About Us
Coalition for Quality Children's Media
A Collaboration of More than 100,000 Concerned Adults
KIDS FIRST! Endorsements and Recommendations
Adult-Approved and Kid-Recommended
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
The World's Largest Children's Film Festival
KIDS FIRST! Junior Film Critics Club
Helpiing Children Cultivate a Healthy Media Lifestyle
KIDS FIRST! Top 100 Kids Film List - on Amazon.com
www.amazon.com/KidsFirst!Top100.
KIDS FIRST! Top 50 Kid Films in Toys R Us Stores
KIDS FIRST! Travel
Coalition for Quality Children's Media
Mission
Our goals are: A. To teach children to
become critical media users; B. To help adults recognize the importance
of teaching critical viewing skills to children; C. To help children
identify and be aware of outstanding media programming;
D. To develop programs for children with special needs such as
low-income, hospitalized or at-risk children. |
The Coalition for Quality Children's Media is a national, nonprofit organization founded in 1991 whose mission is to teach children critical viewing skills and to increase the visibility and availability of quality children's media.
KIDS FIRST! evaluates, rates and endorses children's films, DVDs, CDs, TV shows and games using volunteer, community-based juries of adults and children from diverse backgrounds and offers a variety of means to showcase and enhance consumer awareness of sponsored products.
The Coalition is a voluntary collaboration comprising more than 100,000 media professionals, lobbyists, policymakers, child advocates, educators, parents and families nationwide.
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Programs
KIDS FIRST!
KIDS FIRST! evaluates, rates and endorses children's media using community-based juries comprising child development professionals and teachers as well as parents and children from diverse geographic, socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. A KIDS FIRST! endorsement is given to titles that meet the KIDS FIRST! baseline criteria and are approved by both adult and child jurors. Reviews of endorsed or recommended titles are published on the KIDS FIRST! web site, in KIDS FIRST! News and in reviews in print and online publications including Amazon.com, Parenthood.com, Grand Magazine, LA Parent, Bay Area Parent, Boston Parent, Colorado Parent, ParentGuide, TiVo's KidZone and the Smart Television Alliance.
KIDS FIRST! is a voluntary initiative, only titles submitted to it will be evaluated, rated and endorsed. To submit a title for consideration, please visit our submit a title page by clicking here..
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Now in its tenth year, the KIDS FIRST! Film Festival showcases new and classic children's films and videos from studios as well as independent and youth filmmakers. To qualify, a film must meet the KIDS FIRST! criteria of no gratuitous violence, no racial or cultural bias, no inappropriate sexual behavior, no replicable unsafe behavior and no condescension towards children. The Festival partners with more than 150 venues who host screenings year round to an audience of more than one million. To find a venue near you, visit our online tracking system at kidsfirst.org/fest. For more information, go to
Submit a Title for Endorsement or Film Festival
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KIDS FIRST! Best Awards
Once a year, KIDS FIRST! Best awards are given to films that have played at our film festivals throughout the previous year and rated the highest in their category. KIDS FIRST! Best Awards2009 award winners
2008 award winners
2007 award winners
2006 award winners
2005 award winners
2004 award winners
KIDS FIRST! Top 100 Kids Film List - on Amazon.com
Annually, KIDS FIRST! creates a Top 100 Kids Film List of films for kids between the ages of 2 and 18 that we believe have universal appeal, exhibit outstanding attributes in terms of their production values and portray values and have qualities that make them as applicable today as the day they were first released. To qualify, a film must also be currently in distribution. All Top 100 films are available on Amazon.com at www.amazon.com/KidsFirst!Top100. For the 2009 list,, go here
We know that media has the power to influence children, negatively or positively. The films on this list portray the values and ethics that we, as a culture wish to instill in our children. The idea behind this list is to provide a parent or caregiver with as much information as possible about the age appropriateness of a film, a brief synopsis, the key artists involved and any special audience issues it may address.
KIDS FIRST! Top 50 Kids Films - In 586 Toys R Us Stores Natiowide
KIDS FIRST! has partnered with Toys R Us for an in-store program featuring the top 50 films from the Top 100 list as well as a holiday collection. You can find this program at your local Toys R Us store.
KIDS FIRST! Junior Film Critics Club
In the Junior Film Critics program, children are taught critical viewing skills with the intent to help make children’s use of media a positive one; one that enhances their cognitive, social and behavioral skills and cultivates a healthy media lifestyle. To learn more about participating, go here.KIDS FIRST! Travel
KIDS FIRST! Travel is a project of the Coalition for Quality Children's Media. In operation since 2006, the travel agency provides on-line booking of travel and commissions earned help support the projects of the organization.
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