Welcome to Ping and Echo, a daily newsletter that shares one amazing podcast episode guaranteed to be a great listen for kids and their families. Each newsletter includes links to articles, videos, and activities related to the podcast so you can turn every episode into an adventure.
Today’s episode is from the Noodle Loaf podcast, which is unlike anything we’ve posted here before. Usually we post a podcast and then include some related activities, but this podcast is an activity itself. Noodle Loaf is an interactive podcast from a music educator and his kids, and over the course of 10 minutes they go through three or four participatory music games. We think you and your kids will have fun with the call and response, rhythm and dancing games in this podcast, and you should definitely check out the other Noodle Loaf episodes. We have a lot of music lovers in our house and we had fun listening to a bunch of these over the weekend.
Podcast: Noodle Loaf
Episode: Knobs and Faders
Length: 10 minutes
🧐 You Should Know
I’ll always give you a heads up if there is anything in the podcast that might surprise or worry kids. Nothing to worry about here.
💡 Try This
After you listen to the episode you can try some more music games with the links and activities below:
You can join the Noodle Loaf chorus for a future episode here.
Go out in your back yard and play music on a tree like this guy
🔎 Explore More
Read up on music education with these links:
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Thanks for lending us your ears and your inbox.
Ruby, Josh, and Toby