♪ Mew, mew, mew, mew ♪ ♪ Mew, mew, mew, mew, mew ♪ ♪ Mew, mew, mew, mew ♪ ♪ Mew, mew, mew ♪ - (laughs) Hi, I was just singing, friends.

But you know, three bags full of wool, that would make a lot of yarn.

I know who would like to play with that?

Cats!

(cat meows) ♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Think of words and of rhymes ♪ ♪ That make WImages ♪ ♪ Please do ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do, do yo ♪ ♪ Do, da, da, ba do ♪ - [Girl] It's time for "Wimee's Words".

(children cheering) - Okay, friends, share with me an animal that makes a fun sound.

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ And on his farm he had a cat ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ With a meow meow here ♪ ♪ And a meow meow there ♪ ♪ Here a meow, everywhere a meow meow ♪ ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ This might be the farm where Jim's cats are hanging out.

(laughs) Okay, let's see.

Cailynn, share with us an animal that makes a fun sound.

- A dolphin.

- A dolphin.

Ooh, could you teach me?

I think I remember, but what does a dolphin sound like?

- So they clap their hands like this and then they go like.

(Cailynn squeals) - Oh, that was so cool.

Okay, one more time.

(Wimee squeals) Did I get it?

(Cailynn squeals) Okay.

(laughs) Are you ready at home?

Follow along with that.

Okay.

Ready?

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ And on his farm, he had a dolphin ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ With a ee ee here and a ee ee there ♪ ♪ Here a ee there a ee ♪ ♪ Everywhere a ee ♪ ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ And on his farm, he had a coyote ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ With a how here and a how there ♪ ♪ Here a how there a how ♪ ♪ Everywhere a how how ♪ (laughs) A chicken.

♪ And on his farm, he had a chicken ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ With a bock bock here ♪ ♪ And a bock bock there ♪ ♪ Here a bock there a bock ♪ ♪ Everywhere bock, bock, bock, bock ♪ ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ Cow.

♪ And on his farm, he had a cow ♪ ♪ E I E I O ♪ ♪ With a moo here ♪ And I gotta go to Jim because in Jim's place, there's Cowzilla.

Let's let Cowzilla, uh oh.

Uh oh, is Cowzilla, I think I'm getting through my, I don't know if you know, I've got a little CB radio in my ear.

You were telling me Cowzilla is sleeping or what?

I didn't catch the whole transmission.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Cowzilla is sleeping right now, so shh.

- Okay, okay.

- It's okay.

Cowzilla can sleep through anything.

So, yeah.

So don't worry about it, right Cowzilla?

- Okay, so don't- - Don't worry about it.

- Okay, good to know.

Okay.

A dog!

♪ With a ruff ruff here and a ruff ruff there ♪ ♪ Here a ruff, there a ruff ♪ ♪ Everywhere a ruff, ruff ♪ ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ E I E I ♪ (energetic music) - Did you know cats are the most popular pets in the world?

Yeah, there are hundreds of millions of cats on earth.

Yeah.

A baby cat is called a kitten.

Boy cats are called the Tom and girl cats are called the Molly or a Queen.

Cats have strong legs that help them to run really fast and cats jump almost seven times their height.

Wow.

Oh.

Yeah, all that running and jumping, it must make them tired because cats sleep more than half the day.

Oh, do you have a pet cat?

Do you know someone who does have a pet cat?

Cats.

Meow.

(energetic music) (Wimee meows) - Wow.

That's a lot of cats in the world.

Whew.

Okay, friends.

It's time for today's 1, 2, 3 sentence story.

Let's write a story in three sentences.

In the first sentence, we set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem, burm burm burm burm.

But in the third sentence, there is a solution.

Phew, so we'll see where the story goes.

We want a person, place or thing, a noun in particular.

Let's get things rolling with Cailynn.

I never know what the words will be until right now.

Cailynn, any word at all?

What word should we start with?

- Stickers.

- Stickers.

Ah ha ha ha, stickers.

Those are fun.

You can have cat stickers.

You could have all kinds of animal stickers.

You could have outdoor stickers.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Stickers.

Ooh, I got it.

Okay.

I was looking through my sticker collection when I decided to go for a walk.

All right.

Pretty straightforward, right?

We know I'm looking through my sticker collection.

I'm gonna go for a walk.

Hmm.

Do I take my stickers with me?

Do I leave them at home?

We don't know yet, but the next thing we find out will be from you, a word that will inspire the problem.

Spoon, ha ha.

All right, here we go.

I was looking through my sticker collection when I decided to go for a walk.

I was halfway to grandma's when I realized I forgot to return her spoon that we borrowed last night.

Ha ha, ha ha.

So, how do we solve this problem?

I was taking a walk.

I was basically at grandma's and I was like, "Oh no, I should have returned the spoon that we've had."

How do we solve this problem?

Hmm.

Maybe there's a cat that's going to help out.

Maybe, oh, human.

Ha ha, I love it.

Okay, oh, oh, I got just the idea.

I got it, ready?

Here we go.

I was looking through my sticker collection this morning when I decided to go for a walk.

I was having a lovely time and I was almost at grandma's when I realized I forgot to bring the spoon back that I borrowed.

Suddenly, a very friendly human.

Hmm.

Hmm.

I was thinking, cause you know, I was thinking maybe a very friendly human help, but then I started to think about, wait a minute, I gotta make sure I know who this human is before, I gotta make sure I'm being smart.

Say if a suitcase, I saw a suitcase might be a possibility.

Hmm, I'm wondering, I'm gonna put it out there, friends.

Every now and then I think to myself, "Hmm.

This is a time where I gotta think further."

I'm wondering if Jim or Cailynn or anyone out there, who's got an idea for how the human can help us?

Oh yeah, right?

The WImage Board.

WImage, you're doing a great job, WImage Board.

Oh maybe the cat.

Is there a way the human and the cat work together to help us?

We gotta go back and get the spoon.

Oh, what do you think Jim?

- Well, I'm thinking maybe, you ran into a friendly human who said, "Oh, you know what?

I'll run really quick 'cause I'm a great runner.

I'll run, get the spoon from your house and then I'll bring it back to you so you can take it to your grandma's and you don't have to go walking all the way back home."

- Good, good, good.

But I don't wanna just let any human go to my house and get a spoon, do I?

- No, it's a friendly human.

It's someone you know.

- Oh, it's a neighbor.

- They happen to be your neighbor.

Maybe they're your neighbor.

They're your next door, I was just heading that way anyway and I'm a fast runner.

- Got it.

- So it's good.

Good point.

- Now I got you.

Now I got you.

- So it's the neighbor.

Right.

They're over all the time.

No big deal.

They're just gonna ask your mom.

They'll say, "Hey, where's that spoon we borrowed from grandma?"

- I know.

I know, they're gonna be like, "Hey, I saw Wimee going and then," yeah, it's all good.

Maybe that person was even at the dinner last night and they knew exactly about the spoon.

- Exactly, 'cause they're over for dinner all the time.

They're your neighbor.

- Yeah, I love it.

- All right, sounds good.

- Okay, I think we did pretty good.

Thanks, Jim.

You know, friends, sometimes when you write a story, sometimes it goes really smoothly, sometimes it takes a lot of time, you know what?

A lot of times, some of the things I write, I just gotta come back to it later and see where it goes.

But WImage Board is looking great.

I have a request, WImage Board, more stickers from my sticker collection and then I love the human there and the spoon and grandma.

And so anyone in the neighborhood's welcome to the celebration when the spoon gets back to grandma.

(laughs) Love it, friends.

Okay.

Let's see.

We're writing a story.

We're creating and oh man, oh, thanks, thanks for that.

That's very nice of you.

I'm so glad you're with us, buddy.

Okay.

Let's see.

It's time to learn how to say cat in different languages in today's Language Explorers.

(upbeat guitar music) - Cat in Spanish is gato.

Gato.

- In French, cat is chat.

Chat.

- In Swahili, cat is paka.

Paka.

- [Translator] In ASL, or American Sign Language, cat is signed cat, just like this, cat.

- In German, cat is katze.

Katze.

- Cat in Haitian Creole is chat.

Chat.

(upbeat guitar music) - I just love learning words in different languages.

And I noticed in Haitian Creole and French, it was about the same.

It's so cool.

It's so cool.

Just like in English, how some words in English are similar to words in other languages and words in other languages are also similar to each other.

Words are cool.

People are cool.

Okay, friends.

Guess what time it is?

It's- (energetic guitar music) It's Jim Time.

- It is Jim Time.

I know.

I was like, wow.

I just rushed to get there.

- I know.

- Guess what time it is?

It's Jim Time.

- I know.

You were excited.

Friends at home watching this, I gotta just take a moment and remind y'all, not only is Jim on the show singing, he's running the show and he's helping me out with saving the story and the list goes on, so.

- It's all good.

And I got Baby Bumblebee with me today too.

- [Baby Bumblebee] Hello.

- Cool.

Oh, hi, Baby Bumblebee.

- How are you doing, Baby Bumblebee?

- [Baby Bumblebee] Oh, I'm doing, hi.

- All right, so we had a song that we were gonna do together.

So I don't have a cat 'cause as I told you earlier, I'm allergic to cats.

- Yeah, gotcha.

- So, I thought for this song, which is called "My Cat Eats Anything", I don't really have a cat, so Baby Bumblebee is gonna play the role of a cat today.

- Fun.

- So, yeah.

You see, you gotta pretend that Baby Bumblebee looks like a cat and sounds like a cat.

Although you might kind of sound like a cat, right Baby Bumblebee?

- [Baby Bumblebee] Meow.

- See?

You might go, "Oh, that was a cat."

- Nice.

- It was Baby Bumblebee though.

Okay, so what we need is for you to share a food, any food, it doesn't matter what food it is.

And so with your ideas, we're gonna get the ball rolling.

So Wimee, what is a food?

Any food?

- Broccoli.

- Broccoli.

Nice.

Okay.

And I'm gonna ask Cailynn for an idea.

Cailynn, I need a food, any food.

- Hmm.

Let's go with ice cream.

- Ooh.

Ice cream.

Any particular flavor?

- Vanilla.

- Ooh.

All right.

Vanilla ice cream.

Thank you.

All right, vanilla ice cream.

All right, and let's see.

Ooh, cat food.

That's a good one.

Okay.

- Yeah.

- Cat food.

I'm writing these down so that we can use 'em in our song then.

- Nice.

- All right, so we've got broccoli, vanilla ice cream, and cat food so far.

Pizza.

I love pizza.

- Mmm.

(Wimee's lips smacking) - Okay, pizzas.

Pickles.

I love pickles.

That's a good one.

Pickles.

All right.

We need a couple more foods.

Oh, spaghetti.

- I was just thinking some type of pasta and look, there it is, spaghetti.

- Nice.

All right, one more.

What do you think, Wimee?

Oh, look at that.

We got bagels.

- Bagels.

- All right, we're all set, I think.

All right, so this is a song called "My Cat Eats Anything" with Baby Bumblebee playing the role of the cat.

- [Baby Bumblebee] Meow.

- Here we go.

♪ My cat eats anything ♪ ♪ My cat eats anything ♪ ♪ My cat eats anything ♪ ♪ But for some reason, she won't eat broccoli ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] I just don't like it.

- That's okay.

We all like different things.

- [Baby Bumblebee] That's true.

♪ My cat likes vanilla ice cream ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] Meow.

♪ My cat likes cat food ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] Meow.

- That one's not so weird, is it?

- [Baby Bumblebee] No.

- No.

♪ My cat likes pizza ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] Meow.

♪ But for some reason, she won't eat broccoli ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] I just don't like broccoli.

♪ My cat eats pickles ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] They're delicious.

♪ My cat eats spaghetti ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] And noodles.

♪ My cat eats bagels ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] Yum.

♪ But for some reason, no matter how hard I try ♪ ♪ I just can't get my cat to eat any broccoli ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] It's too green for me.

- Yeah, I can see that.

♪ My cat eats anything ♪ ♪ My cat eats anything ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] Meow.

♪ My cat eats anything ♪ ♪ But for some reason, she won't eat broccoli ♪ - [Baby Bumblebee] We all like different things and that's okay.

(energetic guitar music) - Nice.

Thanks, friends.

- I love this song.

- Thanks, Wimee.

- I love it.

- Thanks, friends.

- Thanks, Jim.

Thanks, Baby Bumblebee.

(laughs) I was just trying to be silly.

Okay, friends, speaking of silly, let's go see what Siblee's joke for today is.

(children cheering) - What is a cat's favorite color?

- [Wimee] Hmm, um, I don't know.

- Purrr-ple.

(laughs) (children cheering) - Well, Siblee, you did a really great job of the purr.

(Siblee purrs) Yeah, yeah, that was really fun.

Okay.

Friends, let's take a deep breath.

Breathe in with me.

(Wimee inhales) Hold it.

Let it loose.

(Wimee exhales) It's time for today's Slowing Down.

(gentle guitar music) Take another breath.

(Wimee inhales) Hold it.

Three, four and let it loose.

(Wimee exhales) (Wimee chuckles) Friends, we love books.

Ha ha, it's time for Check Out This Book.

(energetic music) - Today's theme is about cats.

So every time I read about cats for story time, I choose the same book and I'd like to introduce that book to you today.

So the book that I have for you today is called "There Are Cats In This Book".

The author and illustrator are Viviane Schwarz and it's written by Candlewick Press or published by Candlewick Press and it's a flap book.

So throughout the book, there are flaps, you open them up and there are many surprises in the book.

And even the cover itself is a flap.

As you can see, the cats are kind of hiding right there under the front cover.

And so what I really like about this book is that it's very interactive with the flaps and engages my story time audience really well.

And the cats are also very interactive and many things happen in the story and it's very humorous.

I really love funny books and the best part about the book overall is the message at the end.

And it talks about how the book asks if you like the cats and that the cats really liked you.

And it's a very positive message about cats and animals in general, so I would really recommend this book.

(energetic music) - Ho ho, I'm gonna look for that book for sure.

Ready to play a game, friends?

Jim, ScribbleJim and Cailynn and I, and I want you to play along at home.

It's time for Make A Rhyme.

(upbeat guitar music) Woo-hoo.

Let's get right into it.

We all know what to do.

Friends at home, play long.

First word I got, Jim, is cat.

- Cat.

How about bat?

- That rhymes.

You got it.

- All right.

Bun.

- How about fun?

- I love it.

(bell chimes) - Hmm, what about lick?

- Ooh, lick, trick.

- Correct.

- Nice.

- Yeah.

(bell chimes) I got a rhyme, okay, um, feet.

- Feet.

Neat.

- Ha ha, that rhymes.

- All right, log.

- Fog.

- Oh.

(bell chimes) - Hmm, let's go with tip.

- Tip.

Sip.

I'll take a sip of water.

- Yes.

- Ha ha.

Um, how about, when you said log and then you said fog, Cailynn, I was thinking of how about dog?

Let's keep that rhyme going.

(Jim gasps) - On a cat show?

Is it a good idea?

- Yeah.

(laughs) - All right, we'll go with- - Yeah, I think so.

- Okay, dog.

How about hog?

- Oh, yeah.

That rhymes.

- All right.

(bell chimes) Tree.

- Bee.

- Ooh, Baby Bumblebee, you like that one?

- Baby Bumblebee.

- [Baby Bumblebee] I love it.

- Nice.

All right.

(Wimee laughs) - Nice.

- What about lawn?

- Tell me the word again.

- Lawn.

- Lawn, like, okay, we're gonna go take a walk in the front lawn.

Fawn.

A baby deer.

(bell chimes) (Wimee laughs) - Nice.

- I got it.

Got it.

Okay.

Hmm.

We did it.

- We did it.

- The music tells us time to go.

(bell chimes) (Wimee and Jim laugh) I try to keep on track.

- Great job.

- We did it, oh, look at that.

We did it.

Did you get some rhymes at home as you were playing along with us, I hope?

Ha ha.

Friends, you can play that game anytime, and any of our games, put a twist on it.

See what rules you add, what things you change.

Hey, friends.

It is time right now for a new segment.

It is called Will They Be Friends?

- Do you wanna come up here?

Come on, come on, Cocoa.

Look, come on.

What do you think of this cat?

This is Fifi.

Hello.

What do you think?

So many sniffs.

Are you gonna join us?

Oh yes.

What a big girl.

All right, Cocoa.

Cocoa, you're in the broadcast.

What do you think of our friend?

What do you think of our friend?

Not so sure?

This cat's name is Fifi.

Hello, friends.

Hello, friends.

We have Cocoa here too.

Cocoa, do you think you and Fifi can be friends?

Can I pet you?

Can I pet you?

What do you think?

Oh, maybe they can be friends.

Cocoa, can you look at all of our friends watching?

This could work well, maybe.

What do you think friends?

Will this work?

Cocoa has met Fifi the cat and it looks like it might have been okay.

(laughs) Good job, Cocoa.

Good job, Fifi.

Oh yes.

Are we friends?

Mwah.

(playful music) - Ha ha, the answer is yes.

Ha ha, I love it too.

I love it.

I love it.

I love it.

Okay, friends, let's go see what the WImage Board has been up to.

WImage Board, let's see the new adventures.

(Wimee gasps) So many spoons.

You get a spoon, you get a spoon, you get a spoon, grandma.

Wait, she was so happy that we brought the spoon back and then she was like, "Actually, I'm gonna give you a spoon for the dog, for the pig."

oh, wait, frog, dog, hog.

(Wimee laughs) That was from our game, I think.

Aw man.

Look at that, the neighborhood.

We've gotta make some soup, friends.

I think that's what we gotta do.

And have more potlucks, more gatherings, ha ha.

Thanks, WImage Board.

Great job.

Ha ha, look at that cat.

The cat and the dog.

Just like with Cocoa and Fifi.

That cat and dog are friends too.

All right, friends, are you ready for today's Find It Fast?

(energetic music) Okay, friends.

We need to find something that starts with C like cat.

Let's find something fluffy, like most cats.

Let's find something with four legs, like most cats.

What could it be?

C, what starts with C?

Car?

Couch?

ScribbleJim, what'd you find?

- Well, I have this cup.

Cup starts with C. - Yep.

- I have this dog.

Again, I'm going with a dog on a cat show.

I don't know what I'm thinking, but I have this dog that is fluffy and actually has four legs.

- Nice.

- So.

- That'll do it.

Yep.

I like it, friends.

What else starts with C?

What else could be fluffy?

What else could have four legs?

Cailynn, what have you found?

- So I have this cat plushy which starts with C. - Yeah.

- It's really fluffy and it has four tiny, tiny legs.

- Tiny little legs.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

You got all three.

Ha ha, that's great.

Let's see, what else is fluffy?

A pillow?

A fluffy blanket?

What else has four legs?

A dog.

A giraffe.

Anybody have a giraffe?

A cow?

Twins?

(Wimee laughs) See what I did there?

Twins?

Let's see, canary?

That's a bird.

That starts with C. Depending on how you spell ketchup, ha ha.

I've always wondered about that.

Anyone know why ketchup is spelled two different ways?

I bet there's a history to it, bet there is.

There's gotta be.

There's a history to everything.

Well, friends, thanks for playing Find It Fast.

I never talked about my little cat puppet.

It's cool.

My friend Emma made this for me.

Hi, Emma.

Do you remember when you made this cat puppet years ago?

We still have it.

We love it.

Yeah.

Okay, friends, we had another great show.

That's it.

It's time.

Oh, I always feel sad, but the good news is we got more shows to come, so we'll see you at another show, friends.

Let's get ready for the dance party.

Let's bring in Cailynn.

Let's bring in ScribbleJim.

Hey, wait a minute, Cailynn, you start with C. (Wimee laughs) A cat dance party.

Oh, look at that.

Cailynn's got that cat dancing and the dog and I got this puppet.

Do, do, do, do, do, freeze.

- [Narrator] "Wimee's Words" is brought to you by Acrisure, Consumers Credit Union, Meijer and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and with additional support from these great partners.

(upbeat music) (audience applauding) (energetic music)