Looking for how to progress with my student.

[killsaved42]

Im a new piano teacher, currently teaching an 8 year old. We have worked through the Leila Fletcher book 1 and she is currently working on the bach minuet in G maj (the famous one) that she brought in. It's at the very edge of her abilities but I was looking for beginner peices around that level for her to do next. I dont want her to get unmotivated so perhaps peices from disney or movies, she has done a beauty and the beast peice already but most other transcriptions I could find on musescore were beyond her level.

[frodo5]

Here is a suggestion.  Use Leila Fletcher to learn music reading, theory and technique and use Suzuki methods below only for the purpose of supplemental pieces.  There are 2 famous easy Bach Minuets in G major.  They are both in volume 2.  The Suzuki methods below have a great selection of beginner pieces.  Good luck.

Suzuki Piano School - Volume 1
* "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Variations (Shinichi Suzuki)
* Lightly Row (German Folk Song)
* The Honeybee (Bohemian Folk Song)
* Cuckoo (German Folk Song)
* Lightly Row (German Folk Song)
* French Children's Song (French Folk Song)
* London Bridge (English Folk Song)
* Mary Had a Little Lamb (American Nursery Song)
* Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song)
* Au Clair de la Lune (J. B. Lully)
* Long, Long Ago (T. H. Bayly)
* Little Playmates (F. X. Chwatal)
* Chant Arabe (Anonymous)
* Allegretto 1 (C. Czerny)
* Goodbye to Winter (Folk Song)
* Allegretto 2 (C. Czerny)
* Christmas-Day Secrets (T. Dutton)
* Allegro (S. Suzuki)
* Musette (Anonymous)

Suzuki Piano School - Volume 2
* Écossaise (J. N. Hummel)
* A Short Story (H. Lichner)
* The Happy Farmer, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (R. Schumann)
* Minuet in G Major, BWV 822 (J. S. Bach)
* Minuet in G Major, from J. S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Anonymous)
* Minuet in G Minor, BWV 822 (J. S. Bach)
* Cradle Song, Op. 13, No. 2 (C. M. von Weber)
* Arietta (W. A. Mozart)
* Hungarian Folk Song, from For Children, Sz. 42 (Béla Bartók)
* Melody, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 1 (R. Schumann)
* Minuet in G Major, from J. S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (C. Petzold)
* Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5 (Moderato, Romance) (L. van Beethoven)
* Children at Play, from For Children, Sz. 42 (Béla Bartók)

[pianocavs]

Hi!

Perhaps you could take a look at these websites:

  https://www.music-for-music-teachers.com/beginner-piano-music.html

  https://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Freebies/Holidays/Christmas.html

The best for you and your students.