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, after the first episode and before the second. 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 initial 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. After the segment, a kid's drawing of Arthur is shown while the kids announce, "And Now Back To Arthur."

Other examples include:

• A trip to the Cape Cod potato chip factory in The Chips Are Down
• 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?
• An interview with firefighters following Part I of April 9th
• 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
• A girl with cerebral palsy and her twin sister in The Wheel Deal
• A girl named Corinne, her sister, and friends make 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
• A Karate class in Binky vs. Binky
• Making friends in Arthur Makes Waves
• Students discussing bad habits in All Thumbs
• A Computer poem in Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked
• A solution to an argument about a pen in Arthur's Family Feud
• Techniques for getting to sleep in Sleep No More
• A Class vote in The Election
• 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
• Poems 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
• A Song from Us Kids in Big Horns George
• A visit with the proprieters of a nut-free chocolate company and their daughter who's allergic to nuts in Binky Goes Nuts
• A music class at Conservatory Lab Charter School in D.W. Beats All
• Students teaching each other how to do things in Bud's Knotty Problem
• 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 in Elwood City Turns 100! (There is no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. Instead, Larry says, "And Now Back to Arthur.")
• A word from Dr. Griffith on living with asthma in Buster's Breathless
• A word from Mason-Rice Elementary School principal and cancer survivor Mark Springer in The Great MacGrady
• A word from Firefighter Scott in D.W. All Fired Up

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 shows how to draw the faces of one character per segment, including Arthur, D.W., Kate, and Pal. Later, a similar feature called Which ARTHUR Character Are You? started airing after the second Arthur episode, featuring kids comparing themselves to characters in Arthur.

Segments

Season 1

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Arthur's Eyes" / "Francine's Bad Hair Day"	Kids talk about how looks are not important and everyone is different.
2	"Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn" / "Arthur's Spelling Trubble"	A class describes what their teacher is like.
3	"D.W. All Wet" / "Buster's Dino Dilemma"
4	"D.W.'s Imaginary Friend" / "Arthur's Lost Library Book"
5	"Arthur's Pet Business" / "D.W. the Copycat"	Kids create their own pet businesses.
6	"Locked in the Library!" / "Arthur Accused!"	Kids rap about heroes and heroines.
7	"Arthur Goes to Camp" / "Buster Makes the Grade"	Kids draw what they are going to bring in their paper suitcases to camp.
8	"Arthur's New Puppy" / "Arthur Bounces Back"
9	"Arthur Babysits" / "Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe"
10	"Arthur's Birthday" / "Francine Frensky, Superstar"	A group of kids pretend it is their birthday.
11	"Arthur's Baby" / "D.W.'s Baby"	Kids talk about their baby siblings.
12	"Arthur Writes a Story" / "Arthur's Lost Dog"
13	"So Long, Spanky" / "Buster's New Friend"
14	"Arthur the Wrecker" / "Arthur and the True Francine"	Kids write letters to Arthur on the computer.
15	"Arthur's Family Vacation" / "Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm"
16	"Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest" / "D.W. Flips"	Kids create their own version of the Crunch Cereal commercial.
17	"Meek for a Week" / "Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper"
18	"Arthur's Chicken Pox" / "Sick as a Dog"
19	"D.W. Rides Again" / "Arthur Makes the Team"
20	"Arthur's Almost Boring Day" / "The Half-Baked Sale"	A girl talks about what she and her class does when they are bored or if it is a rainy day.
21	"Sue Ellen Moves In" / "The Perfect Brother"
22	"D.W.'s Snow Mystery" / "Team Trouble"
23	"Bully for Binky" / "Misfortune Teller"
24	"Arthur's Tooth" / "D.W. Gets Lost"
25	"D.W. Thinks Big" / "Arthur Cleans Up"
26	"My Dad, the Garbage Man" / "Poor Muffy"
27	"D.W.'s Blankie" / "Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble"	Kids show and talk about their favorite things, and how meaningful they are to them.
28	"I'm a Poet" / "The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!"
29	"My Club Rules" / "Stolen Bike"
30	"Arthur's First Sleepover" / "Arthur's New Year's Eve"	A school hosts a sleepover for its second graders.

Season 2

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Arthur Meets Mister Rogers" / "Draw!"	A behind the scenes look at the making of "Arthur Meets Mister Rogers."
2	"Binky Barnes, Art Expert" / "Arthur's Lucky Pencil"
3	"D.W. the Picky Eater" / "Buster and the Daredevils"
4	"Arthur Makes a Movie" / "Go to Your Room, D.W."	Kids make a movie adaptation of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
5	"Arthur's Underwear" / "Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider"
6	"Buster Baxter, Cat Saver" / "Play it Again, D.W."	The class talks about Weird Animals.
7	"Arthur's TV-Free Week" / "Night Fright"	This class talks about how too much T.V. is bad.
8	"Arthur vs. the Piano" / "The Big Blow-Up"	Kids discuss music and play different instruments.
9	"Lost!" / "The Short, Quick Summer"
10	"D.W. Goes to Washington" / "Arthur's Mystery Envelope"
11	"D.W.'s Deer Friend" / "Buster Hits the Books"
12	"Arthur's Faraway Friend" / "Arthur and the Square Dance"
13	"Water and the Brain" / "Arthur the Unfunny"
14	"Sue Ellen's Lost Diary" / "Arthur's Knee"
15	"Grandma Thora Appreciation Day" / "Fern's Slumber Party"
16	"Love Notes for Muffy" / "D.W. Blows the Whistle"
17	"Francine Redecorates" / "Arthur the Loser"
18	"Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard" / "D.W.'s Very Bad Mood"
19	"D.W.'s Name Game" / "Finders Key-pers"	Kids discuss why name calling is bad.
20	"How the Cookie Crumbles" / "Sue Ellen's Little Sister"	Students at The Perkins School for the Blind discuss how they make chocolate chip cookies.

Season 3

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Buster's Back" / "The Ballad of Buster Baxter"
2	"D.W. All Fired Up" / "I'd Rather Read It Myself"	A class trip to the fire department
3	"Arthur Goes Crosswire" / "Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous"
4	"Background Blues" / "And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids"
5	"The Chips are Down" / "Revenge of the Chip"	A trip to the Cape Cod potato chip factory.
6	"Binky Rules" / "Meet Binky"	the class is Looking for clues to find some animals.
7	"Arthur Rides the Bandwagon" / "Dad's Dessert Dilemma"
8	"Popular Girls" / "Buster's Growing Grudge"
9	"Arthur's Treasure Hunt" / "The Return of the King"
10	"Attack of the Turbo Tibbles" / "D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy"
11	"Double Tibble Trouble" / "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival"
12	"What Scared Sue Ellen?" / "Clarissa is Cracked"
13	"Arthur's Dummy Disaster" / "Francine and the Feline"
14	"Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight" / "D.W.'s Perfect Wish"
15	"Arthur and D.W. Clean Up" / "The Long, Dull Winter"

Season 10

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Happy Anniversary"	Buster reads letters from kids about why they like Arthur.

Season 13

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"The Great MacGrady"	Students share their feelings after their principal recovers from cancer

Season 14

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"The Wheel Deal"/"The Buster Report"	Kids visit the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

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Season 16

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Based on a True Story"	Kids advise Ladonna on what she should do after lying.
2	"Flippity Francine" / "Muffy Takes the Wheel"	A 1st grade class takes pictures.
3	"All About D.W." / "Blockheads"
4	"Get Smart" / "Baby Steps"	A class plays a quiz game on an interactive whiteboard.
5	"Night of the Tibble" / "Read and Flumberghast"	Kids discuss times they were scared and how they got over it.
6	"The Last Tough Customer" / "Brain's Chess Mess"
7	"Baseball Blues" / "Brain's Biggest Blunder"	A class discusses talents and interests.
8	"Buster's Book Battle" / "On the Buster Scale"	Kids recommend books to each other.
9	"Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story" / "Sue Ellen Vegges Out"
10	"So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" / "The Best Day Ever"	A class has a puppet show about standing up to bullies.

Season 17

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Show Off" / "Dog's Best Friend"
2	"Adventures in Budylon" / "Ladonna Compson: Party Animal"

Season 18

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Shelter from the Storm"	Kids visit the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

Season 22

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone" / "The Feud"	Students meet their teacher's husband for the first time and get to know him better.

Season 24

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"George Scraps His Sculpture" / "Arthur's Big Meltdown"	Kids visit with Kevin Sampson to see how he creates his artwork.
2	"The Great MacGrady"	Students share their feelings after their principal recovers from cancer. (Originally aired during Season 13)
3	"D.W.'s New Best Friend" / "Freaky Tuesday"	Kids design and model their own clothes.

Season 25

Number	Episodes	Description
1	"Binky Wrestles with a Story" / "All Will Be Revealed!"	Students learn how to write an attention-grabbing sentence.
2	"Making Conversation" / "A Cloudy Day"	Kids make a silent movie.
3	"Listen Up" / "Arthur's New Old Vacation"
4	"Blabbermouth" / "All Grown Up"	Students discuss their personalities and compare them with the Arthur cast of characters.

Kids' drawings of Arthur at the end of the segment

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  1996 variant

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  1996 variant

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  Normal 1996-1998 version

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  1997-2012

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  2012–present

Trivia

• In all Season 1 episodes and 10 Season 2 episodes, the introductory music was eventually redubbed in reruns in the United States. Some VHS and DVD releases retain the original music.
• In overseas and international airings of the show, such as when it aired on CBBC in the United Kingdom and on Disney Channel Asia airings of the show, this segment was omitted to make room for commercials. They 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 this one.
• The audio of the kids saying, "And now back to Arthur." at the end of each segment was slightly lowered in pitch in later seasons.