- Tapping your toes, stomping your feet, snapping your fingers, making a beat.

Huh, there are so many ways to make music with your body.

Yeah, give yourself a round of applause as we think about another way.

Clapping.

(upbeat music) ♪ Lemme create all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Think of words and of rights ♪ ♪ And make wimages ♪ ♪ Please do ♪ ♪ I do, do loyal ♪ ♪ I know that that you look bottle ♪ - [Announcer] It's time for Wimee's words.

(people cheering) - Hi, friends.

I'm glad you're here.

Hey, friends, we're gonna get rolling with our show about clapping, and Miss Jessica's on the show with us today.

Hi, Miss Jessica.

- Hi, Wimee.

- I got a question for you to kick things off.

When you clap your hands, do you clap with your left or your right?

Like does one do more of the clapping?

- I think they are more equal.

- Okay, right in the middle.

- Yeah.

- Clap, clap, clap.

Cool, cool, I like it.

Okay, we'll see you a bit later on the show.

Hey, Cailynn.

I'm wondering, would your say the same thing?

Do you clap equal or more with your left or your right?

- Well, it depends, 'cause sometimes I go like this, sometimes I go like this, and sometimes I go like this.

- Oh, so it could be any of them?

- Yes.

- Yeah, it might depend on the melody, the idea, the excitement.

(laughs) I got it.

Friends at home, do you clap more with your left or your right or symmetric?

Hmm, I'm curious to know.

Cailynn, we'll see you a little bit later on the show.

In fact, let's get rolling though with our opening song.

It's the song.

♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands ♪ ♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands ♪ ♪ If you're happy and you know it ♪ ♪ And you really wanna show it ♪ ♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands ♪ Okay, now we don't always feel happy, right?

All kinds of feelings.

Let's go back to Cailynn.

Cailynn, share any way at all that a person might feel from time to time.

- Excited.

- Excited, okay.

Now, can you show us Cailynn?

What would you, like if you were excited, what would the clap look like maybe?

(Cailynn clapping) - Oh, fast and symmetric.

(Wimee laughing) Okay, okay, here we go.

♪ If you're excited and you know it, clap real fast ♪ (cooing) Oh, good.

♪ If you're excited and you know it, clap real fast ♪ (Wimee coos) ♪ If you're excited and you know it ♪ ♪ Then your face and body will show it ♪ ♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap real fast ♪ (Wimee laughing) No, that was great, that was great.

Thanks, Cailynn.

Hey, Miss Jessica.

Will you share with us another way people sometimes feel?

- Oh, I think people can feel tired.

- (sighs) So true.

What might it look like?

If you were tired, what might the clapping look like?

(Jessica clapping) (Jessica yawning) (Wimee yawning) Oh, you're like, oh, maybe this is okay.

Great, okay.

♪ Yeah, if you're tired and you know it, clap real slow ♪ ♪ If you're tired and you know it, then clap very slowly ♪ Oh, I'm gonna stretch.

(Wimee whimpering) (Jessica chuckles) (Wimee sighs) Man, I dunno if I should even finish singing the rest of the verse, Miss Jessica.

(Wimee sighs) Yeah, let's just take a little break.

(Jessica chuckles) Okay (laughs) that was great.

Thanks, Miss Jessica.

Friends at home, share with us.

Let's do some more.

Oh, proud.

Oh man, I love it.

Okay, so if we feel proud, hmm, I gotta think about how we would show this.

It might be like stand up straight and then like (cackles) ♪ If you're proud and you know it ♪ ♪ Stand real straight and clap ♪ Yes, I feel good.

♪ If you're proud and you know it, clap your hands ♪ Yes, yes, indeed, good job.

♪ If you're proud and you know it ♪ ♪ Then your face will really show it ♪ ♪ And your body will show it too ♪ Oh man, I was trying to put all that in there.

I should have just stayed focused as the face will show it.

Oh, silly.

Okay, show us a silly clap.

(Wimee cursing unintelligibly) I think I need Miss Jessica and Cailynn to help demonstrate the silly claps.

Let's have both Miss Jessica and Cailynn.

What might a silly clap look like?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, it's kinda tricky, huh?

Oh yeah.

(Wimee laughing) Oh yeah.

♪ If you're silly and you know it, clap like this ♪ ♪ If you're silly and you know it, clap like this ♪ ♪ If you're silly and you know it ♪ ♪ Then clap around like this ♪ ♪ If you're silly and you know it ♪ ♪ Clap any way you wanna clap ♪ (Wimee cooing) (Wimee cackling) Thanks, mans.

Oh man, we'll see you both a little bit later in this show.

Let's find out from Moby what he's gonna share with us today.

(upbeat music) - Do you know how to clap?

Yeah, all you need to do is to take one hand, have it face your other hand, and then you put your hands together as quickly as you can.

Yeah, that cool sound it makes, that's called clap.

Yeah, it's fun to clap to music.

Sometimes people clap to show they're happy or they like something.

Yeah, I have wings.

So my claps aren't very loud.

Yeah, yeah.

That's okay though.

When chickens are happy, we scratch with our feet.

(Moby laughing) ♪ If you're happy and you know it ♪ ♪ Scratch with your feet ♪ (chuckles) Sing along.

♪ If you're happy and you know it ♪ ♪ Scratch with your feet ♪ (upbeat music) - Friends, it is time for today's one, two, three sentence story.

We're gonna write a story in three sentences.

In the first word or not the first word.

The first sentence, we set the scene using a word from you.

In the second sentence, there is a problem.

(Wimee laughing) But I always look forward to the third sentence where there is a solution.

Do you see, I clapped at the end for the dramatic effect?

Kind of like Moby, it's not real loud when I clap, but that's okay.

So let's get some idea us for words, friends.

Tell us a person, place, or thing.

Let's go to Cailynn for today's first word to start the story.

Any word at all, Cailynn?

What do you think?

- Hmm, milkshake.

- Milkshake (laughs) perfect.

Thanks, Cailynn.

Okay, so the story begins with a milkshake.

I'm thinking.

This is my thinking look.

Okay.

Okay.

It was a Saturday morning and the restaurant was filling up because there was buy one, get one free milkshakes.

(Wimee laughing) That's a fun deal.

Milkshake, you know what?

I'm gonna revise the sentence.

It's free milkshake day.

(laughing) Yeah.

Okay, so we know in the first sentence that we're getting free milkshakes, and oh man, this is exciting, but oh no.

The problem's coming.

Let's see what the Wimage board has got where the words become images and we get to see our story.

Oh, look at that.

(Wimee laughing) There's the shop, right?

So the illustration there is showing us that what it looks like, and we need lots of milkshakes.

Oh yeah (laughing) the town is clapping saying, yay, free milkshake day.

We need lots of milkshakes down there for everybody.

Oh no, coloring book problems.

(Wimee laughing) I got it.

Okay, here we go.

It was an exciting day because it was free milkshake day downtown.

Everybody was enjoying their milkshakes when a lost coloring book was discovered on the ground.

(Wimee gasps) Oh no, somebody lost their coloring book.

Free milkshake day, I bet somebody.

I'm just thinking here.

I think somebody was coloring pictures, and with all the excitement of free milkshakes, the coloring book got dropped to the side, left behind.

We need to reunite this coloring book with the owner.

Friends, we need a third word.

How do we help?

How do we help the, oh, let's see.

Dog, two frogs.

(Wimee laughing) I like it.

Addie and Grace, thanks for those ideas.

Let's do this.

We're gonna have a dog and two frogs help us out.

Okay, so Wimage board.

I have a request.

We need more milkshakes for everybody.

Oh, there's the frog.

There's the dog.

Okay, two frogs.

Okay, I'll just get to the story, sorry.

Okay, from the top.

It was an exciting day because it was free milkshake day downtown.

With all the energy, we realized suddenly there was a lost coloring book on the ground.

The owners of the restaurant, which happened to be two frogs and a dog, suddenly announced on the announcement PA, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a lost coloring book.

"Please report to the milkshake machine."

A milkshake counter, that might make, cuz the milkshake machine might be behind the counter.

Then they'd be like, how do I get to the milkshake machine?

Okay, but anyways, the frog, two frogs and the dog are the owner.

(Wimee laughing) I think the restaurant is called Two Frogs and a Dog Milkshake.

(Wimee laughing) And the announcement was made because they took it serious to get this coloring book back to the rightful owner.

So Wimage board.

Let's check back with you later and let's see how things unfold there.

You can go as far as you want with the two dogs and a frog restaurant, cafe, milkshake.

This is the Kate.

This kind of sounds almost like an encyclopedia brown kind of story too.

That case of the missing coloring book.

But I guess the mystery was solved pretty quickly when they just made an announcement and said, come find the coloring book.

(Wimee laughing) Oh man, wouldn't that be great if all problems were solved that quickly?

All right.

But anyways, friends, it's time.

It is time for today's language explorers.

We're gonna find out how to say some words today in American Sign Language.

Hi, Miss Stephanie.

- Hi, Wimee.

Hi, friends.

- What are you gonna teach us today?

- Well, the word clap in American Sign Language is this.

- Yeah.

Ooh.

- So you take one on hand and face it up and your other hand faces it down in the same direction and claps.

That's the word clap.

- [Wimee] Okay.

- Now, if though you want to be clapping for someone because they did something great, in the deaf community, you don't clap like this.

- Okay.

- You clap like this.

- [Wimee] Oh, nice.

- This is applause in American Sign Language.

Do you have any ideas as to why that might be?

- Why it looks like that instead of like lots of forward clap?

- Why this is not clapping.

- This is more visual and more celebratory?

- It is more visual.

- That's why?

Oh!

- Well, 'cause down here, most people clap down at their waist level, or down here, it's hard to see.

But also if you are in the deaf community, you can't hear the clapping very well.

So it needs to be visual like this.

And now when we are clapping for someone, would we clap with our face like this?

- I don't think so because that doesn't seem very supportive.

- Exactly.

So in American Sign Language, you need to be really expressive with your face.

So you wanna put on a big happy face like this when you're clapping, when you're getting feeling applaused.

- Yay, I love it.

- Cailynn, I was wondering if you wanted to join me to do this.

- [Baby] Yeah, oh yeah.

- I can see Wimee is smiling and excited too.

- Yeah, I love it.

- All right.

So let's give Wimee a round of applause in American Sign Language.

- Oh my, thank you.

Thank you very much.

(Wimee laughing) - Great job.

Very awesome.

(Stephanie laughing) All right, thank you.

- That was so fun.

- Good.

See you later, Wimee.

- Bye.

Bye, Miss Stephanie.

(Wimee laughing) I love that.

Okay, friends, guess what?

It's time for Power Up with Miss Jessica.

♪ Power Up with Miss Jessica ♪ - Hi, Wimee.

Today, we're going to power up up our hearts and our minds by learning three reasons why clapping is awesome.

Now there are lots of reasons why clapping is awesome, but I'm just gonna focus on three.

Reason number one.

Clapping gives us energy.

We have receptors in our hands that connect to our brain and they tell our brain to give the rest of our body energy.

Ah, it's so cool how every part of our body is connected.

Let's clap for three seconds together and activate that energy.

Ready?

Go.

(Jessica clapping) Two, three.

Yes!

(laughs) We just activated energy with our hands.

Reason number two why clapping is awesome is that clapping improves our circulation.

This just means that all the blood that's in our body constantly needs to be moving, and when you clap, it moves all that blood and keeps you alive.

That's kind of important.

So let's clap together for three seconds while thinking about improving our circulation.

Ready?

Clap.

(Jessica clapping) Improve the blood flow.

Yes!

Awesome.

We just improved our blood flow with our hands.

(Jessica chuckles) Reason number three why clapping is awesome and one of my personal favorite reasons is that a clap can keep a beat.

It becomes an instrument like a drum.

Clap with me.

Clap, clap.

Now, twice as fast.

Clap, clap, clap, clap.

Now twice as fast.

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

Twice as fast.

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

(Jessica laughing) Awesome.

You just became an instrument with your hands.

Well, great job.

We just powered up our hearts and our minds by learning three reasons why clapping is awesome.

I'll see you next time.

Bye, Wimee.

Bye, everyone.

♪ Power Up with Miss Jessica.

♪ - I'm tired to go even.

The devil me for the devil tie boy.

Oh boy.

Whoa!

Oh, oh.

I did it again.

I got my eyes a little mixed up.

Miss Jessica, that's so awesome.

Oh man, what's the remedy for when you clap so far that your eyes spin?

That's okay.

I feel energized for sure.

Oh man.

Okay, friends, let's go to Siblee and see what he's got for us today.

(kids cheering) - What makes no noise than a clapping giant?

- I don't know.

- Two clapping giants.

(Siblee cackling) What about 4,592,000 clapping giants though, huh?

(kids cheering) - But then you can say, what about 4,000,005?

I lost track.

I'm still a little dizzy.

Okay, let's do this friends.

Take a deep breath, breathe in.

(Wimee inhales deeply) Hold it.

One, two, three, four, and let it loose.

(Wimee exhales) It's time for slowing down.

(gentle guitar music) Breathe in again.

(Wimee inhales deeply) Let it loose.

(Wimee exhales) That was fun.

We love books, friends.

It's time for Check Out This Book.

(upbeat music) - Hi, friends.

Today, We're talking about clapping, and I found the perfect book to go with it.

It's called "Clap."

And this is by Uncle Ian Aurora, and Uncle Ian is kind of not featured in the book, but he wrote the story for nieces and nephews.

And it's published by Flowerpot Press out of Tennessee.

And in this book, we're gonna clap once, we're gonna clap twice, and now you're gonna clap three times, because clapping is just what this book is for.

There's rhyming, there's counting, there's even some stopping, and it's so much fun because we are just clapping with friends and having a terrific time together.

And at the end, there's a little bit of a surprise as to why we've been doing all of this clapping in this book.

But we learn that clapping is what happens when you bring your hands together in the middle and you go poo to make that fun sound.

There's loud clapping and quiet clapping and clapping with stomping and who doesn't wanna participate in that?

So check out this book from your local library, and I know you're gonna have a good time with it just like I have.

(upbeat music) - (cackles) I like how Miss Joanne, she said, "Clap poo."

That sounded really fun.

That was cool.

Friends, we're gonna play a game.

We're gonna play.

I Can Find Inside My Mind.

(upbeat music) Oh, Miss Jessica and Cailynn, are you ready?

- Yes.

- All right, let's do this.

I can find inside my mind something that is yellow.

- Yellow, the sun.

- Yeah (laughs) nice.

- I can find inside my mind something that is juicy.

- Hmm, a watermelon.

- Yes.

- Oh.

- I can find inside my mind something that is purple.

- Purple.

A flower.

- Correct.

- All perfect flowers.

Okay, I can find inside my mind something that is noisy.

- A horn.

- (laughs) Book.

- I can find inside my mind something that is musical.

- A violin.

- Yes - I can find inside my mind something that is long.

- Ooh, a highway.

- Correct!

- Oh, take the highway all the way from way up north all the way down a road trip.

(Wimee laughing) That's awesome.

Friends, we did such a great job today playing I Can Find Inside My Mind.

- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

Applause, yay.

(laughs) That's awesome.

That was awesome.

Okay, friends, let's see.

It's time to check in with the Wimage board.

Let's see what's been added.

I can't wait to see the thoughts of two frogs and a dog.

The people are lined up from free milkshakes.

Oh man, they're good.

Look at they're on the highway.

They're traveling down, and I'm welcoming them with the song.

♪ Welcome to Two Frogs and a Dog Milkshakes for everyone ♪ ♪ If you lose your coloring book, don't worry ♪ ♪ We'll make an announcement ♪ ♪ And you'll come to the counter to get it ♪ (Wimee laughing) Yay, look at me dance.

Oh man, Wimage board, great job.

Two frogs and a dog coming to a neighborhood near you.

(Wimee laughing) Hey, friends.

It's time for That's So Cool.

(intense upbeat music) (footsteps approaching) - Hey, papa.

Hey, you have to find us.

- [Woman] We found you in your igloo.

What are you doing?

- We are building the igloo.

- [Woman] Yeah, how did you do that?

- We got hands, 155, 185, 600 pants, and we put dye in water in them, and then they froze and then they were colorful.

Then we took them out, then we used water and snow to like stick 'em together so they won't fall down.

- [Woman] Yeah.

So now what are you gonna do with your igloo?

- Play in it.

- [Woman] All right.

Have fun.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye.

(intense upbeat music) - (chuckles) That was so cool.

Can you imagine how much work went into that?

In fact, I wanna invite Miss Jessica and Cailynn.

We are gonna give a round of applause for that work that Gracie and Amelia did.

Yay!

In American Sign Language.

Yay!

They worked so hard, didn't they?

(laughs) That was so cool.

Thanks for helping give a round of applause, and now it's time for a Find It Fast.

(dramatic music) (laughing) That was fun.

Okay, friends, we gotta find it fast.

We gotta find something that starts with C, something that fits in your hand, and something that makes a sound.

See, when you clap, it makes a sound.

Oh, just for fun.

Find something that's fit in one hand.

That could be a lot of things.

And then the word clap starts with C. Let's see.

What can we find today, friends?

Cailynn, what have you found?

- So for something that starts with C, I found a C cushion.

And then for something that explodes, I have my little sister.

(baby crying) And then for something that fits in my hands, I have bracelets.

- Oh, I love it.

That was so cool.

Say hi to your little sister for us.

(Wimee laughing) Friends, keep looking.

What can you find fast?

- [Jessica] Oh, sister.

- Miss Jessica, what have you found?

- I found these which are called castanuellas, which in English is castanets.

They are an instrument, they start with a C, they fit in your hands, and they make moves.

- Oh, I love it.

You got the trilogy.

All three in one.

Ding, ding, ding, ding.

And what are they called again?

Teach me again.

They're called?

- Castanuellas.

- Castanuellas.

- And in English, they're castanets.

- Castanets, oh, I love it.

Thanks, Miss Jessica Friends, keep looking.

What can you find?

Ooh, cricket is all three.

A cricket is very small, it makes the sound, and it can fit in your hand.

(Wimee giggles) What do they sound like?

Oh, crickets.

They're (mimics crickets) No, this a bit.

I think different types of crickets make different types of sounds.

Oh, I gotta go check out and research all the sounds crickets make.

Hmm, Miss Jessica, did you find some more?

- Yes.

- Did you find?

- I have a camera.

Starts with a C, fits in your hands.

- It does, and when you click the shutter, it goes click.

- That's right.

- Oh, you got another trilogy?

(Jessica laughing) (Wimee laughing) I love it.

Click (laughs) whew!

Let's go to Ground Control Scribble Gym.

Just wanna make sure I got it all today.

Okay.

(laughing) Thanks, buddy.

(Wimee laughing) Thanks for running the ship, and it's time for the dance party.

Woo-hoo, loves our to dance friends.

Woo-hoo, thanks so much for being with us today.

Thanks for spending time.

Miss Jessica, Cailynn, little sister.

Haha, woo-hoo.

Oh yeah, dance party, dance party.

Clap, clap, clap.

Dance party, dance party, freeze.

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