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Noodle Loaf - Music Education Podcast for Kids

Noodle Loaf - Music Education Podcast for Kids

Dan Saks 116 Episodes Nov 26, 2025

Noodle Loaf is an interactive music education podcast for kids, created by musician and early childhood music educator Dan Saks. The show features fun music, movement activities, rhythm games, and learning through play. It has received the Common Sense Media Selection seal for high-quality kids content.

Episodes

Sounds Are Storying
Sounds Are Storying Nov 26, 2025 968 It's that time of year again! It's also ALMOST that time of year again. Two great reasons to do some a cappella style vocal jamming using the names of different pasta shapes. What better way to learn the art of part singing? Here is more information about what musical fun for the whole family lies within this episode: ✪ We begin with a Vocal Jam, which will turn your family into a pasta themed
Introducing: Big Emotions - Kids Listen Mashups About Feelings
Introducing: Big Emotions - Kids Listen Mashups About Feelings Oct 23, 2025 1639 Noodle Loaf is excited to share a recent episode of the Kids Listen podcast Big Emotions: Kids Listen Mashups About Feelings featuring Noodle Loaf and our friends at Dr. Friendtastic and Power Dog Adventures. The episode is hosted by Abbe Opher & Kelly MacBride of Koala Kids. Each episode in the series gives you a taste of some other great kids shows to check out, and explore what it means to be h
Armpitity
Armpitity Sep 25, 2025 675 Welcome back to another episode filled with interactive music games delightfulness. Rhythm, pitch and movement are going to occupy your next ten minutes so take out your hair and put in your teeth for Noodle Loaf! Sorry, I'm never sure what to write here. It says "episode description." Maybe I should be more specific? Ok, this episode will contain the following opportunities for creative express
That's The Riff with Ziggy Marley
That's The Riff with Ziggy Marley Jul 30, 2025 939 I hope you have your goofin' hat on because we are diving in the deep end of the joyous music giggle pool and we're gonna need hats? If you say so! Oh, yeah, also...Ziggy Marley is on this episode! He stopped by Noodle Loaf to help show how easy and fun it is to make up songs about just about anything, and tell us about his new book Pajammin'. We hope you like pajammin' too! ✪ We begin with the T
Not a Normal Cat
Not a Normal Cat Apr 5, 2024 690 New Episode! New Book! Singing! Storytelling! Songwriting! Exclamation Points!!! This surprise episode drop is in celebration of Dan's new book, We Share This Earth. It's a rhyming book with beautiful illustrations featuring specific places around the globe and the people who live there. ✪ We begin with the Echo Song We Share This Earth that uses text from the book of the same name to bask in the
Breezes Blowing
Breezes Blowing Sep 28, 2023 822 There's never a bad time to sing about Autumn and learn some Spanish but there are particularly good times, and one of those is now. ✪ We begin with a Clap It Back song in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. We use the power of rhythm and song to teach you the common Spanish phrase for "I want to eat a snack in a fort with you." You will never be hungry and lonely in a fort in a Spanish speaking cou
No Birds To Describe You
No Birds To Describe You Jun 21, 2023 866 We are celebrating the release of Dan's new book We Share This School by getting together to sing and rhyme and clap along with a new episode of Noodle Loaf! Our Clap It Back this week unusually unusual, even by our standards here at Noodle Loaf. Practice your rhythmic awareness while learning such important non-facts such as "Turnip is short for Turtle Nipple" and "Rutabaga is short for Ruth Bad
The 100th Episode Song Share Celebration
The 100th Episode Song Share Celebration Jun 22, 2022 1917 THIS IS OUR 100TH EPISODE! If it is your first time listening I suggest starting with a different episode.  If it is your 100th time listening then hooray for us! To celebrate this milestone, we turn the mic around to our listeners and listen to them singing their favorite songs from the show as well as songs that they have written.  We got kids from all over, like The Bronx, Scotland and New Zeal
Working Together
Working Together Jun 8, 2022 806 Anyone cane name a problem, but can you name a solution?  Anyone can make a doodle, but can you make up a song about yours?  Press play and find out! Our Echo Song this week is We Can Fix It, a song that makes the case for problem solving.  It's a fabulous life skill with a catchy hook.  Have fun singing along to this groovy song! ✪ Take out your pencils because we've got a Guided Doodle! You wo
Beach Bird
Beach Bird May 25, 2022 867 It's new album week! And it is also AAPI month! So much to celebrate, such a good time.   Our Echo Song this week is I Got a Bicycle, an ode to two wheels and our planet.  This is a Noodlino favorite song that made it on to Echo Songs, Vol. 2 now available in all the music places! Get on your bike and ride! ✪ Next up, we've got a round of Trivia in honor of AAPI Month.  It's called Bird or Tradi
Moon Dust
Moon Dust May 11, 2022 795 Dinosaur songs, truck stories and even an ode to napkins.  Something for everyone! (Especially people that like music and games) This Clap It Back manages to squeeze in tributes to a few of the many celebrations happening this month like International Drum Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, National Bike Month and American Cheese Month.  What a great way to gain a strong sense of rhythm! ✪ W
Feeling So Serene
Feeling So Serene Apr 1, 2022 820 We won't let all these April Fools hoaxes keep us from having some interactive educational music based fun! A delightful Clap It Back about rainbows and love (dedicated to the governments of Texas and Florida.) Develop rhythmic awareness while committing to a more compassionate world. ✪ A Tiny Song called Mozzarella Sticks that is a round for kids AKA a canon for kids.  Try it out and share what

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