Changes: A Word from Us Kids

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And Now a Word from Us Kids is a regular feature aired as interstitial content on most episodes of Arthur between stories. The segments feature real kids (most often third graders and usually at a school), who discuss the topic featured in the story immediately preceding the intial segment. For example, in the segment following "Arthur's Chicken Pox," a group of real-kids discuss having had the chicken pox and show their own chicken pox-related drawings. Other examples include:

A trip to the Cape Cod potato chip factory in The Chips Are Down
Movie making of The Three Billy Goats Gruff Arthur Makes a Movie
A group of kids pretend it's their birthday in Arthur's Birthday
Kids draw what they're going to bring in their paper suitcases to camp in Arthur Goes to Camp
A school hosting a sleepover for its second graders in Arthur's First Sleepover
Kids create their own pet businesses in Arthur's Pet Business
Kids talk about their baby siblings in Arthur's Baby
A class describes what their teacher is like in Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn
Looking for clues to find some animals in Binky Rules
A class trip to the fire department in D.W. All Fired Up
Holly Holland talks about herself in The Contest
A boy sharing about how deafness affects his life in Do You Speak George?
A girl talks about what she and her class does when they are bored or if it's a rainy day in Arthur's Almost Boring Day
An interview with firefighters following Part I in April 9th
Kids rap about heroes and heroines in Locked in the Library!
A behind the scenes look at Zoom in The Last of Mary Moo Cow (There was no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. Caroline made a mistake by saying "And Now Back to Zoom" instead of Arthur).
A teenager discussing acting in a play ("A Word from an Actor”) in No Acting, Please
Letters to Arthur in Arthur the Wrecker
A girl with Cerebral Palsy and her twin sister in The Wheel Deal
A girl named Corinne, her sister, and friends making snacks like fruit smoothies, then play basketball at the end of the day in Desert Island Dish
A group of kids talking about healthy snacks in Just Desserts
Kids discuss music and play different instruments in Arthur vs. the Piano
Kids create their own version of the Crunch Cereal commercial in Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
Kids show and talk about their favorite things, and how meaningful they are to them in DW's Blankie
Karate class in Binky vs. Binky
A behind the scenes look at the making of Arthur Meets Mr. Rogers
Students at The Perkins School for the Blind discussing how they make cookies in How the Cookie Crumbles
Making friends in Arthur Makes Waves
Class bad habits in All Thumbs
Computer poem in Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked
Argument solution about a pen in Arthur's Family Feud
Sleeping techniques in Sleep No More
Class vote in The Election
Kids discussing why name-calling is bad in D.W.'s Name Game
A word from a biologist in The Lousy Week
A word from Kosta (a pizzeria owner) in The World Record
Imaginary Planets in D.W. Aims High
Kids' donations in Prunella the Pack Rat
Water experiment with filters in Feeling Flush
Inventions in What is That Thing?
A look at life with Asperger's Syndrome in When Carl Met George
A Word From Buster in Happy Anniversary (There was no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. Instead, it just shows Buster when the kids announce "And Now Back to Arthur")
Animal facts in The Squirrels
School news in Citizen Frensky
Art projects and rock climbing in Three's a Crowd
Scary stories in Fernkenstein's Monster
Dream buildings in Castles in the Sky
Story about a birthday party in Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story
Jennie Kirk talks about how she's good at ice skating in The Good Sport
Book facts in Buster's Book Battle
Poem about bullying in The Last Tough Customer
Trivia game in Get Smart
Kids talk about dyslexia in The Boy with His Head in the Clouds
Talented interests in Baseball Blues
A Song from us kids in Big Horns George
Candy factory chocolate in Binky Goes Nuts
A music class at Conservatory Lab Charter School in D.W. Beats All
Kids play dodgeball at recess in The A Team
Happy and mad face in Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight
Twins in Double Tibble Trouble
A word from Amelia and Eliot in Attack of the Turbo Tibbles
Kids creating a dodgeball opera with Rodney Gilfry's help in Lights, Camera...Opera!
A word from us friends in Buster's Back
A word from Larry King from Elwood City Turns 100! (There was no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. Instead, Larry King said "And Now Back to Arthur".)
A word from Dr. Griffith on living with asthma in Buster's Breathless

After the segment, a kid's drawing of Arthur is shown while the kids announced "And Now Back To Arthur".

In a number of installments of Arthur following the premiere of Postcards from Buster, this segment was briefly replaced with the feature Postcards from You, but it was discontinued once Postcards from Buster went off the air, and And Now a Word from Us Kids returned.

A similar themed segment, A Word from Marc Brown, is shown at the end of the second Arthur story starting with Season 10. Marc Brown showed how to draw the faces of one character per segment, including Arthur, D.W., Buster, Baby Kate and Pal.

Kid's Drawings of Arthur at the end of the segment

Trivia

In overseas airings of the show, such as when the show aired on Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom and on Disney Channel Asia airings of the show, this segment was omitted to make room for commercials. The segments are also omitted on many PBS stations during pledge drives.
The interstitial after "Prunella's Special Edition" originally showed students writing their own books and having a book signing, but this segment was later replaced by the interstitial after "The Wheel Deal". This interstitial is about the All Kids Can character contest and is now featured after each of the aforementioned episodes.
"Postcards from Buster" is the only episode to not include an interstitial, likely because the episode itself featured many different live-action scenes similar to a And Now a Word from Us Kids segment.

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 * Sleeping techniques in [[Sleep No More]]
 * Class vote in [[The Election]]
-* Kids learning that they shouldn't call people names such as "Pizza Head", "Fish Head", "Basketball Head", "Egg Head" or "Football Head" in [[D.W.'s Name Game]]
+* Kids discussing why name-calling is bad in [[D.W.'s Name Game]]
 * A word from a biologist in [[The Lousy Week]]
-* A word from Kosta in [[The World Record]]
+* A word from Kosta (a pizzeria owner) in [[The World Record]]
 * Imaginary Planets in [[D.W. Aims High]]
 * Kids' donations in [[Prunella the Pack Rat]]