intermediate- advanced and I have no experience in teaching piano. I do homeschool my children, but have no degrees in music or education. I preface my review in this way to share that this series is very self-explanatory and easy to navigate. We pair it with the theory book and recital books, and I am adding simple finger exercises with the start of this second book. I tried a couple of other series before I found this one. I found that, like with most things, each child can thrive differently because of differing learning styles. But Alfred's seems to be a nice compromise, and each of my five students are doing well and enjoying themselves. I highly recommend for anyone wanting to teach a nice, basic introduction to the piano for young children.