- Oh, oh, hi, friends!

I'm thinking about getting a new bicycle and I'm doing some research on them.

Hmm, you know, I have a lot in common with bicycles.

Yeah, we both have gears, we are machines, we are made up of a lot of parts.

Basically, we're family.

Hmm.

I wonder, on my next upgrade, could I get wheels installed?

(gasps) That would be so cool!

♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it, too - We are embarking on a journey to laugh, learn and create on our bikes!

Today, our first stop is with Brody, who will be rolling out his illustrations in the Wimage Lab!

Then we pedal to Brad, who is translating the words in Language Explorers!

And, for our last leg of the journey, Ms. Lisa joins us for her favorite bike-themed story in Check Out This Book!

Are you ready to go for a ride?

Then join us in today's "Wimee's Words"!

(audience clapping) (upbeat music) Let's get rolling, here's what I wanna know from you.

Where in the world would you like to visit?

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Here we go.

♪ Ride, ride, ride your bike ♪ Ride your bike with me ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ ♪ Let's look what we can see (Wimee laughing) Where could we go?

If we hopped on a bike, and this bike goes through water by the way, you gotta pedal really fast, but it's like a water bike, road bike, it's an all-in-one kind of bike, so.

♪ Ride, ride, ride your bike ♪ Ride your bike with me ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ ♪ Let's look what we can see Ooh, Australia, okay, so now on the next verse, Australia, here we go.

♪ Ride, ride, ride your bike ♪ All the way to Australia ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ ♪ I dare ya to Wait, that's the ending.

I gotta rhyme Australia with dare ya.

♪ As we ride there ♪ I'll dare ya to Not stop peddling in the water because otherwise-- Don't stop pedaling!

(laughs) Ooh, Amazon rainforest.

Okay, I love this rhyme challenge, okay.

♪ Ride, ride, ride your bike ♪ To the Amazon rainforest ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ Okay gotta rhyme with forest.

♪ We'll get there with the morest ♪ Passion and dedication and energy.

(laughs) Ooh, hi, Ella.

You say ice cream place, okay, love it, ready?

♪ Ride, ride, ride your bike ♪ To the ice cream place ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ ♪ Then leave it all on your face ♪ (laughs) You ever had that, where the ice cream gets on your face?

Well, don't worry about washing it off today.

Leave the ice cream all over your face.

(laughs) And then you can go.

(slurps) You slurp it up, okay, ooh, library, okay.

♪ Ride, ride, ride your bike ♪ To the library ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ ♪ All the way say yippee (laughs) I love going to the library on the bike!

Yeah.

Thanks for helping out, friends.

Friends, let's go see what Moby's got for today's video.

(upbeat music) - Hello, friends.

For today's episode, I still have helmet head from my bike ride.

(laughs) But did you know, that throughout the world, there are vehicles that many people can get into and pedal the wheels while one person steers?

Yeah, they're called bike buses.

And I was just reading about them, in the country of the Netherlands, bike buses are we becoming a way for many kids, including preschoolers, to get to school!

To travel.

Oh, man, it's so cool.

Would you like to ride a bike bus?

Ho-ho!

That sounds awesome.

(upbeat music) - Ooh, I totally want to ride a bike bus.

Sign me up, I love it.

Well, friends, it's time for today's three-sentence story.

Ha-ha, in today's story, we have the beginning, the middle, and the end.

And the three words come from you!

(laughs) That's right, the words come from you.

So, in the first sentence, we'll set the scene!

In the second sentence, what happens?

There's a problem.

No!

But in the third sentence, what do we do?

Solve it.

We solve the problem and there's our story.

Beginning, middle, end.

So, friends, post a word.

It could be silly, it could be logical, it could be, you know, who knows?

You decide, we don't know what the story's really gonna be about until we work on this together.

Indeed, bike, ha-ha!

Let's see, it's gonna be a story with a bike, and I wonder where we should set the scene?

Like a bicycle trail?

Bike path, neighborhood?

Okay, okay.

Moby and I hopped on our bikes and began riding west.

(laughs) This is like a country story, right?

Like the wild, wild west.

(laughs) I don't know if it's too wild here in Michigan.

But, okay, a train!

Uh-oh, there's gonna be a problem with the train.

Okay, here we go.

Moby and I, hopped on our bikes and we started riding west.

As we were somewhere in the Grandville area, we got stuck behind a train.

Oh, no!

Okay, so we started out in the Grand Rapids area, we were goin' all the way down the trail and we got stuck behind a train in the Grandville area.

This could be like a non-fiction story, technically.

A lot of times these stories are fiction, they're pretend.

But in this case, this is awesome.

This could all be true.

Moby and I could get on our bikes and then get stuck behind a train in Grandville.

Oh, skydiving.

The problem, or not the problem.

I already have the problem.

We got stuck behind a train.

The solution is skydiving.

Okay.

I got it!

I got an idea!

(laughs) I'm excited about this word.

Okay, here we go.

Moby and I hopped on our bikes and we started riding west.

As we got near Grandville, we got stuck behind a train.

I recently read in a book about reverse skydiving and up we went into the sky until we landed in Lake Michigan.

(laughs) Have you read that book about reverse skydiving?

(laughs) Technically, that book is fiction.

(chuckles) But the story we just wrote, it started out as non-fiction but I guess it kind of ended non-fiction, huh?

But no, no, no.

It ended fiction!

Oh man, too many details to keep straight.

(laughs) But that's what's fun about imagination!

We can create.

It can be based on real life stuff, it can be exaggerated, it could be silly.

I really wanna figure out how to do reverse skydiving.

Would you try it?

If you could, would you go for a reverse skydiving?

(makes swooshing noise) Oh, would there be like a parachute?

I don't know if there'd be a parachute in reverse skydiving because that would slow you down.

You gotta like, hmm.

I'm still thinking through the details of how that works.

But, friends let's go to Brody in the Grandville Wimage Lab, to see what he's got going for today's Wimage.

Hey, Brody, have you ever been stuck behind that train?

- Yeah, but not in a bike, in a car.

- Oh, gotcha, yeah.

What do you think?

Reversed skydiving, could that become a thing?

- If you had a jet pack.

- Ooh!

You're totally right.

Wow.

- Hey, Wimee.

- Yeah.

- Which one do you like better?

A bell?

(bell dings) Or a horn?

(horn honking) - [Wimee] Hmm, I think given the choice, I would go with the bell.

- Okay.

- What would you pick?

What's your favorite?

- Horn.

(horn honking) - Ooh.

(laughs) That works great, then.

I could borrow the bell and you could use the horn.

- Yeah, actually I have a horn on my bike.

- Nice.

Nice.

Honk, honk, beep, beep!

Do you think the train would, if you honked at the train, do you think the train would get out of the way?

- I don't know.

(Wimee laughs) I also have a bike fixing kit.

I haven't got to use it yet 'cause my bike hasn't, well, broke, break.

- There's a lot of great tools.

I see a plier-- You tell me, it looks like screwdrivers and Allen wrenches.

Yeah.

- Yes.

- I like it.

You're ready so if it does break, you're ready, right?

- I still don't know what this does.

- Ooh, you know what that is?

That is a solar powered mini jet pack for reverse skydiving.

(Wimee laughs) I'm just being silly.

- Or it's a tape measure.

- Or it's a tape measure!

That's what it is.

(laughs) (snorts) All right, all right.

So Brody, what have you got for today's Wimage?

Ooh, tell us what we see.

- [Brody] So you guys are reverse skydiving with the plane that you're reverse skydiving up to.

- Oh, fun!

- Into the lake, and then you and Moby are doing wheelies on the bike.

(Wimee laughs) Before the train.

- [Wimee] That looks like fun!

You know, I forgot about-- I didn't think about it until I saw your Wimage.

You're right, reverse skydiving means we end up in the plane, doesn't it?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

So then, hmm, does the plane have, what do you call those things where you land?

Like one of those planes that lands in the water?

- Water plane?

- A water plane.

(Wimee laughs) Seems so obvious now that you mentioned it, Brody.

Yeah.

Man, I just love it, I love it.

So, friends, let's see if we could add something.

Friends, who has got an idea for what we could add to this?

It could be more with the water, the train, the reverse skydiving.

A bus!

(laughs) Let's do it.

- Bus.

All right, where do you wanna put the bus?

- Hmm.

Ooh, that's kinda fun!

Right over the Lake Michigan.

(chuckles) It's a water bus.

(Wimee chuckles) You know what now I'm thinking of, this is like a school-- Magic School Bus, the Ms. Frizzle kind of thing.

- (chuckles) Yeah, yeah.

- Right?

Yeah, friends, any other ideas?

Ooh, Owen says "Go Brody, go Brody!

"He loves the picture!"

I like it, me, too.

- Thanks, Owen.

- Ooh, a cow!

Hi, Joe!

Joe is recommending a cow.

- [Brody] All right, cow.

- So, the cow, maybe the cow jumps.

♪ The cow jumped over the plane ♪ (Wimee laughs) Instead of the moon.

- All right.

I'm gonna make the cow blue.

- Nice.

- And he's gonna jump over the plane.

- I like it, let's see.

Oh-ho-ho, look at that.

That cow's like wondering like, "What is reverse skydiving?"

(Wimee and Brody laugh) That's what the cow's thinking.

All right, well, Brody, if you wanna add anything to it, we'll check in with you later in the show.

I love it, thanks Brody!

Oh, man, today for Language Explorers, friends, we get to find out how to say today's words in Swahili.

Mr. Brad has been thinking about the words-- I'm gonna ask him, too, about reverse skydiving.

Hi, Brad!

- Hi, Wimee!

- (laughs) What do you think?

Reverse skydiving?

Could that be a thing?

- I'd love that idea, yeah.

So you would just be sucked up into the air, right?

- (chuckles) I like the way you say that.

(makes whooshing noise) Sucked up into the air!

Yeah.

Hey, does KDL have any resource books on reverse skydiving?

(Brad laughs) - I don't know if we would be held legally liable for such endeavors.

(laughs) - It'll have to go in the fiction section then, right?

- Yeah, there you go.

- All right, so what have you got for today's words?

(Brad laughs) - You know, Wimee, before I came on the show, I was watching another Wimee word show from, I don't know when, maybe a couple weeks ago, I'm not even sure, Holly was on the show and she was talking about words that are transliteration.

Meaning one language takes a word and basically adapts it to their language.

So, a number of the words today are transliteration from English into Swahili.

So I wanted to show you first the first word.

Bike, is baiskeli.

So you can see that they've just taken the word, and it's bike, but it becomes baiskeli.

- I like the sound of that.

- Yeah.

So the next one, was the word train, and that is gari la moshi.

So what it literally means is a vehicle that has smoke that comes with it.

But gari is a transliteration word from car.

It goes car to gari.

- [Wimee] That's so cool.

- And then the next one, skydiving, I had to get creative here.

- [Wimee] Okay.

(Brad speaks in Swahili) So I (chuckles) I said that, "You're diving from the sky."

And to do it in reverse, (chuckles) would be... (Brad speaks in Swahili) (Brad laughs) - Whoa!

That sounds so cool!

Wow!

Man, I just love learning words from you in Swahili, Mr. Brad!

- It's fun to talk about 'em, too.

- Hey, did you ride a bike as a kid much growin' up?

(Brad speaks in Swahili) So, I'm telling you one time when I was a kid, our parents brought a vehicle with us to support us, but we, we went from a town in Rwanda called Cyangugu to another town called Kumvya, and it was probably, we were pretty young kids, but it was probably an 80-mile bike ride.

And it wasn't on flat land like (chuckles) West Michigan, it's very, very mountainous and hilly.

And we went up and down the mountains and we made it to our destination.

But thinking back on it, that's really something that we did as kids and it is really quite an achievement.

- I think that sounds amazing!

I can only imagine the beautiful scenery that you saw.

- So beautiful.

Just gorgeous.

- Well, Mr. Brad, thanks so much for today's words in Swahili!

- You're welcome.

- Ha-ha, friends, Siblee's got a joke for us.

I always look forward and wonder what his jokes are gonna be.

It's time for Laughing with Siblee.

(children cheering) - What did the bicycle call it's dad?

Popsicle!

(laughs) (children cheering) - Popsicle.

Bicycle.

(laughs) That's funny.

Friends, it's time for today's Check Out This Book with Ms Lisa!

(upbeat music) Hi, Ms Lisa!

- Hi, Wimee, how are you?

- Good!

Oh man, "Bike & Trike"!

Tell us about it.

- First of all, I wanna tell you, I can't wait to go reverse skydiving.

(Wimee laughs) I'm very excited.

- [Wimee] It's a new trend.

- Yeah, I have a book to show you, "Bike & Trike".

This book is written by Elizabeth Verdick and Brian Biggs.

The publisher is Simon & Schuster.

This book just came out in 2020, and I'm wondering how many people out there have tricycles.

Someday, you get a little big for your tricycle and a bigger bike might show up in your garage.

That's what happens to Lulu in "Bike & Trike".

She gets a little too big for her bike.

A little too big for her trike and a bicycle shows up.

And there's kind of a battle about who is better and who will Lulu love more.

Checkout "Bike & Trike".

- Oh, man, I'm gonna go look for that book.

That's a big deal going from a trike to a bike.

- It is, it is.

- Well, thanks, Ms Lisa, I love it!

Books, bikes, trikes!

- Thanks for having me!

- I love that rhyme, too, "Bike & Trike".

Oh, man, that could be in the song.

♪ Ride, ride, ride your bike ♪ Along with the trike ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ The trike and bike go riding (laughs) Okay, okay, I'll stay focused now.

Friends, let's check back with Brody and let's see if he's added anything to the Wimage today.

Hey, Brody!

Any updates to the Wimage?

- Yeah.

- Whoa.

- I made the background color orange, I added a rainbow, colored clouds, and I had the cow reverse skydiving.

- [Wimee] I think that cow was looking at the excitement saying, "I'd like to try that."

(laughs) I love it, and the bus is in the water.

Man, that train didn't really cause much trouble.

The train just inspired a lot of fun for the day.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

(laughs) Awesome, Brody, thanks for the update!

Friends, it's time for a scavenger hunt.

Are you ready to help me find some things?

I invite you at home to look for the following things.

When the music begins, go see if you're can find it!

Can you find something that starts with B, like bike?

Can you find something with wheels, like a bike.

And something with handles, like a bike.

(laughs) (upbeat music) What has handles?

Hmm.

What has wheels?

Hmm.

What starts with B?

Post it in the comments!

Friends backstage, if you wanna share what you're finding, let us know, we'll be looking on the cameras.

Oh, I see Brody's ready.

Ho-ho, Brody's found a few things.

Brody, what have you found?

- All right, so this has a handle.

- [Wimee] Oh, yeah!

- And this is a bike kit and it's a wheel.

- (laughs) I love it!

Nicely done.

Keep looking friends, something that starts with B, something with wheels, and something with handles.

A bicycle typically has handles.

Could you ride a bike without handles?

That'd be tricky.

Hey, Michael's backstage!

The founder of Wimage.

Hey, Michael, what'd you find?

- Hey, Wimee and friends!

This water bottle.

- Nice.

- Starts with a B.

Yes, and right after the show, of course I can't miss the show, Blake, myself and Lucas, we are going bike riding.

We've got our wheels.

- The wheels!

- We're gonna go bike riding.

- Yeah, and bike starts with B. Oh, that's what I said at the start, I forgot, yeah.

Okay, bike and Blake, that's what I was gonna say.

Blake starts with B.

All right, friends, keep looking!

What do you find?

Ooh, Brad's got something.

What have you got, Brad?

- So, first of all, my name starts with a B.

- Yahoo!

(laughs) - Then, my teeny mug has a handle.

- [Wimee] Nice, there it is.

- And I can't find anything with a wheel yet.

I might have to keep looking.

- Okay.

I know, Brad, that you love to ride bikes.

Let's see.

Hmm, I think Ms Lisa might have something, it looks like.

Ms Lisa, did you find something?

- I found a brochure.

- That starts with B!

- Summer Wonder at the library starts with a B.

And this is a weird one.

My kids always say bananas have, this is the banana handle.

- I love that!

- I'm gonna count that.

And-- - It counts, it counts.

- My chair has wheels!

- It does, I can see you're rolling around!

(laughs) Friends, it's so fun!

Thanks for finding all those things.

Things that start with B, things with wheels, and things with handles.

Whew!

Man, oh, man.

Oh, look at that!

Our friends got books, that starts with B.

A car has wheels, and a jump rope!

That has handles.

Ooh, a stroller has handles, it sure does, and wheels.

And if you put a baby in the stroller, there's a baby, that starts with B.

Man, look at all these.

A race car has wheels.

(makes engine noises) Ooh, lots from here, too.

A ball starts with B, a car has wheels, and a shovel has a handle.

And a baby doll!

Yeah, oh that could go in the stroller, the baby or the baby doll!

Oh, man!

So many things, friends.

Thanks for helping find all these great things.

Well, friends, it is time for our dance party.

We've had so much fun spending time.

Oh, you know what, you know what?

I forgot something.

Oh-ho-ho, I almost forgot!

In fact, I was just, I was all in a rush!

And that's ironic because the segment we're gonna play next is called Slowing Down.

So let's take a deep breath.

Ready, take a deep breath with me.

(breaths in) (breaths out) And here's today's Slowing Down.

(peaceful music) (breathes out) That was beautiful.

It was so simple, it was a wheel.

Do you know what those are called, inside of the wheel?

Post in the comments if you know what those metal, what it is like a wire?

A metal bar?

I think... Is it a wire or a bar?

I'm not really too sure.

Hmm.

Post in the comments and I see Brody's got his hand raised.

So we're gonna let Brody officially announce it, but let's give you a moment and see if anyone posts in the comments first.

So, let's bring in Michael here.

He was gonna take a bike ride.

Oh, there it is!

Let's see if Brody confirms that.

Brody?

Oh, there it is again from Grandma and Grandpa.

What do you think, how are they doing?

- Yeah, I think it's spokes.

- Yeah, spokes.

Now, is it wire or a bar?

What would you call it?

A metal... - I would say like wires?

- Yeah, but it's kind of, it's thicker than wire but it's bendable, but I guess that's why it's called a spoke.

(laughs) It's not a wire or a bar, it's a spoke.

All right, got it.

Thanks for confirming, Brody.

Let's check in with Michael real quick before we go.

He was gonna take a bike ride, right?

Are you gonna go down the neighborhood or were headin' somewhere or where?

- We are, we're actually gonna go down to White Pine Trail.

- (gasps) Oh, that's kind of like in the story.

Kent Trails, it's also known as White Pine Trail, right?

Is that the same name, I remember?

- Yes.

And we're actually, we've got our helmets, which kids, make sure you wear your helmets.

- Yep.

- Very, very good to be safe.

And we've got our water and our backpack and we're going to bike.

- Man, I love it!

- So you inspired us, Wimee, to go for a bike ride today.

- Oh, I think that's a great way to wrap up our show then, right?

To invite our friends watching at home, go for a bike ride or go for a walk or go for, roller blades, right?

What else is on wheels?

Skateboard, roller blades, bike.

- Your eyes?

- What was it?

(Michael chuckles) - Your eyes.

- Oh, my eyes!

(laughs) I was like, "What is he talking about?"

But then I remembered, yeah.

Could I roll on my head?

(Michael laughs) I've never figured to try that.

- You're a robot.

I don't know, you have a lot of powerful things you can do.

- It's pretty good being a robot.

I agree.

- It is, it is.

But it's also good to be a human, as well.

- Yeah, yeah.

(chuckles) - So.

- I love it.

Well, friends, let's get rolling into the dance party!

Let's cue the music!

Let's bring in the team!

Let's get dancing!

Thanks for visiting with us, friends, it's been a lot of fun.

(upbeat music) Go outside, ride your bike, get on some wheels!

Roller blades, skateboards.

Go to the trails, go to the sidewalk.

Oh, man, toot, toot!

(upbeat music) - [Michael] "Wimee's Words" is brought to you by PNC Grow Up Great, Funterra by Smart, Meijer.

And with additional support from these great partners.

(upbeat music) (clapping) (rhythmic musical burst)