- (murmuring) I've been trying to decide what our theme should be for today's show.

I've been thinking and thinking.

I'm trying to come up with an idea.

(upbeat music) I've got it!

Let's do a show about light bulbs.

♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Think of words and of rhymes ♪ ♪ That make Wimages, please do ♪ (woman scatting) - [Announcer] It's time for "Wimee's Words" (children applauding) - Hi, friends.

I'm glad you're here.

All right, let's get rolling.

Hey, Joe.

Hey, let's go right away to Miss Jessica who's with us today.

Got a question for you, Miss Jessica.

- Okay.

- Ah, ha.

Roughly how many light bulbs do you think are in your home?

- Oh my goodness.

I mean, definitely over 50 probably.

- Oh, man.

We take 'em for granted.

Don't we?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, all right.

We'll see you soon on the show.

Okay, same question.

Brody, how many light bulbs do you estimate are in your home?

- Hmm, (bell ringing).

I think there's roughly about 20.

- 20, okay, yeah, cool.

Thanks.

Brody.

We'll see you soon on the show.

I love that we got ideas.

All kinds of ideas.

Good, good, good stuff.

Okay, ready?

Share with me something that is bright.

♪ This little light of mine.

♪ ♪ I'm gonna let it shine.

♪ ♪ This little light of mine.

♪ ♪ I'm gonna let it shine.

♪ ♪ This little light of mine.

♪ ♪ I'm gonna let it shine.

♪ ♪ Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

♪ Oh, that's one of my favorite songs actually.

Share with me something that is bright.

We're gonna mix it around.

Let's go right away to Brody.

Hey, Brody.

What is something that is bright?

- I think something that's bright is the sun.

- The Sun, all right.

I like it.

♪ This little sun of mine.

♪ (Wimee laughing) I need a little sun.

I'm gonna change it right away.

♪The great big sun, I love to see it shine.

♪ ♪ The great big sun, I love to see it shine.

♪ ♪ The great big sun, I love to see it shine.

♪ ♪ See it shine, see it shine, see it shine.

♪ Man, the sun is so amazing.

It's like the brightest thing in the universe.

Oh, a candle.

Okay, I'm gonna say ♪ This little candle of mine ♪ ♪ I wanna see it shine.

♪ ♪ This little candle of mine, ♪ ♪ I wanna see it shine.

♪ ♪ This candle of mine ♪ ♪ I wanna see it shine.

♪ ♪ See it shine, see it shine, see it shine.

♪ I love it.

We went from the great big sun to a little candle.

Oh, the future!

I love it.

The future's so bright.

You might need to put on some sunglasses.

♪ The future is so bright ♪ ♪ It's gonna shine real bright.

♪ ♪ The future is so bright.

♪ ♪ It's gonna shine real bright.

♪ ♪ The future is so bright.

♪ ♪ It's gonna shine so bright.

♪ ♪ Let it shine, see it shine, it's gonna shine.

♪ Oh man, I love this.

I love this, Christmas lights.

♪ Christmas lights love to shine ♪ ♪ Christmas lights love to shine all the time.

♪ ♪ And the sun is bright, candles and everywhere we go ♪ ♪ Flashlights can lead the way ♪ ♪ One step at a time.

♪ ♪ So many things are bright.

♪ ♪ The world is full of brightness.

♪ (Wimee laughing) And that's a grammatically a way to put that I think.

Friends, thanks so much.

Hey, let's go find out what message Moby's got today.

(upbeat music) - The sun gives us a lot of light during the day and gives us light at night.

Yeah, did you know the light of the moon actually comes from the sun?

Yeah, moonlight is actually sunlight bouncing off of the moon and down to us on earth.

Yeah, but what happens when we can see the sun?

Fortunately, we have light bulbs.

Without light of light bulbs, we wouldn't be able to see fleecy in the dark.

Look around what light bulbs do you see?

There's one.

(upbeat music) - So many light bulbs in this studio.

You're right, Moby.

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

Let's write a story, friends, in three sentences.

In the first sentence we set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem.

But then in the third sentence, there is a solution.

We love nouns for this little activity, person place or thing.

Let's go to Miss Jessica for today's very first word.

Any word at all, Miss Jessica.

What do you think?

- Computer.

- Computer, I love it.

Okay, computer.

I sat down at my desk, booted up my computer and started to work on my essay.

Do we still say booted up?

Is it boot up a computer?

I think so.

Okay, but I'm gonna get down at my desk.

I'm gonna begin to work, and I'm working on an essay.

That's right.

I got a writing assignment, but oh no.

There's going to be a problem.

Stork!

Wimage Board is so cool!

I'm in the dark.

Cool, okay.

So there's, I'm in the dark working on my essay, and there's this problem with the stork, okay.

I sat down on my desk, booted up my computer and began to work on my essay.

I had planned to write a full report on storks of the world but suddenly all knowledge and information of storks disappeared from the world.

Whoa, this is a pretty serious problem.

All, this is a type of bird, right?

Storks, see, I don't even know fully what a stork is.

It's like really applying to me in real life.

Yeah, so I got a little problem here.

I don't know anything at all now about a stork.

Hmm, how do we solve this problem, friends?

Oh, Addie suggests lion.

Addie, you love lions, right?

Am I remembering correctly?

I love it.

I love it.

Lions, cheetahs.

Yeah, Sandhill cranes.

Oh, man.

We gotta really, we gotta step up our game for you guys when it comes to lions and Sandhill cranes and stuff, right?

Okay, we gotta solve this problem.

The lions, hmm, this is like a superhero story I think when suddenly information is lost, knowledge is lost.

I got it, I got it.

Okay, so here we go from the top.

Here we go.

I sat down at my desk, booted up my computer and began to work on an essay about storks.

Outta nowhere, all the information in the world and online and in books disappeared about storks.

Fortunately, my friend lion walked by and started talking to the computer, filling us up with the wealth of knowledge.

As in storytellers of the past, who passed on knowledge from generation to generation, all that information then got uploaded to Google.

Lion, I like that on the Wimage Board.

And now the information is shared and at the libraries and available everywhere.

Look at that.

The light is expanding.

We're spreading knowledge.

The rays of knowledge are going and going.

Keep going Wimage Board.

Keep spreading the knowledge.

Yay!

Hooray, lions!

Thanks, Wimage Board.

Great stuff.

Great stuff indeed.

All right, friends.

Let's go find out how we say light bulb in a few different languages.

Time for Language Explorers.

(upbeat music) - In Spanish, light bulb is foco.

Foco, or you can say bombilla, bombilla.

- In French bulb is ampoule, ampoule.

- In American sign language, light bulb is signed.

Light bulb, light bulb.

- In Swahili, light bulb is kioo cha taa ya umeme.

Kioo cha taa ya umeme.

- In German light bulb is gluhbirne, gluhbirne.

- Light bulb in Haitian Creole is anpoul, anpoul.

(upbeat music) - Thank you, friends.

I love it.

I love it.

Well, guess what, friends?

Miss Jessica was with us at the start of the show.

She's still here.

It's now time for Power Up with Miss Jessica ♪ Power Up with Miss Jessica ♪ - Hi, everyone.

I'm Miss Jessica.

And today we are going to power up our hearts and our minds by learning two ways to think like an inventor.

An invention or a really good idea is often symbolized with a light bulb.

And that's because Thomas Edison who invented the incandescent light bulb is considered one of the greatest American inventors.

And we use light bulbs all the time.

I mean, I'm using light bulbs right here right now so that you can see me better.

Thank you, Thomas Edison.

Now the good news is that anyone can be a great inventor.

You can be a great inventor.

An inventor creates something that didn't exist before.

And an invention usually solves a problem or fulfills a need or makes something better.

And I definitely know you can do any of those three things.

So here are two ways to help you think like an inventor.

Way number one, watch and observe the world around you.

Take in as much as you possibly can.

Watch people, watch animals, watch nature, watch art and media, and just let your brain absorb all that information.

And then your brain will start thinking, hmm, how can I solve that problem?

Or, hmm, how can I fulfill that need?

Or, hmm, how can I make that better?

And then you'll start to think like an inventor.

Now, the second way to think like an inventor is to write down your ideas.

You can write them in a journal or a notebook or on a device, but write them down because then you'll have a catalog or a collection of all your ideas in one place.

And remember, no idea is too small or too silly.

Always write them down.

You never know when an idea from the past can help you invent something in the future.

Oh, that's so cool.

So now we have to observe the world and watch the world around us and write down our ideas.

Wow, we just powered up our hearts and our minds by learning two ways to think like an inventor.

Great job.

I'll see you next time.

Bye.

♪ Power up with Miss Jessica.

♪ - Man oh man, I get inspired every time, Miss Jessica.

I love writing down ideas because if you don't write it down, it's like, no!

Gotta write those ideas down.

Great advice.

Friends, let's go find out what Siblee's joke is today.

(kids cheering) - Why do light bulbs do so well at school?

- I dunno.

Why do light bulbs do so well at school?

- Because they're so bright.

(Siblee laughing) (kids cheering) - Yeah, friends take a deep breath, breathe in.

Hold it.

Let it out.

It's time for slowing down.

(soothing music) There really are so many types of light bulbs.

Well, we love books.

It's time for check out this book.

(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Jennifer from the Los Angeles Public Library.

The book I'm sharing with you today is "Flashlight" written and illustrated by Lizi Boyd.

This is a book without words, which means that you get to tell the story yourself, as you follow along with the illustrations.

You know, it also means that if your family doesn't normally speak English together, you can share the book and talk about it in whatever language you speak.

In "Flashlight," we follow along with a child who has a flashlight and that light bulb in the flashlight reveals all sorts of wonderful things in the darkness, including lots of animals.

But a great thing about this book is as you can see on the cover most of the picture is black, a little bit of gray.

And as you go through the book you will find all sorts of wonderful things hiding in the darkness of the illustrations.

Now, at one point, the child puts the flashlight down and what a surprise it is to see who picks it up and what will be revealed next in the light of the flashlight.

You and your family might be inspired to take your own flashlight and go out and explore the darkness.

But to find out what happens here, check out "Flashlight" by Lizi Boyd from your local library.

(upbeat music) - Who picks up the flashlight?

I gotta go check out the book.

Oh, man.

Okay, okay I will.

Okay, okay.

Friends, it's time to play a game.

Play along with us.

We're gonna play number crunch.

♪ One, two, three, four, five, ♪ ♪ Six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

♪ - Alrighty, Miss Jessica, Brody.

You know the rules.

Pick a number between one through 10, and we crunch our way closer and closer.

Okay, I'll start things off.

I've got a number in my brain, Miss Jessica.

What do you think it is?

- I think that it is the number four.

- Nope, the number I'm thinking of is higher - Um, five.

- Five, nope, higher.

- Hmm, seven?

- Even higher.

- 10?

- 10, that was right up at the top.

Yep, yep, yep, okay.

Miss Jessica, your turn?

- Okay I'm thinking of a number between one and 10.

Brody?

- Five.

- Lower.

- One.

- Higher.

- Four.

- Lower.

- Two.

- Higher.

- Three.

- Yeah, it's three.

- We went symmetric.

(all laughing) Okay, you're up, Brody!

- All right, I'm thinking of a number through one and 10.

- One?

- Yes!

- Oh my goodness.

I lucked out.

I went with the opposite of 10 cause that's what I picked.

Okay, cool.

Okay, I'm gonna pick.

Okay, I got a number, Miss Jessica.

- Okay, seven - Lower.

- Five.

- Lower.

- Four.

- Lower.

- One.

- I picked the same number as you, Brody.

Yes, one.

Okay, your turn, Miss Jessica.

- All right.

I picked a number between one and 10.

Brody?

- I was thinking 10 - Lower than 10.

And Joseph said seven.

Lower than seven.

- Ooh, ah six?

- Yes.

- Oh, I got it.

All right, man.

I love playing this game.

Miss Jessica, Brody.

Thanks so much for playing today's Number Cruncher.

Friends, you can play that game at home anytime.

Well, guess what?

Kelaine is going to share with us something so cool.

Have you ever heard that potatoes can become batteries?

Have you ever heard of this?

Oh, true story.

Check this out.

It's time for Explore and Create.

(upbeat music) - Hi, everybody.

I am so excited to show you how to use a potato to light up a small light bulb.

So let me show you my pieces of potato here.

And I have some potato.

You can take one potato and cut it up into four pieces, and it ends up giving you half a volt in each piece.

So half a volt and half a volt equals one volt another half and another half equals another volt.

You bring 'em together.

Add one plus one, you have two volts.

The volts are important.

Cause the volts tell you how much push there is to get your current, your electricity running through the metal pieces that you see here in the potato.

So we have two different metals today.

We're using zinc which is this silvery one, silver white one here.

And we're using copper.

What we're using is wires, and we're covered in plastic, and we're using an alligator clip.

You can see my little guy here.

Maybe you can tell when I pinch it why it might be called an alligator.

You can see this guy, and we're gonna use those alligator clips to connect the zinc on one piece of potato to the copper in the next piece of potato.

And as we're doing this we're gonna create a circuit or a circle, a loop that will allow us from the zinc to the copper.

They'll allow all those little electrons, that energy to flow in the circle.

All right.

And I have two open ends.

Those are gonna go for the light bulb.

We connect them.

We create our circuit and our electricity is flowing.

Our electrons are flowing current through everything and through the light bulb and then back around again.

So it creates this big circle and lights up our light bulb.

And that is how electricity works.

(upbeat music) - That's amazing, right?

Awesome Explore and Create, Kelaine.

So amazing.

Hey, I wonder if we can power up even more, even more!

Roll the tape.

- [Announcer] Wimee sat down, looked around the room and began to wonder.

He wondered if potato batteries could power all of his toys, trucks and tools.

Okay, try it now.

(engine starting) It worked!

- Oh, ho, this is fantastic.

(engine running) - Ah, first a light bulb then toys then, oh, man!

We gotta create all kinds of alternative energies I tell you.

Hey, right back at you, Raz!

That's fun.

I like that.

Hey, hey!

Okay, friends.

It's time to go back to the Wimage Board and see what's happening.

Wimage Board.

Well, okay, okay.

So last we left the lion helped us to work on our report.

But wait a minute.

Something's, there's a bat in the night sky.

Wait, wait, wait.

Oh, the bat left.

Hmm, I wonder if wait, wait, something.

Oh, wait, what animal is that friends?

Did you see it?

Oh, it's a pig.

This is like the book that we just heard about.

The sun is illuminating.

Wait, are there more animals?

Whoa, oh wait something's moving.

Oh, oh my goodness.

It's in the dark.

I see.

I'm hiding behind.

Oh man.

That is so fun.

That is so cool.

Wimage Board, great job.

Oh, wait the sun, wait, the sun's moving.

Oh, man.

Good stuff, Wimage Board.

Thanks, I love it.

All right, friends, it is time to play what we call Find it Fast.

All right, friends at home, friends with us on the show.

Find something that starts with L like light bulb.

Find something bright.

Like a light bulb.

Find something that lights up like a light bulb.

That's fun to say.

All right, friends, what can you find?

Brody, what have you found?

- So I found this.

It's light.

It starts with an L, and it's bright.

- And it lights up.

Is that a light saber?

That's a cool light.

I love it.

Thanks, Brody.

Ding, ding, ding, ding.

It was a trilogy.

Ooh, legos.

Lego starts with L. I love it.

The sun is bright.

It lights up.

It's always lit up, right?

It just keeps moving around.

I never thought about that.

The sun is always bright.

It just depends where we are.

Oh me?

You said me.

You know my buttons, my buttons.

I've been working on getting an upgrade.

I'm hoping someday my buttons actually do light up but I like to consider myself bright.

Miss Jessica, what have you found?

- Well, for something that starts with an L and lights up, I have a lighter here.

And it's bright, but something that's bright, also bright is my smile.

- Oh yes, indeed.

I love it.

We all got smiles that we bring brightness and joy to the world.

Friends, keep sharing with us something that starts with L, something bright, something that lights up.

The stars light up.

Are they always bright too like the sun?

I don't know.

Kids happy!

Kids are bright, happy kids light up the world.

All kids light up the world.

So good.

So good, friends.

Thanks for playing Find it Fast.

Well friends, it's about that time.

Let's cue the music.

Let's dance.

Woohoo!

(upbeat music) Brody's got all the lake bulbs.

Light bulb dance, light bulb dance.

Woo hoo.

Oh man, the sun.

Fire, light!

- [Announcer] "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)