(upbeat music) - Hey, has anyone seen my glasses?

Um, let me check my pockets.

Wait, (chuckling) I don't have pockets.

Hmm, they're not in my head, are they?

Wait!

Ugh, that's right, I don't wear glasses!

(chuckling) (upbeat music) ♪ Wimee creates throughout each day ♪ ♪ Use words to sing and play ♪ You can do the same things too ♪ ♪ Go make things that are from you ♪ ♪ I do, do far from rhyme ♪ But I got that, you look for too ♪ - [Narrator] It's time for Wimee's Words.

(attendees applauding and cheering) ♪ Rup pup pa ra ta Hey friends, (chuckling) all right, now we are live on TV on WGVU Public Media PBS.

Our show is designed for you to play along with us on many of the things that we will be doing.

And some of you are registered at our custom-made play-at-home interface.

So you'll notice that there will be viewer ideas brought in during part of the show in real time.

When they registered, they were given an animal and a color to represent them.

So all of us are gonna play together, and some of your ideas will be shown right in the show.

The show is better because of our collaboration.

Okay, let's keep going.

Hey Jim, my human intelligence, we've got a question for our friends.

I'll ask you first.

Do you know someone who...

Wait a minute!

You wear glasses, do you know yourself, right?

- I do wear glasses.

(Wimee chuckling) And the thing is, it's actually probably an easier question to ask me if I know someone- - Oh!

- Who doesn't wear glasses (Wimee mumbling) 'cause I think every member of my family wears glasses.

And yeah, I know a lot of people who wear glasses.

- Yeah, yeah, awesome.

Hey, listen- - And it's fun.

They're all different colors and shapes and sizes.

- I noticed that, I forgot.

You're right, you do have different colors.

(Wimee chuckling) - Yeah.

- Hey, let's find out from some of our friends if they know someone who wears glasses.

Pink Hippo.

Hey friends!

Both of your parents wear glasses!

Nice, yeah.

Purple Octopus: Yes, my dad!

Hello to dad.

The librarian.

Nice!

Glasses are really helpful, right?

Your daddy.

Nice, Black Cat!

Ooh, quite a few.

Kind of like Jim, right?

Yeah, glasses are... How did they figure out how to make glasses?

Almost everyone in your family, including you.

Purple Moose.

(chuckling) Think about it for a moment though, how do... How did they figure out how to make glasses?

That's amazing.

That's amazing.

Hey, let's get singing.

I need you, I invite you to share a favorite person or a character who wears glasses.

Hey, Jim, you got someone in mind?

- Yeah, I think immediately of Clark Kent.

- Ugh, that superman!

- Mm-hmm.

- Okay, here we go.

- Clark Kent, who is superman wears glasses.

Ho-ho, look at that!

Purple Booze: Clark Kent.

Okay, this is a very short song.

That was the whole song.

Okay, Harry Potter.

Harry Potter wears glasses.

Yeah, Ben Franklin.

Ben Franklin wears glasses.

Elton John wears glasses.

You can sing along with me, by the way, if you want.

George Washington wears glasses.

- [Jim] That was a good one, Wimee!

You held that one out nice and long.

- Oh, thanks.

- [Jim] Yeah, I think that's key to this song.

You hold out nice and long.

- Yes.

My friend, Jim, wears glasses.

(Wimee chuckling) (attendees cheering) I took it to a whole another level there.

Well, friends, thanks for... That's the song you can sing.

Now that you know it, you can sing it and teach it to some friends, you can change it around.

And our friend, Carlos, wrote that song a long time ago.

It was, "Penguino With a Hat."

That's how it started.

It was a penguin with a hat.

Just telling you that.

- I like how you're changing up there, you can make it anything, right?

- Yeah, right.

Ooh, I take that as a challenge, Jim!

What should we change it to?

A frog in shoes.

(chuckling) (Jim chuckling) You got one, Jim!

- [Jim] I like that.

I like that, in shoes.

All right, well, I'll take it, right, we had a hat, and we had shoes, we had glasses.

How about we go with a jacket?

- Yeah.

Take it!

- [Jim] A horse in a jacket.

- (chuckling) We got it!

Hey, we should keep going with our show, huh?

It's time for, Message from Moby.

(upbeat music) - I just learned that sometimes people need eyeglasses to help them see better.

For someone who wears glasses, things might look blurry or fuzzy when they don't have their glasses on.

But when they wear their glasses, it helps them to see perfectly.

Some people wear sunglasses, so that they can see better when the sun is bright outside.

Some people wear them just because they like the way they look.

Yeah, glasses can be pretty helpful.

Do you know someone who wears glasses?

Do you wear glasses?

(upbeat music) - Let's see, friends.

Man, I tell you, Moby, that Moby, he knows stuff.

Friends, it's time for today's one, two, three sentence story.

Beginning, middle, end.

Let's write a story in three sentences.

In the first sentence, we set the scene; in the second sentence, there's a problem.

No!

But don't worry, in the third sentence, there is a solution.

Okay, share with us a person, place, or thing.

These are also known as nouns.

It works well because we can see a noun typically, right?

And that's where we'll start the stories, with a train.

Perfect!

Thanks, Pink Turkey.

Okay, we'll set the scene with the train.

Okay.

I was so excited to take a train ride to Chicago to visit Jim.

Jim lives near Chicago, friends!

It's true.

Okay, so I'm excited to take this train trip to see you, Jim.

But oh no, there's a problem!

Why?

I just wanna go see Jim and hang out.

Okay, friends, what word will be part of the problem?

It could be anything.

It could be jelly beans, Red Deer thinks.

Okay, I see a problem with jelly beans.

Okay.

I was so excited because I was gonna take a train to go to Chicago to visit Jim.

I was well on my way when a giant jelly bean appeared on the train track and we had to stop.

(sighing) Giant jelly bean, why did you get in the way?

Well, look at me.

(chuckling) Chuk-chuk!

Chuku-chuku-chuku-chuku-chuku!

Chuk-chuk!

Okay, as a jelly bean, how do we solve this problem?

Friends, we need a word to help us out!

What could the possibility be?

Hmm.

Princess Willow.

Ugh!

Nice!

Thank you, Black Cat.

Okay.

Princess Willow.

Oh, perfect, okay.

Here we go.

There, look at that jelly bean.

Tun-tun-tun!

Ooh!

What color is it, friends?

Pink.

Okay, here we go.

I was so excited to get on the train to go visit Jim near Chicago.

Out of nowhere a giant jelly bean landed on the traction.

We were stuck.

I decided to call Princess Willow who turned the jelly bean into a butterfly because then the butterfly could just fly away.

Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu!

(chuckling) Jim, I can still come visit.

- [Jim] Hooray!

(chuckling) You must know people in high places that they're letting you drive the train.

That's pretty cool.

(Wimee chuckling) - That's a good point.

The illustration does have me in charge of the train.

Man, what should we call my train?

The Wimee, oh, the... - The Wimee Express.

- Wimee Express.

Ah, all aboard!

Who wants to go along to see Jim?

Oh, look at that!

Princess Willow is working on how to turn that giant jelly bean into a butterfly.

(sighing) I wonder if the butterfly wants.

We should... May I invite the butterfly to come over too, Jim?

- [Jim] Yeah, I think it would be great.

I would love to see a giant butterfly.

- Yeah.

What can we do when we get there?

- [Jim] Uh, we're gonna play games- - Ugh!

- For sure.

- Cool, all right.

- [Jim] Maybe the giant butterfly could help us fly a kite 'cause I always have a hard time getting the kite up into the air.

- Yeah.

- [Jim] So I'm thinking, if we had a giant butterfly who could help carry it up in the air just to get it started.

- That's so true.

- That would be really helpful.

- That is so good.

Good idea.

All right, well, thanks Wimage Board.

We'll check in with you later to see how that Wimage unfolds.

- Butterfly, I love it!

Hmm.

Well, friends, it is time for Language Explorers.

(upbeat music) - Oh, there you are.

(chuckling) Hi, friend!

Today's word is eyeglasses.

- In Spanish, eyeglasses is anteojos.

Anteojos.

- In Swahili, eyeglasses is miwani.

Miwani.

- Eyeglasses in Ukrainian is okulyary.

Okulyary.

- Eyeglasses in Arabic is ladara tibia Ladara tibia.

- In American sign language, (Wimee mumbling) eyeglasses is signed like this.

(Wimee mumbling) Eyeglasses.

- In Haitian Creole, eyeglasses is linet.

Linet.

(upbeat music) - I was wondering, Jim, I think I knew this at one point, but I need to research again.

How many languages are there in the world?

- [Jim] Oh, I do not know.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, there are probably so many.

That's a good question.

We're gonna have to do some research on that one.

- Let's go to the Kent District Library or the Grand Rapids Public Library and find out.

We could call the librarian too.

(Wimee mumbling) - Yes, we need to do that.

- Yeah.

- I'll get on, I'll see what I can find out.

- Oh, okay.

I think, I have, my...

If I remember correctly, I think it's like six or 7,000.

We'll see if you're... Yeah, if you have a chance.

Okay, friends, guess what?

It's time for Power Up with Miss Jessica.

(upbeat music) ♪ Power Up with Miss Jessica.

- (chuckling) Hi, Miss Jessica!

- Hi, Wimee!

Hi, everyone!

- Ah!

- I'm Miss Jessica.

- Yes.

- And today, we are going to power up our hearts and our minds by practicing gratitude.

Gratitude is the warm feeling of thankfulness we get for someone or something.

We practice gratitude because it helps us focus on the good things and the good people- - Yes.

- In our lives.

- Nice.

- One way to practice gratitude is to say out loud what you're thankful for, and why you're thankful for it- - Oh!

- Like this.

I am thankful for Wimee because (chuckling) Wimee makes me laugh.

(Wimee and Jessica chuckling) - Thank you, Miss Jessica.

- Now when we don't practice gratitude, we're kind of like this empty balloon.

- Hmm.

- But the moment you start saying what you're thankful for, your heart and your mind begin to fill up with positive thoughts.

(balloon pump buzzing) (Jessica chuckling) And those positive thoughts feels so good.

They give you lots of energy, and they're kind of like a- - Oh, I feel it!

- Big hug for your heart.

Hey, Wimee!

- Yeah.

- What's something you're grateful for?

- Hmm, uh, I'm thankful for pickles, specifically bread and butter pickles because I love them on cheese sandwiches.

(Wimee chuckling) - Ugh!

Whoa!

- Yeah.

- Pickles on cheese sandwiches, hmm, I'll have to try that one day.

(Wimee and Jessica chuckling) - Oh, I am also thankful for you, Miss Jessica, because you're so positive.

- (sighing) Thank you, Wimee!

- Sure.

(Jessica and Wimee chuckling) - You can be thankful for so many things.

You can be thankful for your pets, your family, your friends, your teacher- - Yeah.

- For food, for your favorite toy, for glasses.

- Oh!

(Jessica chuckling) - Now you give it a try.

Think of something you're thankful for, and why you're thankful for it.

I'll give you a few seconds.

Go ahead.

(Jessica humming a tune) (Jessica chuckling) Okay, so now say, I'm thankful for, and fill in the blank, because, and fill in the blank.

Ready?

Okay.

I'm thankful for because... Ah!

Yes, (chuckling) great job!

(Jessica chuckling) - It was a great job!

- You can practice gratitude (Wimee mumbling) any time of the day.

- Yeah.

- To start your day off strong, practice gratitude right when you wake up.

And to end your day feeling good- - Yeah.

- Practice gratitude before you go to sleep.

The more you practice gratitude- - Oh!

(Jessica chuckling) - The more hugs, ugh, your heart and your mind will feel.

Bye, balloon!

(chuckling) - [Wimee] (chuckling) Bye balloon!

- We just powered up our hearts and our minds by practicing gratitude.

I'm Miss Jessica, and I'll see you soon.

(chuckling) Back to you, Wimee!

- [Wimee] Yes.

(upbeat music) ♪ Power up with Miss Jessica - Oh, Miss Jessica, man, I feel good just right now, and just imagine each day following that advice.

Yeah, what is something you are grateful for?

I already said pickles and cheese sandwiches.

What do you think?

- You know, Wimee?

- Yeah.

- I'm grateful for technology- - Ugh!

- 'cause I was able to verify- - Ugh!

- Through multiple- - Okay.

- Sources, just like that.

- Nice!

- That you are right.

- Ugh!

- There were about- - Yes, I did remember.

- 7,000.

About 7,000 different languages, spoken languages- - Wow!

- In our world.

That's crazy!

- Nice!

- That's pretty great.

- It is amazing.

Yes, and I'm so glad you checked multiple sources to confirm.

Man!

So friends, what is something you're grateful for?

Gray Shark says, my family.

Yes, indeed.

(chuckling) Man, families are cool.

And my mom, yes, (indistinct) a family.

I notice a theme.

It's so important to be seen.

My pets and me.

Oh, thank you, Black Cat!

Oh man, it's so fun by the way that we get to play this game, and that you playing on the play-at-home interface, it's an...

I don't know who's who, right, that's fun.

You're playing a game.

It's Purple Moose, books.

Purple, books, I love books too.

We have that in common.

Purple Moose, whoever you are out there, I'm glad you're here.

Red Deer: Super thankful for my family that supports me everyday.

Right?

And our family can be both our close family, our friends, our school community, our school family.

Friends, right?

Man, I notice a theme.

It's so important that we support each other and... Oh, your church family, great.

If you notice someone who might be feeling sad or feels like they need more support, reach out to them.

Right?

Man, this is so fun, so good.

Miss Jessica got me all powered up.

That's just like it says, the Power Up with Miss Jessica.

I am powered up.

(chuckling) Hey friends, let's hand it over now to Siblee for Laughing with Siblee.

(attendees cheering) - Why did the teacher wear her sunglasses to school?

- [Speaker 1] Why did the teacher wear her sunglasses to school?

- Because her students were so bright.

(laughing) (attendees cheering) (attendees applauding) - It's time now for slowing down.

(somber music) Hey friends, let's play a game.

It's time for, I Can Find Inside My Mind.

(upbeat music) Friends, are you ready?

Can you find something that comes in pairs?

Friends at the play-at-home interface are gonna start entering ideas.

Friends, watching at home or wherever you are, just tell someone you're with or think out loud.

What is something that comes in pairs?

Like a pair of glasses, a pair of pants, a pair of boots, a pair of shoes, a pair of socks, cherries.

Often there's cherries that are in a pair.

Glasses.

Yes, mittens.

Oh man, imagine what we could do if we illustrated something using all these pairs.

A pair of ears.

I have two.

One, two.

Hmm, man!

Okay, friends, if you see a word that you like on the screen here and you're playing along, type it again.

And whoever's got the...

Whichever word has the most words typed.

Did I say that right?

You know what I'm saying?

The favorite word will get bigger.

Pants.

I think pants is in the lead.

Ooh, pliers.

Eyes.

What other words do we see here?

Look closely, friends.

What do you notice?

Eye, eyes, and glasses, boots, pliers.'

Animals.

A pair of animals.

Nice!

Pears.

Yeah.

Hey Jim, you got anything you're thinking of to add?

- [Jim] No, but I've always wondered, with a pair of pants, it's one thing, but we call it a pair of pants, I guess 'cause there's two legs.

- Two legs.

- Right?

- That's what I was thinking.

(Wimee mumbling) - But then I always thought, if you wear a shirt, there's two sleeves, and you don't call it a pair of shirt.

- Interesting!

- Or shirts.

- That is fascinating, I guess.

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

- I've never thought about it.

- I like the pants.

- Yeah, pants is still winning.

Scissors, a pair of scissors.

I think that's like the pants thing 'cause there's like two parts where they go, whock-whack-qwack-qwock.

Twins, a pair of...

Twins are a pair.

(upbeat music) Pi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi.

I study the words.

- [Jim] Yeah, people came up with a lot of good ideas today.

- I know.

Pants are still in the lead.

Any new words?

We could write a story inspired by these.

Any word stand out that would... Hey, boots.

But the word "boots" sounds fun to me right now.

Boots.

Boots.

Boots.

Boots.

(Wimee laughing) It's kinda like the base part.

Boots, boots, boots, boots.

Oh, feet.

Feet just came to the list.

Hi, feet, welcome!

Nice!

Well, friends, thanks for playing along with, I Can Find Inside My Mind.

Hey, I love books.

Guess what?

Hannah is here from Kent District Library for Check Out This Book!

- I'm looking forward to getting my eyes checked today, but first I think my eyes need to check out this book.

(upbeat music) - I have a super-silly book here with me today.

This is called "Philomena's New Glasses."

Now as you can see, Philomena is a guinea pig, and check out all the funky glasses she has here on the cover of this.

This is so silly.

And as we open the book, we see Philomena and Audrey and Nora Jane, those are her two sisters.

And we follow them as they each get glasses and funky handbags.

And this book just made me laugh the entire time that I was reading it.

So I highly encourage you to check out this book.

(upbeat music) - Philomena, I love that name.

It looks so cool with the photographs too.

I think it was illustrated using photographs.

Thanks, Hannah.

Hey, Wimage Board, let's check in and see what you've added.

And let's find out, what could we, or should we title our story?

Ugh!

Oh, look, what have been done, Jim!

Wait, Princess Willow, the train, there's the butterfly.

The butterfly has glasses.

Ugh, I see two Wimees!

There's a pair of Wimees.

(Wimee laughing) Nice, I like the big train track!

Chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-cho!

Princess Willow has glasses too.

Jim, I think we're getting close to pulling up.

Are you gonna pick us up at the station?

- Oh, absolutely!

- Good.

- [Jim] And the station's not too far from my house, so we don't have too far to walk.

- Well, great.

Chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga!

Woo, Wimage Board is adding something.

Hmm.

What should our title be, friends?

Like so many possibilities.

Hmm.

Purple Octopus says, jelly bean junction.

Ugh!

That's so fun!

It's like the name of the train station.

Ooh, I wonder who the Wimage Board is adding.

Jelly on the rails.

(Wimee laughing) Jelly on the rails, says Gold Frog.

Look at those glasses!

Trip to Chi-town!

Chicago.

Thanks, Red Deer!

Princess Willow to the rescue.

Princess Willow, Princess Willow!

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

This could be the start of a whole series, right?

Princess Willow, the adventures.

Wimee Express and the jelly bean butterfly.

Ugh!

That's so fun!

Wait a minute, I just thought of something.

Butterflies come from caterpillars, right, Jim?

- Right.

- Yeah.

So the jelly bean turning into a butterfly.

I didn't even realize it when I was working on it.

That's kind of fun, it's like a magic jelly bean, like a caterpillar, it turns into...

I wonder if it's like a...

So a jelly bean butterfly.

It's the jelly blocker.

(chuckling) Man, this is so fun, friends!

Thanks for all these ideas.

Thanks Wimage Board for all the great work you do.

Keep it up!

Hey, let's play a game!

It's time for Find It Fast.

(intense music) Okay, friends, 1, 2, 3, find all three!

Can you find something that starts with the letter E?

Find something small and find something transparent or clear.

- Hmm.

Hey Jim, did you find any of these things?

- [Jim] I did.

- Nice!

- Look, I found this egg.

- Oh!

- It's pretty big, so it was pretty easy to find really.

- Wow!

- But then for something small, I found- - Ugh!

- These little, (Wimee mumbling) little bitty glasses.

- They're so teeny.

- And then for transparent, I go, hey, this is cool, I've got- - Ugh!

- A ruler that's transparent.

- I see right through it.

- So you can see that the numbers are kind of on there but- - Oh, yeah.

- Yeah.

- Nice!

You could measure how tall (Jim mumbling) that egg is too maybe.

Ugh!

- Maybe I should do that.

- Yeah.

Friends, what are some things you found?

Friends at home, tell a friend to share it with yourself, just challenge yourself.

Can you find all three?

An elephant starts with E, an egg is small, and the glasses, the lens on the glasses are clear, transparent.

Ah, thanks, Black Cat!

Red Deer says electricity, starts with E, a mouse is tiny, and a lightbulb for clear or transparent.

Nice!

What else can you find, friends?

Ears, water bottle cap, water bottle.

Oh!

I like the combination of the water bottle cap and the water bottle.

Thanks, Purple Moose.

Gray Shark says, elephant, snail.

Oh, there's a teeny snail.

I think there's a book once I read about an elephant and a snail.

And an hourglass.

Yeah, you can watch the sand go.

Ooh, we could... Hey, Jim, wouldn't it be cool if we used an hourglass?

I guess, a minute-glass for this Find it Fast game.

Yeah.

Ooh, elbow starts with E, eraser is small, and a lightbulb.

Thanks, Gold Frog.

Ear, crumb, water bottle.

Ooh, water bottle, I see a theme with that.

Ooh, a crumb, that is really small.

Elephant, again.

Yes, elephant, we've got lots of elephants.

A ball, another glass.

Friends, fan, this has been a fun show.

Well, it's always a fun show, right, Jim?

- [Jim] Absolutely.

I did find out, by the way, the egg is 14 inches tall.

- Oh, nice!

So is your ruler 12 inches, and then you had to mark a spot and add two more?

- [Jim] No, actually this ruler is 18 inches, so- - Nice.

- Yeah, very special for a ruler, I guess, yeah.

- Nice.

- Normally they're a foot long- - Yeah.

- But, yep.

- That's a bonus size.

- [Jim] Hmm, mm-hmm.

- Hey, anything that stood out (bell ringing) to you on today's show?

- [Jim] Yeah, that a lot of us wear glasses.

- That's true.

- [Jim] And that there's a lot of fun, different colors and different sizes and things, and that those of us who wear glasses are very grateful that we have them 'cause they- - Oh yeah.

- Help us see.

- Yeah.

I'm fortunate.

I think I take that for granted sometimes that, I think my eyes must be programmed to work efficiently.

Yeah.

Any comments, any questions?

We're at the end of our show, friends!

We're excited you're here.

And as we go to the dance party, we can chat as we go.

Ooh, what color would you want your glasses to be?

I think green, if I was to pick.

(upbeat music) Thank you for being with us, friends!

Look at all these people who helped make the show.

(upbeat music) Freeze!

(upbeat music) Yeah.

(upbeat music) Hope to see you soon.

(upbeat music)