Bastien Piano Methods

Bastien's "Piano Basics" method covers all aspects of the piano for beginners, using a comprehensive set of four separate books. The books that make up the course are entitled "Piano," "Theory," "Technic," and "Performance" and are available in five levels, primer through Level 4. 

You start learning with fingering and that helps so much when you do sight-reading or learn more diffficult pieces.  I myself initially learnt piano with this method and am grateful to it.

I have found it very effective to use for beginners, and have not found anything better since to use for my pupils.