Barney: Clean Up, Clean Up DVD
Children’s DVD Ages 1-5
Approximately 52 minutes NR
Date Released: March 3rd, 2012
HIT Entertainment – Lyons Partnership, L.P.
Who says being tidy can’t be fun? Let preschool favorite Barney show cleaning up is enjoyable when everybody works together. This release includes 19 songs including everyone’s favorite “Clean Up, Clean Up” song and a DVD interactive game on this disc. Barney and his friends prove that kids can have a great time being cleaning machines!
Barney displays sharing, caring, imagining, dancing and learning. The Emmy award-winning series is one of the top-rated shows today, airing on PBS KIDS and SPROUT.
From painting to washing windows and even putting away toys, cleaning becomes song-filled fun. I remember Barney from my own elementary school years and especially the “Clean Up” song that I used often while babysitting and then it has come to memory again with my own toddler. While there are new characters I have not known before, this is a DVD I do not mind having her watch time and again.
Learning along with Riff about when his litterbot invention caused more rubbish and the fun possibilities of cleaning up with friends. Then jump in the caboose and learn about the occupation of a conductor and the meaning of train signal flags. Later to be able to enjoy a fancy tea party… with multiple occasion to enjoy time with teamwork.
Now everyone can get in on the spring cleaning!
*Thanks to the publicist from providing a copy for review.*
Barney™: The Story
The Barney story began in 1987 when former teacher, Sheryl Leach, observed her two-year-old son’s fascination with dinosaurs at a museum exhibit and had the idea of using dinosaurs to create entertaining and educational videos for preschool children. She joined with another former teacher and a video producer to create the first Barney program. Sheryl and other local Barney enthusiasts (a.k.a. The Mom Blitzers) distributed the videos one at-a-time to specialty toy and video stores across the country.
In 1991 a Barney video ended up in a Connecticut store, where it was rented for Leora Rifkin, the four-year-old daughter of public television executive, Larry Rifkin. When he observed his daughter’s enchantment with the program, he contacted Sheryl Leach and within one year the first season of Barney & Friends™ debuted on PBS®.
The series quickly became a hit on PBS and has remained a staple of the PBS line-up, helping millions of children learn their ABC’s and 1,2,3′s, while encouraging positive values and good manners. Through home entertainment videos, television, live events and tours, Barney is a beloved character who debuted 20 years ago, educating and entertaining each new generation with fun, music and laughs.

This brings back so many good memories. I would always sing this song while my kids helped me with some clean up. It was a favorite of theirs and always seemed to work! They are all grown up now, but I’m sure when they have children of their own this song will come to mind when it’s time to teach them to clean up! Thanks for sharing.