KIDS FIRST! News

Big Bad Boo Productions has joined the KIDS FIRST! team. With offices in LA, NY and Vancouver, Big Bad Boo is an animation company providing production services and production services for partners around the world. Some of its popular titles include Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Bat Man, Being Ian and Yvonne of the Yukon.

Mary Ann Hall’s Music for Children. Emily and her friends take you on a live action and animated adventure searching for the music in everything on Earth. Through rhythm and rhyme, imaginary play, reading music and dance, your children will learn without even knowing it!

Mary Ann Hall’s Music For Children has produced this, the first DVD in the Earth Boogie series. They took the music education and imaginary play from their classes and made a mystical, magical, musical adventure for children to learn from and enjoy at home. Music For Children has taught over 35,000 children and is considered one of the top early childhood music education programs out there. Combining the rich music plans from the classes with Emily’s Broadway performing experience, Mary Ann, Emily and Bill have created a show combining all their different talents. This show is one to watch over and over again!

To purchase the DVD/CD you can go to Orchestore.com or Amazon.com for “The Music of the Mountains.”

Find out more about Music for Children at http://www.musicforchildren.net

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The Signing Safari DVD program was developed by Sharon Said, a certified Child Sign Language Specialist, owner of Parenting Empowerment, and mother of three. Inspired by
the fact that learning sign language at an early age leads to improved family communication, Sharon researched and created a sign language program that is entertaining to learn, easy to implement, and will help reduce the numerous stresses of early childhood. Through her parent training workshops and interactive sign and play classes, Sharon teaches parents how to use American Sign Language to increase communication with their hearing babies, toddlers, and preschoolers lessening the typical stresses of early childhood.

Find more about Signing Safari at http://www.signingsafari.com

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Lightning Media is a leading distributor of commercially driven films and programs. They selectively target and acquire rights for theatrical distribution, DVD, television, cable, internet, VOD, PPV, electronic sell-thru and emerging digital platforms in the United States and other markets. Lightning Media is now engaged in multi-platform distributionpartnerships with Anchor Bay Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment.

Find more on Lightning Media at http://www.lightning-ent.com

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Master Communications, Inc.

WGBH Educational Foundation is a trusted source for educational media and kids-focused programming, providing millions of teachers and parents with resources, tools, and programs that augment classroom curricula; entertain and engage kids in the home; and inspire them to learn and explore the world around them.

Find more on Master Communications at http://www.master-comm.com

Cold Spark FilmsMonterey Media is a privately owned entertainment industry company specializing in the creation, acquisition, distribution and sale of motion pictures and other programming. monterey media is actively engaged in all areas of domestic media, including theatrical distribution to theatres, film festivals, and other distinctive venues.Pan Asian Publications publishes animated picture books on DVD.

The OrganWise Guys Inc.Cleargate Productions brings a fresh perspective and an eclectic group of professionals to the production business. With their group they have the capabilities and experience to take projects from conception to completion.Dynamic Digital Pictures, LLC, formerly Media Revolution was founded on the principal that the power of media requires that producers be responsible in what they choose to produce. They believe that the only media worth making is media that is beneficial to individuals and society. They’re dedicated to producing entertainment that is uplifting and makes a positive impact. Instead of  pandering to the lower inclinations of human experience they seek to do work that elevates them as producers, the audiences they create for and society in general.I Can Be…   “I Can Be” says it all. Whatever you can dream, you can be. “I Can Be” is all about possibilities. They believe you can accomplish your career goal and they want to help you do it. I Can Be” is a TV and DVD series and a web portal to information on all sorts of careers.

Animal Wow Entertainment is an award-winning new children’s media company that teaches kids good values and life skills by turning pets into best friends. 75% of all families with children have pets. Even if a child does not have a pet, Animal Wow also helps kids to satisfy their natural curiosity about neighborhood pets safely.The Brainy Baby Co. produces award-winning products, which introduce educational subjects such as letters, shapes, animals, art and music. Brainy Baby® videos feature multi-ethnic children, toe-tapping original music, nursery rhymes and instrumental classics. Their product line now includes over 100 product offerings including videos, CDs, books, games, and toys!Know Knowledge Limited specializes in educational multi-media productions. From Pre-school through to life long learning. ‘123 it’s a fruity abc’ DVD is the first of a number of early learning products to be followed shortly by ‘123 it’s a fruity number tree.’ A group of Creative industry individuals working together to deliver creative thinking for education.”

The Baby Prodigy Company

Cleargate Productions brings a fresh perspective and an eclectic group of professionals to the production business. With their they have the capabilities and experience to take projects from conception to completion.

Kaleidoscope Songs

Little Xavier Company has products are based on the Little Xavier Company © Spanish & English classes, curriculum for preschoolers since 1999.

Our Happy Child Productions produces high quality, entertaining family-friendly programming for children ages 1-5 years.  It develops and commercializes characters and content for TV, DVDs, CDs and licensing. Our Happy Child Productions is the creator of The Wheels on the Bus series: a collection of multi award-winning educational videos that teach early socialization skills such as sharing, helping, cooperation and good nutrition to young children.Find the Fun Productions. At Find the Fun Productions and American History for Kids they want kids to get it.Therefore, they teach kids about the 13 Colonies, the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution, the Magna Carta, slavery, the Civil War and President Lincoln using a unique theatrical and emotional context that employs a wide range of creative teaching modalities such as music, puppetry, humor, and relating history to kids’ everyday lives. They use these techniques because they know that getting students to relate to the distant events of the past is often difficult. And educational research shows that emotional involvement is an integral aspect of learning and that creativity is an essential tool for powerful learning retention.Marshall Publishing and Promotions, Inc. is a multi-faceted media publishing organization. Their goal is to provide lots and lots of media fun for everyone through award-winning DVDs, books, CDs, CD-roms, and broadcast and internet programming that will amaze, amuse, entertain, and educate.Their award-winning AS SEEN ON TV products like LOTS & LOTS of TRAINS and LOTS & LOTS of FIRE TRUCKS provide family fun for ages 3 to 93 and are not readily available in stores! Their goal is to produce quality programs to watch today and remember for a lifetime. Be sure to collect the entire series of Lots and Lots of DVDs, CDs, and Books!Storytellin’ Time is dedicated to providing quality, educational,fun recordings for children and their families. Storytelling is presented to students and at teacher workshops acrossthe United States

BoogieBubble Productions, Inc. produces a series of children’s dvd’s, titled “Adventures with Connor & Jaden.” The series is designed to send positive messages to children and show how toddlers interact with each other and leave one another feeling happy and content by instilling strong moral and social values.Cinema Werx is a film & video production company based out of Salt Lake City, UT. They strive to offer top quality products that educate and entertain children.Live Wire Media produces and distributes educational media for character education, youth guidance, and life skills. Our materials are designed to help young people become caring, respectful, responsible people who think critically, solve problems non-violently, and make choices based on knowing and doing what’s right.Phil Bransom Productions has been producing award winning media projects since 1988. From the days of 1″ Quad Tape and Linear Editing to the current technologies of digital video and Non-Linear Editing, Phil has worked with major corporations and non-profits to produce communication tools that get results.Raggs LLC is a children’s entertainment company with TV and touring elements.Razzle Bam Boom Productions writes and produces various children music CDs and edu-tainment DVDs. Their newest series of DVDs (and mobile device content) is entitled “The Word Wits.”

Little Mammoth Media produces children’s programs that really make a difference.NoteAbilitiesBrandon Hill Productions Story GardenLink Entertainment Group produces “The Tails of Abbygail,” the first in a series.WonderWorld Films is a film and video production company specializing in poetry on video.Tot-a-Doodle-Do! (Children’s Creative Programming Partnership, LLC) is a new children’s educational series. Each episode of Tot-a-Doodle-Do! focuses on a theme and contains six elements not currently found in one 30-minute children’s program. Follow-along with them as they entertain and guide your child to use the skills they need in their everyday life such as proper manners, how to prepare nutritious snacks, use their imagination and get their daily exercise through singing and dancing. Geared to children age 3-7.Soaring Star Productions, LLC is a children’s educational media company that produces the award-winning Pocket Snails(R) series for preschoolers.

Andy’s Airplanes LLC introduces kids to the magic of flight and the adventure of global exploration! Get ready to soar with pint-sized animated adventure boy, Andy, as he goes on adventures, circling the globe in search for excitement and fun. You’ll learn all about the history of airplanes and even how to fly them while you discover what it’s like living in far-away places.