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25 Easy Kids Songs For Piano

With easy and familiar melodies, these 25 piano arrangements are great for kids!

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25 Easy Kids Songs On Piano

If your kids are bored, need a new hobby, or just want to improve their music sight reading skills, check out these 25 super easy piano arrangements of kids songs.

These arrangements are specifically well-suited for kids because they use a limited range of notes that work well under small hands. They are mostly in the key of C, with occasional songs in G or F.

Kids who have a start at reading music can probably figure most of these songs out independently. Kids who have never read music before can likely pick them up with a little help. These are all familiar melodies that most kids have heard before.

1. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” arr. Dylan Ondine

This simple arrangement is only the melody line split between the two hands. It just uses 6 notes and includes finger numbers.

2. “The Muffin Man” arr. Bobby Cyr

This arrangement has the melody in the right hand with single harmony notes in the left hand. With a slightly bigger range of notes, it has helpful cues (circled finger numbers) to tell you when your hand will have to shift to a new key.

▶️ Watch the tutorial

3. “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” – Traditional

This arrangement is in the key of G, so watch out for that F-sharp! Even with a sharp in the mix, it’s still an easy arrangement. This one keeps the melody in the right hand while the left hand covers 1 or 2 harmony notes.

4. “Hickory Dickory Dock” arr. Alicja Urbanowicz

This song can be played almost entirely in a basic C Position, with the exception of a small shift on the last line. There are tons of helpful finger numbers sprinkled through this arrangement.

5. “London Bridge” arr. Robert Schulz

In this arrangement, both hands stay pretty busy. The right hand covers the melody and the left plays a parallel harmony on almost every note. It may look tricky, but it plays easier than it looks!

6. “Polly Wolly Doodle” arr. Bobby Cyr

This arrangement is fun to play because the left hand has a continuous broken chord pattern that makes the music sound really full and lively. The right hand covers the simple melody and the fingers tell you when it’s time to shift to a different key.

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7. “Hey Diddle Diddle” – Traditional

For this arrangement, you’ll want to start your hands in F position and be sure to catch the B-flats. Once you’re in the right position, it’s easy to read and play.

8. “Old McDonald” arr. Alicja Urbanowicz

This is another arrangement in the key of F, so watch out for those B-flats. This one includes a helpful YouTube video to help you learn the notes.

▶️ Watch the tutorial

9. “This Old Man” arr. Denes Agay

This is another arrangement that keeps both hands busy. In this one, the left hand plays some broken chords and other times in parallels the melody line.

10. “The Noble Duke of York” arr. Bobby Cyr

This is a catchy tune and this simple arrangement is easy to play. The melody mostly stays in the right hand and the left hand plays single bass notes every 2 beats.

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11. “Yankee Doodle” arr. Raluca Bojor

Here’s another arrangement in the key of G, so check for the F-sharps. This one sounds strong because it includes several chords in the left hand.

▶️ Watch the performance

12. “Michael Finnegan” arr. Bobby Cyr

Like several of Bobby Cyr’s other arrangements, this one keeps the melody in the right hand while adding single half note harmony notes in the left hand.

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13. “Polly, Put the Kettle On” arr. Dan Coates

This one is in the key of F, so watch out for your B-flats. The left hand plays chord shells throughout, so take some time to read the left hand carefully before you begin.

14. “Skip To My Lou” arr. Bobby Cyr

Here’s another Bobby Cyr/Piano Notion arrangement that is simple to play. There’s a YouTube video that shows you how to play it, too!

▶️ Watch the tutorial

15. “Frère Jacques” arr. Robbie Ashby

This arrangement is a bit more complex, but still for a kid to explore especially with an adult to help. The right hand starts high on the piano, then the left hand comes in 2 measures later as if it is singing in a round. It would definitely take some time to coordinate the 2 hands to play together, but it would also be fun to play as a duet.

16. “Bingo” – Traditional

Here’s another arrangement in the key of F, so be sure the catch the B-flats. The melody stays in the right hand, while the left hand holds 2-note harmonies.

17. “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush” arr. Denes Agay

This arrangement has plenty of helpful fingering and it’s another one where the right hand covers the melody while the left hand plays 2-note harmonies. It is also in the key of F, so watch for B-flats.

18. “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow” – Traditional

Once again, here’s another tune in the key of F, so be ready for the B-flats. This one has a slightly larger range of notes than some of the other arrangements, so read each hand carefully.

19. “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” – Traditional

This arrangement is written in the key of G and you’ll see an F-sharp in the key signature. However, there aren’t any F’s in this song, so you won’t need to worry about any sharps. This one has the melody in the right hand with a rolling broken chord accompaniment in the left hand. There are no fingerings written in, so you’ll want to write your own in.

20. “Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Duet)” arr. Chrissy Ricker

In this duet, the primo part plays the melody line split between the left hand and the right hand. This primo part could easily stand alone as a solo. Or, it can be accompanied by the secondo part, which is written at an intermediate level.

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21. “Lavender’s Blue (Dilly Dilly)” arr. Chrissy Ricker

The melody on this arrangement begins on the 3rd line after a 2-line introduction. Once you arrive at the melody, right hand covers 6 melody notes while the left hand plays some simple chords. Sometimes kids prefer to start learning the melody first, and going back to the introduction after they have learned the familiar part of the song.

▶️ Watch the performance

22. “Mary Had A Little Lamb” arr. Robert Schulz

This arrangement starts with both hands in C Position. The right hand plays the melody and the left hand plays chords and some harmony notes that follow the melody.

23. “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” arr. Alicja Urbanowicz

The right hand in the arrangement stays within the C scale and includes fingers to help you find where to move your hands within the scale. The left hand plays single bass notes, usually twice per measure.

24. “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie, arr. Bobby Cyr

This is a very easy arrangement of this song. It’s in the key of C and the right hand covers most of the melody notes while the left hand plays whole note harmonies.

▶️ Watch the tutorial

25. “Hot Cross Buns” arr. Alicja Urbanowicz

This is a super easy song that kids love playing. The right hand only plays 3 notes and this arrangement just alternates between 2 notes in the left hand.

If you would like to search for more easy songs for kids, Alicja Urbanowicz and Piano Notion (Bobby Cyr) have tons of easy arrangements that also include YouTube video tutorials.

Beginner Notes arrangements are also a good option because they are written in large print using only treble clef notes. And, the note names are printed inside the notes to help new readers find notes quickly.

Also, be on the lookout for big-note piano arrangements or easy piano arrangements when you search musicnotes.com!

This post was written by Megan, piano teacher and author of Pianissimo: A Very Piano Blog. Visit her website for more piano related blogs for teachers, parents, students, and all things piano.