And Now a Word from Us Kids

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, 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 sleepover at the school 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 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).
• Letters to Arthur in Arthur the Wrecker
• A trip to the pizzeria in Sleep No More
• 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
• Making friends in Arthur Makes Waves
• Class bad habits in All Thumbs
• Computerpoem 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 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
• A word from a biologist in The Lousy Week
• A word from Kosta 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 Word From Buster in Happy Anniversary (There was no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. 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
• Music rhythms 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
• Opera dodgeball in Lights, Camera...Opera!
• A word from us friends in Buster's Back
• Three blind kids show the viewers how they make chocolate chip cookies in How the Cookie Crumbles
• A word from Larry King from Elwood City Turns 100! (There was no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. But Larry King said "And Now Back to Arthur".)

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

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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 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.