(peaceful guitar) (dolphin squeaks) - Do you hear that?

Do you see that?

What is it?

(dolphin splashing) A dolphin!

Tells me we should do a show about dolphins.

Let's go!

(cheerful music) ♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too It's a day of underwater fun as we laugh, play and create.

All about dolphins!

And we've got so many friends joining in the fun!

Brody is here from the Wimage Lab to help illustrate our dolphin story.

Jim and Lena will show off their dolphin impressions and sing us a tune in Jim Time!

And Joyanne from Kent District Library will share one of her favorite books.

What do you think it's about?

Dolphins!

(laughs) There's so much to do.

So, let's do what the dolphins do and jump into another episode of Wimee's Words!

(applause) Do you know the song "The Ants Go Marching"?

How about "The Dolphins Go Swimming"?

Are you ready?

♪ The dolphins go swimming one by one ♪ ♪ Hoorah, hoorah ♪ The dolphins go swimming one by one ♪ ♪ Hoorah, hoorah ♪ The dolphins go swimming one by one ♪ ♪ The little one stopped to say ♪ ♪ It's just begun ♪ And they all go swimming down ♪ ♪ To the ground ♪ To get out of the rain ♪ Boom, boom, boom.

Okay.

Instead of swimming, what could the dolphin do?

What's something you like to do?

That'll be for number two.

Um, I like to go on the slide.

♪ The dolphin goes on the slide two by two ♪ Wait, no, the syllables got off.

(stammers) They go sliding.

Okay.

From the top.

♪ The dolphins go sliding two by two ♪ ♪ Hoorah, hoorah ♪ The dolphins go sliding two by two ♪ ♪ The little one stopped to sneeze ♪ Ah, ah, ah!

Into your elbow pit, please.

Achoo!

♪ And they all go sliding down ♪ To the ground ♪ To get out of the rain ♪ Boom, boom, boom Cooking waffles!

Dolphins love that.

Here we go.

(laughs) Love it.

Here we go.

♪ The dolphins cook waffles three by three ♪ ♪ Hoorah, hoorah What does a dolphin sound like?

Does anyone know?

♪ The dolphins cooking waffles three by three ♪ ♪ Hoorah, hoorah ♪ The dolphins cook waffles three by three ♪ ♪ The little one stops to drink some tea ♪ Have some tea or coffee with your waffles All right.

Oh, play with Barbies!

Yes.

I love it.

♪ The dolphins play with Barbies four by four ♪ ♪ Hoorah ♪ The dolphins play with Barbies four by four ♪ ♪ Hoorah, hoorah ♪ The dolphins play with Barbies four by four ♪ ♪ The little one stops and started to snore ♪ (snoring) (lullaby music) ♪ The dolphins play sports five by five ♪ ♪ The little one stops to take a dive ♪ Oh!

Dolphins love taking dives.

Whee!

(splashes) As they play sports!

Fore!

(laughs) I'm playing golf.

Frisbee!

Woosh!

Baseball!

Batter up!

Oh.

♪ The dolphins go running six by six ♪ ♪ The little one stops to do some tricks ♪ (laughs) Any dolphin tricks you got in mind?

Dolphins, they do like, flips.

Oh, did you see that?

I moved the globe.

(laughing) That was fun.

'Cause the dolphins are on the ocean.

They made it move.

Okay.

We're on seven.

♪ The dolphins go biking seven by seven ♪ ♪ The little one stops to smile at Kevin ♪ Ha!

Kevin's backstage.

Hey, Kevin!

- [Kevin] Yeah.

- How's it going?

- [Kevin] Good.

Working on the show backstage.

- Okay.

Keep it up.

♪ The dolphins go sleeping eight by eight ♪ ♪ The little one stops and wanted to wait ♪ (sighs) And take a break.

(yawns) Ooh, hard work being, all these things, dolphins, that they do.

All right.

How far should we go?

A hundred?

No.

One more?

Nine?

Let's wrap it up with nine.

Might as well go to ten, then.

I dunno.

Let's wrap it up on nine.

♪ The dolphins go swimming nine by nine ♪ ♪ The little one stops to say, I'm fine ♪ With finishing on nine.

(laughs) That was fun, friends.

Keep it going!

Hey, let's go see what Moby's got for today's Message From Moby!

(lively music) - I was just reading about dolphins.

Did you know that dolphins shed their skin every two hours?

Whoa!

This helps them swim smoothly and quickly through the ocean.

Yeah.

I wonder if I could fly faster if my old feathers fell off and I grew new feathers every day.

Hmm.

It takes months for new feathers to grow.

So, I don't think this, uh...

I don't think this idea would work very well.

Hmm.

I'll keep thinking.

(lively music) That's amazing how dolphins' skin... That's amazing.

Wow.

All right, friends, it's time for today's Three Sentence Story.

Beginning, middle, end.

And the three words come from you!

(laughs) They do indeed.

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

In the second sentence, there will be a problem.

And in the third sentence, what do we do?

We have our...

Solution!

(laughs) So.

We never know where these stories are gonna go.

You know what I'm thinking, actually?

That was what I was totally thinking, Kylee!

I was thinking we should start with a fruit.

All right.

So, pear.

Okay.

The story begins with a pear.

Okay.

Deep down in the ocean, a dolphin was eating a pear for breakfast.

(laughs) Love it.

So, we got a dolphin.

We got our character.

The dolphin is eating a pear for breakfast.

Ooh, maybe it's like a little fruit salad.

Pear salad.

So, there's gonna be a problem for our dolphin eating pears under the ocean.

Oh, hi, Lisa!

Okay, thanks.

Cat.

Indeed.

Okay.

The problem is a cat.

Ooh, I got an idea.

I'm gonna put a little twist on this.

Ready?

Okay.

Here we go.

A dolphin was deep down in the ocean eating a pear for breakfast.

A catfish swam down and ate the pear salad in one bite.

(slurps) "Oh no!"

The dolphin said.

"You ate my pear salad."

How do we solve this problem?

The dolphin... Oh, yes!

(laughs) Roller blades to the rescue.

Indeed.

Okay.

Here we go.

Here's the solution.

Okay.

Got it.

A dolphin was eating some pear salad for breakfast deep down in the ocean.

A catfish swim down and ate it all in one bite!

Good news, though, because a shark on roller blades rolled on down and said, "Here's some strawberries!"

The shark shared some strawberries!

Ooh, that's got a nice sound to it.

Shark shared some strawberries.

(laughs) I like that.

All right, friends.

Let's get to Brody in the Grandville Wimage Lab to see what he's got for today's Wimage.

Hey, Brody!

Oh, whoa.

Wow.

Is that dolphin looking for some fruit salad?

- Yeah.

(Wimee chuckles) - I love it.

So- - I mean... - Yeah.

- Did you know that dolphins make clicks and whistles for communicating?

- I don't!

I was wondering in the song, what do they sound like?

So, they click and they whistle?

- Yeah.

- Whoa.

Could you demonstrate?

Have you practiced this before, or no?

- Um... No.

(laughs) - Okay.

Tell you what.

I'll try it.

You tell me how I sound.

Ready?

- Okay.

- Click, click, click, click, click!

Is that too fast or is that about right?

Or is it single?

Click!

- I... - And they're clicks?

Oh, okay.

(laughs) Clicks, and what was the other one?

Clicks and... - Whistles.

- Whistles?

Ooh.

Okay.

Whistle is something I'm still working on.

(blows) Have you figured out how to whistle?

- Yeah.

- Will you try?

(Brody whistles) Whoa.

You're like a professional whistler.

Hey, Danny!

That's my friend, Danny.

- Hi.

- (laughs) Nice.

Okay.

So, let's see.

What have you got for today's Wimage?

- So...

I have the catfish.

- [Wimee] Yeah.

- And they're up watching with the roller skates, with the shark on roller skates, and raspberries are on his back so he can bring them to the dolphin.

- I love it!

It's so cool.

Did you know that sharks love roller blades?

It's not a very known fact.

(laughs) I'm just being silly.

Hey, friends!

Brody made, let's see.

Oh, Brody, yeah.

Do you like dolphins?

- Yeah.

- Well, you know what?

You know what now is a good time for?

You know what I'm thinking?

- Yeah.

- You sent us a video of what?

What did you see in real life?

- Dolphins.

- Dolphins!

Let's roll it.

It's time for That's So Cool.

(groovy rock music) (waves crashing) - [Brody's Mom] It's not a dolphin, it's a shark.

(groovy rock music) - Oh-ho-ho!

We put it in slow motion there when it jumped.

You saw that thing jump right out of the ocean, right?

- Yeah.

- Wow.

I heard somebody say something about a shark.

Who was that talking there?

Your mom or something?

- My mom.

- She was being silly.

(laughs) But maybe the shark was on roller blades and was looking for fruit salad.

- (laughs) Yeah.

- Maybe.

Who knows?

Well, that's so cool that you send us that video.

Friends at home, by the way, you can send us videos of cool things you get to see, do, create, experience.

It could be anything.

So, let's get back to the Wimage, though.

You made the Wimage there, and friends, you can download the Wimage app for free!

Make your very own Wimage just like Brody did.

And, what do you think?

Should we add anything to it?

Ooh!

Carly saw a dolphin too.

(stammering) Wow.

- Cool!

- That's awesome.

Nice.

Let's go swimming.

Let's go swimming.

(laughs) Yeah.

Well, tell you what.

How about this?

If you want to add... Oh, kiwi!

It's been suggested to add kiwi.

That's a fun word.

Kiwi.

- Kiwi.

- Okay, you wanna do the voice dictation on there?

- Sure.

Okay.

Listen, friends.

- Kiwi.

- Brody just activated the microphone to speak it.

And ooh, maybe sharks like strawberry shortcake!

(laughs) I bet they do!

I like it.

So, the kiwis, yeah.

'Cause we've got, what do we got?

Strawberries, pears, raspberries, kiwi.

Yeah, any fruits could be added.

All right.

Well, tell you what.

We'll check in later.

Or do you got the kiwi?

- Yeah.

- Let's see.

- So, I have kiwi donuts.

- Oh!

(laughing) I love it.

Kiwi donuts.

That's nice.

All right.

Well, thanks, Brody!

We'll check in with you later.

If you want to add... Ooh, yeah.

Catfish for a pet.

That would be pretty fun.

- (laughs) Yeah.

- Do catfish meow?

I'm not sure.

Well, we'll see you soon, Brody.

Thanks!

Friends, it's time to find out how to say today's words in Spanish.

It's time for Language Explorers and Grace is out on the road.

She's driving around town, translating us for today.

(laughs) Hi, Grace!

- Hello, Wimee!

I'm having my own adventures out here.

- Nice!

Any sharks?

Any animals on roller blades by you?

- Let me check.

- Okay.

- Not yet.

I'm gonna keep my eye out for it, though.

- (laughs) Keep an eye.

I love it.

Okay.

The first word...

The first word today is "pear".

- All right.

Let me see if I can come from the bottom.

Pear.

And the Spanish word for "pear" is "pera".

So you kind of swap it around.

Do you see that?

- [Wimee] Oh, yeah.

The A.

- Yeah.

- [Wimee] They swapped.

- So, you say pe-ra.

- [Wimee] Pe-ra.

Pera.

Love it.

- Yeah.

Kind of simple, that one.

It's a nice, simple... Just like pear.

It's an elegant word, so.

- [Wimee] It is.

- Yes.

Our next one I've heard before.

I think maybe some of our listeners, do you remember what "cat" is in Spanish, listeners?

- [Wimee] I do, I do!

Let's actually... Tell you what.

Let's let our friends at home, let's give them a chance to put it in the chat and see if they know.

So, wait, wait, wait!

Don't show it yet.

Could we skip it?

And then we'll come back to it?

- Yes!

Okay.

We'll come back to it.

- Friends, if you know how to say "cat" in Spanish, post it in the comments.

And then the third word, ooh.

"Roller blades".

- The third word.

"Roller blades" is a fun word.

Oh, I'm getting off here.

There it is.

In Spanish it's called "patines".

- [Wimee] Patines.

- Yes!

Ooh, you said it so well.

- [Wimee] Oh, thank you.

- You're almost bilingual, Wimee.

That's awesome.

Patines.

- [Wimee] You're helping me learn.

- Yes.

And sometimes "patines" can be for a lot of things that you roll and glide with.

You can have "patines" I think...

I might be wrong on this, but for like, ice skates or for, you know, regular roller blades, you can kind of add words to.

But that's the base word.

Patines.

So you can move around, so.

- Nice.

- Yeah.

I've never- - Oh, look!

I've never been on roller blades.

So, hopefully this summer I'll get to ride on my patines.

- Yeah, you should do it!

Hey, look!

Look, look, look.

Look what we got for cat.

Do you see it?

- (gasps) Yes!

- [Wimee] Yay!

Gato.

- Go, Lisa!

I know you're multi-lingual, so go.

That's awesome.

Yes, it is.

Let me flip to it.

Gato!

- [Wimee] There it is.

- You can have so much fun with that word.

You can say "gato".

If you want a little kitty, you could say "gatito".

You add an I-T-O for little things in Spanish, so.

You might have a big gato, or you might have a gatito in your house.

- Gatito.

- Yeah.

- (laughs) I love it.

I love it.

Well, Grace, thanks for being on the road with us today.

Keep a look out for any sharks or animals on roller blades.

- Oh yeah.

(Wimee laughs) I will look out for all those animals out in the wild.

- Gatitos on the... How do you say "roller blades" again?

Pan-tin-es?

- Patines.

- Patines.

- Yeah.

Ooh, that would be fun.

Let me know if you see those.

- (chuckles) I will.

All right.

Thanks, Grace!

(laughs) Friends, it's time for Jim Time.

(groovy rock music) (both squeaking) - We were just practicing our dolphin.

It's that.

(squeaking) - Is that the click or the, um... - It's like a little clicky whistle, I guess.

Actually, I don't think it's a whistle.

- I think it's more of a clicking.

- It's more like a screechy kind of thing.

- Yeah.

- It's a clicky, screechy thing.

(laughs) - Yeah.

They all go together, though.

- Oh, but they sound prettier.

They sound like they're singing.

- Yeah.

- All right.

So yeah, friends, we need a number from one to ten.

Tell us any number.

You can pick a number, any number.

One to ten.

And then also tell us a place that you love to visit.

We have a song that we're going to sing, but we need your help with these things.

So, tell us a number from one to ten.

Tell us a place that you love to visit.

All right.

(strums guitar) Are you ready?

Scribble Lena.

- I'm ready.

- Here we go.

♪ Five little dolphins went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the waves and far away ♪ Mother dolphin said (screeching) Hmm.

♪ But somehow ten little dolphins came back ♪ Ten?

- Where did all those other dolphins come from?

- I'm not really sure.

Oh, they came from Chicago!

That makes sense.

♪ Ten little dolphins went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the waves and far away ♪ Mother dolphin said (screeching) ♪ But only eight little dolphins came back ♪ Hmm.

Eight dolphins?

What happened to the other two?

Yeah.

Oh, they're in Traverse City!

No, they went to Traverse City.

I get it.

- [Wimee] They're looking for cherries!

- A pit stop.

Sure.

(Lena laughs) ♪ Eight little dolphins went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the waves and far away ♪ Mother dolphin said (screeching) ♪ But only six little dolphins came back ♪ - Oh no, we're losing them.

- We lost two more.

- Where are they going now?

Oh, Florida.

Sure.

I get it.

♪ Six little dolphins went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the waves and far away ♪ Mother dolphin said (screeching) ♪ But only two little dolphins came back ♪ - We lost four dolphins that time!

- Oh no!

Where are they going now?

- Oh, they're going to the zoo.

- The zoo.

That makes sense.

All right.

♪ Two little dolphins went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the waves and far away ♪ Mother dolphin said (screeching) (Wimee laughing) ♪ But only Oh!

♪ Somehow six little dolphins came back ♪ All right!

We got four more!

Where'd they come from?

Canada!

Yeah.

It's cool this time of year.

All right.

We'll do one last one.

Are you ready?

- Ready.

♪ Six little dolphins went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the waves and far away ♪ Mother dolphin said (screeching) - (chuckles) I love that part.

♪ And only six little dolphins came back ♪ - Yay!

- You said ducks instead of dolphins.

- I said dolphins.

Did I say ducks?

- You said ducks.

- Dolphins!

- Dolphins.

- We'll do it again, ready?

- Ready.

- And... Action.

♪ But only six little dolphins came back ♪ (screeching) - Maybe the ducks came to visit and hang out with the dolphins.

- They were in Canada.

There's probably lots of ducks in Canada.

That's probably where I got confused.

(Wimee laughing) Sometimes they look alike.

- I love it.

I love it.

That's so fun!

(laughs) (peaceful music) - [Narrator] Wimee sat down, looked around the room, and began to wonder.

He dreamed of an island filled with butterflies, crayons and cupcakes.

- Do, do, do.

Bum ba-dum, bum bum.

Cupcakes.

Cupcakes and crayons and butterflies!

Oh boy.

Look at these butterflies!

And oh!

(laughs) Cupcakes!

Mmm.

(smacking lips) Oh-ho.

I love it here!

I should invite everybody to come over.

We can have a cupcake party.

(peaceful music) - (laughs) Hey friends, let's see what Siblee's got for today's joke.

(children cheering) - If dolphins lived on land, where would they live?

Finland!

(laughs) (children cheering) - (laughs) We love books, so you ready?

It's time for...

Check Out This Book.

(groovy rock music) Oh-ho!

What book have you got, Joyanne?

- So, the book I have is Dolphins on the Sand by Jim Arnosky.

And he illustrates and writes the story.

He is a self-made naturalist and artist, which means he spends time out in nature studying wildlife of all kinds.

So, the plant variety and the animal variety.

And he draws and paints the illustrations for the books that he writes.

So, this story, Dolphins on the Sand, is about a dolphin rescue that took place.

He and his wife were on one of their travels and they actually witnessed a pod of dolphins get stuck on a sandbar.

And when the tide went out, they didn't have enough water to be able to get themselves back out to the ocean.

And so, a massive rescue started from people on the mainland.

And so, he was entranced by the story and then decided to write about it and draw pictures.

So, that's what this book is all about, is the dolphins who beached themselves, and then all of the people who just spent time to rescue them and make sure that they could go back out into the ocean to live their lives and have a good time.

So, definitely a book worth investigating.

And he has 132 other titles that you can investigate as well.

- Wow, man!

That's a lot of books.

And I will definitely look to check that one out at the library!

Thanks, Joyanne!

Wow.

Speaking of dolphin sounds and all this, I gotta learn more about language of how the dolphins communicate.

Some of our friends over at Head Start for Kent County sent us some artwork and sounds what they think dolphins sound like.

Check this out.

(child squeaking) - [Child] Ding, ding, ding, ding.

(child squeaking) (children babbling) (child squeaking) - [Child 2] That sounds like a... (children squeaking) - Oh, I just love that.

Thanks to our friends at Head Start for Kent County.

Oh man.

So much going on.

And guess what?

We've got something new to add to our show.

This is the first time!

We call it "Find it Fast!"

So, here's how it works.

We are gonna send you on a scavenger hunt right now.

And so, everybody on the show, too, that's backstage, Joyanne and Michael and Jim and Lena and Brody, can you find something that starts with D, something square and something red?

We're gonna play some music.

So, start looking.

See if you can find it.

Oh no, our music is having trouble.

Forget the music.

We don't need music that starts and stops, do we?

Tell you what, I'll narrate it.

Let's see.

(scatting) Find it.

Find it fast!

(scatting) Friends... Oh, Brody's got something.

Let's put Brody on the screen.

What does he have?

He's got something red!

(laughs) - It's a pillow.

- Oh, pillow.

Nice.

I love it.

Ooh, cool.

Oh, Kylee found some stuff.

All right.

Let's keep going.

Find it fast.

Here's the list.

Remember, you got to find something that starts with the letter... Oh, what did you guys find?

- Hey, what'd you found?

- D. - D!

(laughs) - For Dad.

- Dad!

(laughs) I love it.

Nice.

Dad.

Dad starts with D. Ooh, what have you got?

- Ooh.

We have a die and a red guitar.

- Nice!

- And a square pillow.

- Oh, square pillow!

- Yeah.

And Brody's pillow was square, too.

And it was...

I think I mixed up the color for the shape, right?

Brody?

That was the shape, right?

Oh, man.

It's so much for my brain to keep straight.

Yeah, you got a square pillow.

The color's... What color are we going for?

- Red.

- Red.

Okay.

And it was both!

You had two in one.

Oh, man.

Let's put that list up again.

I gotta double check the list.

Look for something that starts with D, like dad, something square, like the pillow, something red.

Maybe it's a red pillow.

Oh, man.

So many possibilities.

- We got all three in one!

It's a red die that's square!

- Oh my goodness!

Do you get like, bonus points for that?

- I think so.

- I think so.

Oh, what you got?

(bell dinging) - Bonus points!

- We found a red book.

- Nice!

Nice job.

(laughs) Man.

So, yeah.

If I had the music playing, it'd be even more like, dun, dun, dun.

I'll do it this way.

Dun, dun, dun.

Oh, yeah.

You got something red.

Nice job.

Bum, bum, bum, bum.

We gotta get like, a timer, right?

A timer.

- Yeah, a timer, nice frantic music.

- Oh, oh.

Frantic, we'll get there.

Wait a minute.

- So, I have a square with my teddy bear and a red J.

And then I have a doll, also a bear, but a doll.

- Starts with D!

(laughs) Man, we're rocking it!

Nice, oh.

Check out Brody.

Brody's got... Tell us.

- So, it's a red square and there are DVDs in it.

- Oh, starts with D!

(laughs) Red square!

(laughs) - Got all three again, nice.

- Ding, ding, ding.

Michael.

- We've got one to quickly say.

Go.

- What you got?

- Dog.

- We've got a dog.

- Dog!

Yeah!

(laughs) Champ, right?

Oh, red dolphin!

Oh my goodness.

Man, the only thing that could make this better is if my music was working.

(all laughing) Speaking of that, I think we're ready.

I think we're ready for the dance party.

Right, friends?

- Yes.

- Woo-hoo, you know it!

- Let's do it!

What a fun show!

Yeah!

Thanks, everybody!

(energetic rock music) Keep looking for those things at home.

See if you can find them!

(music ends) - [Announcer] Wimee's Words is brought to you by PNC: Grow Up Great.

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(relaxed music)