Can anyone recommend which tutor books are good to teach electronic keyboard to primary school age children in small groups of 3 ?

I've struggled to find suitable keyboard books for primary aged pupils since I started teaching keyboard at school a couple of years ago. Most of my pupils have individual lessons although I have had some pairs but only with one keyboard! It will depend a bit on what ages you are teaching and how many keyboards you have.

The pupils I inherited all used the Progressive Keyboard for Young Beginners - I don't like it because it has letter names on the notes and most of the children didn't like a lot of the pieces in it but for the younger end, year 2/3, I haven't found anything better.

I've used Keyquest with year 4 upwards. This goes quite fast but it does include some ensemble pieces - you would need a keyboard for each player though. There are mp3s of all the pieces on their website: http://www.keyquestmusic.com/listen.html

The AB Music Medals ensemble books for keyboard are good but you need to be past the very early stages and the teacher needs a keyboard to play the accompaniment.

I have the LCM Key Tutor and the Victoria College First Steps book which I think are more designed for individual lessons although it depends how you would approach teaching three together.

Good luck ....

Many thanks for your help!

I use the Kids keyboard Course books 1 (and 2) - they move at a much faster pace than the Progressive Keboard Method Books and include different hand positions in book 1 so pupils are confident moving around the keyboard
from quite early on. They are great value at around ?4 and include theory and quiz pages as well.
I usually combine these with Music Medals pieces, and then progress to Kenneth Baker's Complete Keyboard books for more grown up pop music with the older ones.

Haven't used them but Nancy Litten has recently produced Keyed Up

http://www.keyboardcourses.com/Tutor_Books1.htm