The much-anticipated children's music video of the smash hit "We Are Family", which features over 100 beloved children's characters including Arthur, Barney, Bear, Big Bird, Clifford, JoJo and SpongeBob, is being distributed nationwide this week to over 15,000 public school districts (reaching over 60,000 public elementary schools) as well as NAIS accredited private elementary schools. The video and accompanying teacher's guide demonstrate the importance of togetherness embodied in the word "family."
The We Are Family Foundation together with its partners the Anti-Defamation League, Crown Theatres, DIC Entertainment, Disney Channel, FedEx, HIT Entertainment, LazyTown Entertainment, Muppets Holding Company, Nickelodeon, Nile Rodgers/Sony Publishing, The Bernard Edwards Company, LLC, Nelvana, Scholastic, Sesame Workshop, Spellbound Entertainment, Toni Mendez Shapiro Estate, and WGBH have come together to produce and distribute this unprecedented children's educational music video and teacher's guide. The characters appearing in the video are from award-winning shows including:
The video also features cameo appearances by Bill Cosby, Diana Ross and Whoopi Goldberg.
The DVD package includes the "We Are Family" music video with a special introduction from Between the Lions, a version without the introduction, a sing-along version, a special message from the video creators and a PSA. The DVD may be used alone to bring classes or school communities together, as a supplement to current family/diversity programs in schools, or as a complete educational tool utilizing the teacher's guide provided with the DVD.
The accompanying teacher's guide, developed by the award- winning Anti-Defamation League's A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE(r) Institute and its Miller Early Childhood Program, includes easy- to-do lessons and activities that will help children understand the idea of global community, and to recognize that the celebration of diversity is a positive, enriching, and unifying force in our world. The teaching guide will be available for download from both the Anti-Defamation League -- http://www.adl.org -- and We Are Family Foundation -- http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org -- web sites.
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