Teaching piano: Anyone used Pianimals w/ their dc w/ success?

[Sue G in PA]

I play piano, can read music, etc. I've taught my dd11 how to read music (basics, mostly treble cleff). For my youngers, I'm wondering if I should go with a program that DOESN'T teach how to read music at first, but gets them playing simple tunes right away (like Pianimals). This seems backwards to me b/c it's not how I learned, but thought I'd ask here. Any thoughts? Is Pianimals a good program? TIA

[Julie in Austin]

We've used it for about two years (going slowly) and I really like it. My son seems to like it as well. Perhaps you could buy just the first book and see how it works for your family?

[Cindyg]

Yes, things are going well here, though very slowly. Our piano ambitions are quite low. I just want DS to do a little bit every day, and he does. He loves Pianimals.