Kazoodle

Break out your kazoos and noodle/percussion instruments for this awesomely robotic song! What is a noodle, you ask? It's a pool noodle cut into pieces/round blocks. When you rub them together, they sound just like sand blocks. Noodle Kits™ are individual percussion kits made up of three instruments: a pair of Noodle Blocks, a pair of smooth Rhythm Sticks, and a Chime Plate with Bolt Striker. These can be found at MusicK8.com If you don't have a Noodle Kit, any percussion items will work just fine. Use what you already have, or be creative and use some "found objects" from around the classroom or home.

The song has two distinct repeated sections to it. There is a part dedicated to the kazoos, and a part dedicated to the percussion instruments, or Noodle Kits. It was designed to give you as much flexibility as you want or need. You could have half your students playing percussion and half playing kazoos. Or if you have students up for the challenge, they can play both kazoo and percussion. The kazoo and percussion parts don't overlap until the end of the song, at which point you'll have to designate who does what.

The only non-kazoo vocal part you'll find on the recording is the kids singing (or shouting) "Kazoodle!" But they can also try to mimic the robot voice, which we're guessing they'll want to try. (Who wouldn't??) Just know that the robot voice and kazoo part do overlap, so you may want to divide them up accordingly. There is a rhythm and pitch prior to the first measure on the recording so robots can come right in.

If you want, here's a zany idea: The students could make a robot out of empty cardboard boxes. Then color in some facial features, buttons, and whatever else they want.

Some of us adults performed this song before the recording session, and we had a great time. We think your students will love it!

A Kazoodle-y treat for you!

We are gifting you a Noodle Toonz version of this song. (You're welcome.) This is a downloadable version of the song that includes full performance and accompaniment only MP4 video files for your students to watch, listen, and play along with. The videos show the scrolling accompaniment score along with color-coded student parts. Special thanks to Dan Thieman for help with this project!