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

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Periwinkle

You shared photos of forts with us.  We wrote a rhythm game about fortographs.  Balls in your court Noodlinos! 

Lots of fun on this show featuring contributions from special guests Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear and Piera Gelardi:

The kids went through a major fort phase during which we coined the term “fortograph.” You’re welcome English language. This Clap It Back rhythm game is all about forts, fortographs and developing a strong sense of rhythm ✪

Friend of the show (and family) Piera Gelardi wrote this All Day Pajamas song when her daughter was just a baby. She was envious of her child’s ability to wear pajamas all day without the judging stares of passersby. Piera sings lead on this Echo Song so Dan could stay home in his pajamas all day. ✪

Jokes (lolz) ✪

You know Ed Droste from the indie rock mega star band Grizzly Bear, but did you know that Ed is really good at knowing the differences between instruments and animals? That is why he is the special guest on this edition of Instrument or Animal, a trivia and music appreciation game where we say a word and you have to guess which category it falls under. ✪

✪✪✪NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL!!!✪✪✪

Chipper Whippoorwill

I just read a scientific report that said music is so great!  Here's the relevant data:

Rhyme Time (Improvisation / Phonological Awareness) ✪

Jokes (lolz) ✪

Bear Salon (Echo Song / Pitch Matching) ✪

Clap it Back (Listening Skills / Beat Awareness) ✪

Old Blind Loafy Noodles

Kids telling jokes and story telling folks meet Magic Number claps and made up folk singers for another episode of music and learning and singing and run on sentences.  

Clap It Back (Rhythm Awareness) ✪ 

Jokes (Laughs are Good) ✪

There Was A Man And He Was Mad (Story Song / Listening Skills) ✪

You Make The Story (Verbal Improvisation) ✪

Together Like a Song

We saw the Noodle Loaf in the sky above a traffic clogged highway and are swooping in to rescue your road trip with another summer bonus episode.  

Echo Song (Families Belong Together) ✪
Jokes ✪
Clap It Back ✪
Time To Move ✪