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The best thing about chores is identifying the sound they make using your ears. It's downhill from there BUT with some groovy tunes on, any chore becomes a dance party. Amiright? Except duvet related chores, those are just a chore.

We begin with an Echo Song about being the insatiable desire to take a thing apart to see how it works and then feelings that arise when you realize that putting it back together may not be in the cards. This happens in my life more often than I'd care to admit. Might as well sing a song about it that promotes pitch awareness in a Gypsy Punk style. ✪

Perk up your ears in this aural awareness game Name That Sound. I will play the audio of various household chores and you must identify them. You don't have to identify WITH them. It's not an empathy exercise, just a sound naming game. Enjoy! ✪

And lastly, I take those chore sounds and remix them into a funky groove with which you are encouraged to Jam Along. Your body and surroundings become drums in this body percussion and found object percussion activity. Make it funky! ✪

We hope you enjoy our music and games for preschoolers, kindergarteners and early elementary age kids! It's like a music lesson for kids that encourages household responsibility.

✪✪✪ I have written three pictures books celebrating families. They make great gifts :) https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-dan-saks ✪✪✪

WAYS TO SHOW NOODLE LOVE:

✪ Join our Patreon to get a show shout out, handwritten letter and phone jingle! www.patreon.com/noodleloaf

✪ SUBSCRIBE and/or LEAVE A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts

✪ Get some Noodle Loaf gear at noodleloaf.threadless.com.

✪ Want to add your voice to the Noodle Loaf choir? The echo song and instructions are here: http://noodleloaf.com/choir

Find us on noodleloaf.com Twitter and Instagram or write to us at noodleloafshow@gmail.com

Duck Truck Goose - Encore

Sorry kids, the song about the history of Kraftwerk didn't make the final edit but don't fret, there is a clapping game about robots. There is also a Western folk song and opportunities to make use of your ears and hands so make sure to have those nearby before hitting play.

We begin with a song game called Clap It Back about robots. But is it a song about robots? Or an homage to Phil Collins? Can it be both? This is a great way to develop Rhythmic Awareness and 80s pop icon awareness. ✪

Kids love classic Western cinema so here is an old Western folk song that also happens to be an Echo Song. So hop up in the saddle and join us on the trail. ✪

The word "Aural" is confusing when heard aurally. That is ironic. There is nothing we can do about that but what we can do is develop Aural Awareness via a game called Name That Sound. We'll play a sound, you try to name it. ✪

If you like Rhythmic Improvisation and Body Percussion then you will love Jam Along. Stomp, clap, pat and snap your funkiest groove along to our funkiest groove. ✪

We hope you enjoy our music and games for preschoolers, kindergarteners and early elementary age kids! It's like a music lesson for kids you can pack in your picnic basket.

I wrote a book!!!: ✪✪✪ FAMILIES CAN - an Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far - by Dan Saks and Brooke Smart available from Penguin Random House ✪✪✪

http://tinyurl.com/familiescan

WAYS TO SHOW NOODLE LOVE:

✪ Join our Patreon to get a show shout out and a handwritten letter! www.patreon.com/noodleloaf

✪ SUBSCRIBE and/or LEAVE A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts

✪ Get some Noodle Loaf gear at noodleloaf.threadless.com.

✪ Want to add your voice to the Noodle Loaf choir? The echo song and instructions are here: http://noodleloaf.com/choir

Find us on noodleloaf.com Twitter and Instagram or write to us at noodleloafshow@gmail.com

Kablamski

It's getting hot in here, so plant some carrot seeds. I am getting so hot, I'm gonna plant some carrot seeeeds. There's a song about planting carrot seeds in this episode and those are not the lyrics. We don't do parodies. We do music for kids and that grown ups dig too. We do music empowerment through play. We jam out, you jam along.

The Echo Song in today's show, A Carrot Seed was inspired by my cousins' farm Soul Fire Farm in Upstate NY. Their farm sows veg and justice in equal measure and is definitely worth getting to know. To Do List: Sing along with this fun song for kids, Plant a carrot, Check out Soul Fire Farm. ✪

This Finish The Pattern game explores the music concept of timbre. Timbre is just a fancy way of saying the way a sound sounds. A guitar and a piano playing middle C play the same notes but have very different timbres. I think trying to find words to describe timbres makes for a fun vocab game that also nurtures a sense of music appreciation so stay tuned for the bonus round where we do just that! ✪

And since we're big fans of recycling, we recycle those patterns to play a game called Jam Along. If you're having fun and feeling empowered to be part of the band then you are doing it right! ✪

We hope you enjoy our music and games for preschoolers, kindergarteners and early elementary age kids! It's like a music lesson for kids you can do at the beach, at the pool or at the lakeside glampsite.

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR COPY of THE MEATSHOWER BY MICK SULLIVAN: https://www.noodleloaf.com/meatshower

I wrote a book!!!: ✪✪✪ FAMILIES CAN - an Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far - by Dan Saks and Brooke Smart available from Penguin Random House ✪✪✪

http://tinyurl.com/familiescan

WAYS TO SHOW NOODLE LOVE:

✪ Join our Patreon to get a show shout out and a handwritten letter! www.patreon.com/noodleloaf

✪ SUBSCRIBE and/or LEAVE A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts

✪ Get some Noodle Loaf gear at noodleloaf.threadless.com.

✪ Want to add your voice to the Noodle Loaf choir? The echo song and instructions are here: http://noodleloaf.com/choir

Find us on noodleloaf.com Twitter and Instagram or write to us at noodleloafshow@gmail.com

Good Jam

Hey Noodlinos! Music activities for kids abound in this here podcast installment of the mighty Noodle Loaf show. So grab some toast and a kid (preferably your own) be it a preschooler, a kindergartener or even a big kid because we've got some goooood jams to share with you.

Time To Move - Our first music game is of the creative movement variety. Children are invited to move like various objects, animals and people all to our laid back kid friendly groove. Can you be like water? ✪

Echo Song - Good Jelly - In this repeat after me style sing along song, listeners take part in an inner and outer search for a better jar of jelly. As it turns out it wasn't jelly we were looking for after all. (it's jam). For fans of silly kids music only. ✪

Jam Along - Speaking of good jam, here is a rhythm game to get your family groove on to. This improvisational drumming activity is a favorite of every budding Buddy Rich. The only rule is, it's got to be funky. ✪

We hope you enjoy our music and games for preschoolers, kindergarteners and early elementary age kids! It's like a music lesson you can eat on the way to school.

Links and Announcements

✪✪✪ RSVP for the March 7th 2021 Dancorcism HERE ✪✪✪

✪✪✪ FAMILIES BELONG - one of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 - by Dan Saks available from Penguin Random House ✪✪✪

https://bit.ly/familiesbelongbook

WAYS TO SHOW NOODLE LOVE:

✪ Join our Patreon to access bonus content and a handwritten letter!  www.patreon.com/noodleloaf 

✪ SUBSCRIBE and/or LEAVE A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts

✪ Get some Noodle Loaf gear at noodleloaf.threadless.com.  

✪ Want to add your voice to the Noodle Loaf choir?
The echo song and instructions are here: http://www.noodleloaf.com/choir

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram or contact us via this website.

Peck of Pumpkin Poodle

A little extra noodle in our loaf this go round to keep your family singing, rhyming, jamming and goofin’.

Clap it Back - We begin with a rhythm song for kids called Weird Picnic. This clapping game develops rhythmic awareness in children and has some fun with the very strange eating scenarios families have been experiencing recently. ✪

Rhyme Time - This rhyming game will grow a phonological wunderkind right in your home. It’s a children’s music activity that parents love too. ✪

Echo Song - Summer Is Hot - This kids song about summer celebrates sun with singing. Repeat after me styler songs are a great way to help kids learn musical pitch, rhythm and singing confidence. ✪

Kids Talking About Stuff - Kids have a candid discussion about skin color. Can it be it was all so simple then? ✪

Finish The Pattern - This music game develops pattern recognition and promotes the art of making music with your mouth be it for beatboxing or voice foley ✪

Jam Along - We end the show with a jam session. Break out your improvisational drumming chops and play along with this kid-friendly funky groove. ✪

✪✪✪ FAMILIES BELONG - the new board book from Dan Saks available from Penguin Random House ✪✪✪

https://bit.ly/familiesbelongbook

WAYS TO SHOW NOODLE LOVE:

✪ If Noodle Loaf brings some music education value to your life, please consider becoming a patron. Membership starts at $3: www.patreon.com/noodleloaf

✪ Donate: paypal.me/dansaks

✪ SUBSCRIBE and/or LEAVE A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts

✪ Get some Noodle Loaf gear at noodleloaf.threadless.com.

✪ Want to add your voice to the Noodle Loaf choir?
The echo song and instructions are here:
http://noodleloaf.com/choir
Find us on noodleloaf.com Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or write to us at noodleloafshow@gmail.com

Hot Beets

Hey Noodlinos! Have you checked out our new YouTube channel yet?  We're making vids inspired by the music games you know and love.  Check it out here! These videos are great for school brain breaks, car rides and dentist waiting rooms.

But first!!!

Finish The Pattern - In this pattern recognition game, kids learn about the upright bass and how a walking bass line works. It’s a jazz appreciation game that you can play with your face. ✪

Echo Song - There's a Zoo - This song was inspired by a video playdate my child was having with her friend. Her friend said, “want to see the zoo inside my closet?” And the typewriters were immediately off to the races here at Noodle Loaf HQ. It’s a repeat after me style children’s song which helps kids with ear training for pitch and singing confidence. ✪

Jokes - Kids like jokes. Jokes like kids. These are jokes for kids by kids. ✪

Jam Along - We make a rhythm on a tree and invite you to jam along with us. This game encourages nature play, creativity and funkiness. For fans of Waldorf, Montessori and nature schools. BYOSticks. ✪

✪✪✪ FAMILIES BELONG - the new board book from Dan Saks available from Penguin Random House ✪✪✪

https://bit.ly/familiesbelongbook

WAYS TO SHOW NOODLE LOVE:

✪ If Noodle Loaf brings some music education value to your life, please consider becoming a patron. Membership starts at $3: www.patreon.com/noodleloaf

✪ Donate: paypal.me/dansaks

✪ SUBSCRIBE and/or LEAVE A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts

✪ Get some Noodle Loaf gear at noodleloaf.threadless.com.

✪ Want to add your voice to the Noodle Loaf choir?
The echo song and instructions are here:
http://noodleloaf.com/choir
Find us on noodleloaf.com Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or write to us at noodleloafshow@gmail.com

Torte in a Fort

Two truths and a lie. True tooths and a fly.  Few sleuths in a sty etc. etc.  Red Herrings abound in this early April release.  Catch them, or be caught!  

The cool thing about you is that you can pretty much make a song up about anything anytime. This game called KaraYOUke gives you ample opportunity to do that and develop your improvisation abilities in the process. ✪

A hip-hop Echo Song about forts. Everyone can pretty much stop writing songs now. ✪

I take you on an Audio Walk through a snowy forest. Great for close listening and building aural awareness. And just being in tune with nature which is a great tune to be in. ✪

Take the skills you’ve learned so far and let em loose during a round of Jam Along, an improvisational rhythm game for all. ✪

I Feelin’ It

Boom Bam!  It's show note writing time! In today's episode we have a rhythm game about washing hands. #topical #yikes 
Also, a song about the colors of the rainbow and we present our 2nd annual Trinidad Carnival recap. 

Clap It Back (Rhythm Awareness) ✪

ROY G BIV (Echo Song / Pitch Matching) ✪

Carnival Recap (Music/Culture Appreciation) ✪

Jam Along (Rhythmic Improvisation) ✪

Less Honking More Singing

Finally an echo song celebrating how much everyone in your family loves wearing a lot of layers in the winter time.  Plus some patterns to finish, some songs to make up on the spot and a funky funky groove over which you are invited to jam.  Traffic?  What traffic?

I'm Layering Up (Echo Song / Pitch Matching) ✪

KaraYOUke (Verbal and Melodic Improvisation) ✪

Finish The Pattern (Pattern Recognition) ✪

Jam Along (Rhythmic Improvisation) ✪

Winky Dinky Little Pinky

We're back with more singing, dancing, laughing and learning! So dub the show onto a blank cassette, pop it into your tape deck, press rewind and then join in the Noodle Loaf fun!

Dance Dance Noodlution (Creative Movement) ✪ 

Snuggling (Echo Song / Pitch Matching) ✪

KaraYOUke (Verbal and Melodic Improvisation) ✪

Kids Talking About Stuff ✪

Jam Along (Rhythmic Improvisation) ✪

Treasurelint

Big fun for little voices abound in today's episode.  There'll be learning and laughter but the learning part is top secret so don't tell!

Rhyme Time (Improvisation/Phonological Awareness) ✪ 

Time To Move (Creative Movement) ✪

I Can Cook (Echo Song / Pitch Matching) ✪

Finish The Pattern (Pattern Recognition / Beatboxing 101) ✪

Jam Along (Rhythmic Improvisation) ✪

Alligator Breath

We begin with a two part ode to friendship. And what better activities to enjoy with a friend than the naming of sounds followed by the jamming along to said sounds which have been artfully remixed into a funky funky beat?  And more!

Kids Talking About Stuff ✪

A Friend Like You (Echo Song / Pitch Matching) ✪

Name That Sound (Aural Awareness) ✪

Jam Along (Rhythmic Improvisation) ✪

Some Drums Bap

Slide your way into our island breezy echo song about finding the good vibes in everything.  Then bring that positive energy to our jam sesh.  It's all good Noodlinos, it's all good.  

Singing Slide (Vocal Warm-Up) ✪

It's All Good (Echo Song / Pitch Matching) ✪

Jam Along (Rhythmic Improvisation/Body Percussion) ✪

Duck Truck Goose

Your challenge this week?  Tell one other family about all the fun they are missing by not listening to Noodle Loaf.  Let's bubble our audience!  I mean double.  Do I?   

Clap It Back (Rhythm Awareness) ✪

Trail To Mexico (Echo Song/Pitch Matching) ✪

Name That Sound (Aural Awareness) ✪

Jam Along (Rhythmic Improvisation/Body Percussion) ✪ 

Doodle-Dee-Doo

My kids have been loving the I Had A Rooster book by Laura Vaccaro Seeger recently, so we decided to put that song in this week's show.  It's a bona fide classic kids song and now you get to make animal songs along with us as we sing it.  PLUS we do what one does when a donkey sound presents itself to us...we jam it out.

I Had A Rooster (Cumulative Song) ✪
Finish The Pattern (Pattern Recognition) ✪
Jam Along (Improvisation/Body Percussion) ✪

Autumnaton

I love a good pattern and we've got plenty of them on today's show.  We also update an old echo song that updated a different old echo song which I recently learned was an update of a really old echo song about the Canadian military.  Hello operator?  But the big news is we have a guest beatboxer laying the groove in our Jam Along segment.  Woot woot!

Finish The Pattern (Pattern Recognition) ✪
Rick A Bamboo (Echo Song) ✪
Jam Along (Rhythm and Improvisation) ✪

Tickle Me Yeezy

Happy Summer Noodle Loafers! We missed you, so here's a bonus ep to get your summer road trips off on the right tire. Listen closely for your chance to win a Noodle Loaf t-shirt and/or a special recording of your child singing our new Echo Song.  Too good!

Finish The Pattern ✪
Echo Song (Now That We Know) How To Add Your Voice ✪
Guided Doodle ✪
Jam Along ✪

A Spectacular Ending

Season One's grand finale! And we're ending with a boom bap boom. We've got a guest appearance by Angela Ferrari. We've got an echo song about getting dirty. And a whale sounds remix. Look out Kanye!

Echo Song (Take A Little Water) ✪
You Make The Story (by Story Spectacular) ✪
Name That Sound ✪
Jam Along ✪