- Oh, hi friends.

My next door neighbor, Mrs. Hatfield, shared these vegetables with me that she grew in her garden.

And my neighbor Mr. McCoy helped fix my mailbox.

Every year the Hatfields and the McCoys, they host a block party for everybody in the neighborhood.

Everybody brings food, and we play games, it's always so much fun.

I have the best neighbors.

♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Think of words and of rhymes ♪ ♪ To make wimages, please do ♪ - [Kid] It's time for "Wimee's Words."

(kids cheering) - Okay, friends, so we gotta get things rolling.

Miss Stephanie's with us today.

Got a question for you Miss Stephanie.

- Yes.

- Ready?

If anyone could be your neighbor, who would you choose?

- I think it would be fun to have Michelle Obama as my neighbor.

Doesn't she seem like a nice person who you could just borrow an egg from, or she'd say "Oh sure, here's some sugar."

- Just borrow an egg from Michelle Obama.

- Exactly.

- I love it, I love it.

Thanks Miss Stephanie.

Same question for you, Brody.

If you could have anyone be your neighbor, who would you choose?

- I think I would choose somebody that could teach me about Greek history.

- I didn't know you were intrigued with Greek history.

- Yeah.

- What if someone from the past could travel to the future who's from Greece, and could be your neighbor.

- That would be really fun, but I think either, I have two jobs that I wanna be, either an illustrator or a Greek teacher.

- Oh, that's awesome.

Maybe you could illustrate Greek mythology.

I love it.

Brody, we'll see you in a bit.

Same question for Lucy.

If you could have any neighbor, who would you choose?

- Hi.

Hi, Wimee.

- Hi.

- I was thinking maybe Mr. Rogers because he loves puppets, and also because I heard that his wife is a great cook, and I would love to live near them, and go stop for a visit and a biscuit.

Yum.

- I love it.

I love it.

Thanks, Lucy.

Thanks everybody.

Hey, let's get rolling with a song.

Here's what I need from you.

Will you share with me someone or something in your neighborhood?

So I'm gonna say a park first.

♪ Do you know your neighborhood ♪ ♪ Your neighborhood ♪ ♪ Your neighborhood ♪ ♪ Do you know your neighborhood ♪ ♪ It might have a park ♪ I'm gonna turn it around.

Do you know your park, it's in your, on Wimee Lane.

There's so many possibilities for how to sing.

What do you think, should I do the song, the first part, okay, I'm gonna go with, yeah, okay.

For example ♪ Do yo know the playground ♪ ♪ The playground ♪ ♪ The playground ♪ ♪ Do you know the playground ♪ ♪ It's just on Wimee Lane ♪ Ooh Bodaga, that's fun.

♪ Do you know your Bodaga ♪ ♪ Your Bodaga ♪ ♪ Your Bodaga ♪ ♪ Do you know your bodaga ♪ ♪ It's just down Wimee Lane ♪ (Wimee laughing) All the restaurants and museums.

Yes, the library.

♪ Do you know your library ♪ ♪ Your library ♪ ♪ Your library ♪ ♪ Do you know your library ♪ ♪ It's just down Wimee Lane ♪ Now technically it might not be down Wimee Lane, 'cause I'm not sure, friends live all over the place, I just put Wimee Lane 'cause it's funny.

(laughing) Ooh barking dogs.

Not just dogs, but barking dogs.

♪ Do you know the barking dogs ♪ ♪ The barking dogs ♪ ♪ The barking dogs ♪ ♪ Do you know your barking dogs ♪ ♪ They're just down Wimee Lane ♪ (Wimee barking) Hey, Brody, anything in your neighborhood?

- Well I have some cats in our neighborhood.

- Cats, perfect, they belong with the barking dogs.

Maybe that's what the dogs are barking at.

♪ Do you know the cats ♪ ♪ The cats ♪ ♪ The cats ♪ ♪ Do you know the cats ♪ ♪ They're just down Wimee Lane ♪ Friends, thanks for helping out.

Now guess what?

Moby, right, you took the day off?

- [Moby] Yeah, yeah.

For Moby's neighbors, my neighbor helped me out to fill in for today.

- Oh, cool, coll.

Roll the tape.

(upbeat music) - Hello.

Our neighbors are the people who live and work around us, you know in our neighborhood, the area where we live.

I've noticed that lots of my neighbors have pets that they take out for a walk.

They usually smile, 'and say hello when they walk by my house.

Sometimes I'll see those same people in my neighborhood at the park, at the restaurants, the grocery store.

They usually smile and say hello, and I say hello when I see them too.

Sometimes I smile sand say hello before they do.

It's great, just great.

What do you see in your neighborhood?

(upbeat music) - Friends, it's time for today's one, two, three sentence story.

Let's write a story with a beginning, middle and end.

In the first sentence we set the scene.

In the second sentence there is a problem.

Womp, womp, womp.

But don't worry because in the third sentence there is a solution.

Share with us a person, place or thing.

Nouns work lovely.

Work best.

Hey, Lucy, any word at all, you choose.

What word are you thinking of to start today's story?

- What about corn?

- Oh yeah, yeah, I got some corn from Mrs. Hatfield.

Let's do it.

Thanks, Lucy.

Okay, corn, let's see, corn.

I was sitting in my neighborhood thinking about corn.

Yeah, just thinking about corn.

Mrs. Hatfield didn't bring me some yet in my story.

So I was just in the neighborhood thinking about corn.

But oh no, a problem.

What word will inspire today's problem?

Hey, Brody, I'm gonna go to you.

Any word at all, pick a word, what word?

- Let's do cat.

- Cat?

Like the cats in your neighborhood?

- Yep.

- Okay, okay, got it.

Okay so a cat's gonna cause a problem as I'm thinking about corn.

Okay.

I was sitting in my neighborhood thinking about corn.

While I was getting hungry, a cat came by, and, hmm, what sort of trouble with this cat today?

Oh, looks like such a cute cat.

Wait a minute, the cat climbed on my shoulder, and I was about to sneeze, that's the problem.

Am I allergic to this cat?

I don't know, I don't think I have allergies.

Can you be allergic to one cat and not another cat?

That's the problem.

I'm about to sneeze.

This cat's gonna get, I'm about to, I need a solution.

I wanna try not to sneeze all over the cat.

Oh no, I wanna get back to thinking about corn, I'm thinking about lunch.

Friends, who's got an idea for a solution?

Any word at all.

Silly, goofy, scientific.

Maybe you've even got an idea for something that would be like a homemade remedy.

Ooh, bug.

(laughing) The solution is bug.

Okay.

I was sitting in my neighborhood thinking about corn, a cat walked by, climbed on my shoulder, and I was about to sneeze.

A bug jumped on top, scratched my nose, and the sneeze disappeared.

(Wimee laughing) Ticklish.

I think that's an old trick that bugs do.

They can touch your nose and wiggle your nose, and it takes, it's like when you go ah, ah, ah, if you get a bug wiggle, ooh, cartwheel.

Bug, maybe the bug does a cartwheel to land on my face and to do a best possible nose, what do we call it?

Hey, Brody, you have any ideas for what we could call this bug scratch cartwheel move?

- I was just trying to say how would you sneeze?

You don't have a nose.

- That's the joy about writing stories, Brody.

(Wimee laughing) Yeah, good point.

Technically it's a robot in a non-fiction kind of world, yeah, I don't need to worry about sneezing.

But for our story, I gotta sneeze.

Wait, here it comes.

Ah, ah, nope, I caught it.

(Wimee sneezing) It snuck up on me.

Thanks, Brody.

Good point, good point.

So we did it friends.

Nice job, Wimage board, we'll check back with you later to see if you have any additions.

Well guess what friends.

I was lucky to have Moby recently go out on the scene, and come back with sharing a little bit about one of the neighbors in Cedar Springs, Rockford, kind of up north from where we're here at the studio.

So a neighbor, we're kind of all neighbors when it comes down to it, whether it's next door or around the block or the street.

But anyways, one of our friends, some of our friends over at North Kent Connect, Moby's gonna let us get to know them.

(upbeat music) - Hi friends, I'm here with my friend Beverly from North Kent Connect.

Hi Beverly.

- Hi Moby, how are you?

- Fantastic.

I love your organization, it's a one stop resource center.

- [Beverly] It sure is.

We have all kinds of things going on over here.

- [Moby] Tell us more.

What are some things lately you've been up to?

- Well we do have a free food pantry 'for our families that need some food.

We also help other people pay with their house payments and their utilities, and get their cars fixed.

We do a lot of things over here.

- [Moby] Tell us more about the food.

Do you have fresh carrots?

- We have fresh carrots.

We have fresh broccoli.

Every week we have a new variety of fresh food coming in.

We also have a garden outside that we grow our own food, and we put it on our farm stand, which is open to everyone to come shop.

And we have two price points so everyone can be able to afford fresh local produce.

- That's awesome.

So you grow some food here?

- We do.

- And work with local farmers.

- We sure do.

We love our local farmers, we have a great relationship with them.

- I love planting food.

Sovietisms I'll dig in the ground, put some seeds in, and it takes a lot of water and sunshine, right>?

- It sure does.

- [Moby] Tell us about the store that you have here.

- Yeah, we have a wonderful thrift store that our community supports.

They can come and drop off household goods or clothing, and anyone can come and shop here.

And inside our thrift store we also have our farm stand, which has the two price points, and anyone can come and shop our farm stand too.

- So the farm stand and the thrift store are together?

They're friends?

- They are.

They are friends.

- They're neighbors.

They're like hey neighbor, good norming to you.

Hi Cole, hi Mikala, where you guys from?

- Crestwood Elementary, Rockford.

- Yeah.

Mikala, what are you guys doing here?

- We're helping, we're serving people lunches that can't pack their own lunches.

- Wow, so you're packing lunches.

- Yep.

- And are you doing any work in the garden too?

- Mm-hmm.

- Oh my goodness.

- [Cole] We're cleaning up trash.

- [Moby] Oh yeah, keeping the place looking great.

What great neighbors you are.

So have you been here before?

- [Cole] I haven't.

- [Moby] So you get to learn about what they do.

- Yeah.

- That's so cool.

Who are those kids behind you?

- Our classmates.

- Yeah classmates.

Oh yeah.

Hi classmates.

Beverly, it's been so great getting to know you, your friends, the volunteers and all the neighbors.

Part of making this happen here.

- Yeah, thank you so much for coming, we love having you back, anytime.

- I will.

I'm gonna look for that computer now to sign up to be a volunteer.

Computer.

(upbeat music) - That was so cool, great job Moby.

Thanks for being out on location with our friends at North Kent Connect.

So, I was wondering, what do you remember that you just saw, how they help each other as a community?

I remember they talked about helping with bills.

What were some things you noticed that they do as an organization, as a resource to each other, and maybe it reminds you of something in your neighborhood, in our community.

Hey, Brody, did you notice anything?

- Yeah, I noticed that they helped people finding jobs.

- That's so cool.

You're right, you're right.

Cool.

Thanks, Brody.

All right, friends, we are gonna check in and find out, wait, wait a minute, Siblee, did- - Yeah, that is correct, you're on the right track.

I was hanging out with Moby.

So he had a neighbor help out, and I had Beebe bot help do my segment.

- That's what I thought.

Okay, okay, so friends it's time for laughing with Beebe bop.

(kids cheering) - What do you call a horse who lives next door?

- [Wimee] I don't know, what do you call a horse that lives next door?

- A naybor.

(kids cheering) - Thanks Beebe bot.

All right friends, take a deep breath, breathe in, hold it, let it loose.

It's time for slowing Down.

(gentle music) Take another deep breath.

Let it loose.

We love books.

Time for Check Out This Book.

(upbeat music) - today I'm sharing "Thank You Omu" by Oge Mora.

Do you like sharing with your friends and neighbors?

Well Omu finds out she does.

She has just cooked up a thick red stew in a huge pot that she was saving for her dinner.

Doesn't that sound yummy?

As she sat down to read a book, the scent from the stew wafted throughout the entire neighborhood, and the smell was so delicious that ll her neighbors one by one knock on her door hoping to try some.

There was a little boy, a policewoman, a hot dog vendor, and many others, even the mayor, if you can imagine that.

Omu shares her stew with all of them, until she has nothing left for her dinner.

Well, as you can imagine, she was really sad about this.

But later that evening there was a knock on her door.

Guess what?

All the neighbors she had shared her delicious yummy stew with have come, and they brought food of their own to share with her and thank her for her kindness.

The pictures in this Caldecott winning book are colorful cut paper designs created with acrylic paint, china markers, pastels, and as you can see, old book clippings.

So for a heart warming story that emphasizes sharing and community, be sure to check out "Thank You Omu," from your local library.

(upbeat music) - Thanks, Donna.

That book looks awesome.

Let's play a game friends.

It's time for Make A Rhyme.

(bright music) Alrighty, let's do this.

All right, so I'll start with the first one.

I'm going to hand it over to you, Steph.

The first word I'm gonna go with is type of vegetable.

Pepper would be a tricky rhyme.

Corn, let me go with, let me pick a different vegetable.

- You could say corn, that would be fine.

- Ooh, you got one for corn?

- I do.

How about horn?

(Stephanie making horn sounds) - Oh horn, like a trumpet.

(Wimee making music sounds) - Yeah.

- All right, my word is book.

- Book, what about a hook?

- That rhymes.

- All right, nose.

- Nose.

Nose, hose.

Hose, hose, like this, like a hose.

Yeah, yeah, hose.

Okay, my word is fan.

- Ooh, fan.

Ran.

Before the show, I ran.

(laughing) We did it friends.

Thanks for playing Make A Rhyme.

Friends, you can play that game any time, yeah.

Guess what?

Brody and Mr. Brad, who's one of the friends on the show that you may have seen in the past, they sat down and spent some time together.

Brody, do you wanna tell us what you and Mr. Brad did?

Set up this video.

- So we interviewed each other for Neighbors.

- That's so cool, so you got to know each other a little better, right?

- Yep.

- Let's roll the tape.

- [Mr. Brad] Hi, Brody, it's nice to do this interview with you.

- [Brody] Yeah.

- It's been so fun to be with you all these years on Wimee, and now we get to actually do an interview.

What is your favorite part of being on "Wimee's Words"?

- Probably the laughter and the just fun time of doing it.

- Yeah, I think so too.

It's really cool.

- I have a question for you.

- Yes.

- What is your favorite book?

- What is my favorite book?

Wow, that's a great question, I have so many favorite books, but a really beautiful book that was then made into a movie is called "The Power of One."

- I have another question for you.

- Sure.

- What do you do at the library?

- I am the cataloging specialist.

So I got a question for you.

Do you have a favorite topic or subject that you like to study in school?

- I really like reading.

- Cool.

That's good for the library setting, isn't it?

- Yeah, I really like reading fiction.

- Cool.

- How many languages do you speak?

- I speak two languages fluently.

I speak English fluently, and I speak Kiswahili fluently.

And you've heard me talk Kiswahili on the show lots and lots of times.

And I speak a little bit of Karundi from the country of Burundi.

And I speak some French too.

- Nice.

Now, what's your favorite thing on Wimee?

- Like you said, I really like the laughter and the joking around, the sense of comradery.

But I also love to speak Swahili on the show, it's really fun.

How many states have you been to, Brody?

- I've been to around seven.

- Seven states.

Is there a favorite place that you've visited that sticks out in your mind?

- I really like Tennessee, because there's this restaurant that we always go to when we visit Florida.

- Okay.

And I have one last question for you, Brody.

What is your favorite season?

- I would say fall.

- Yes, that is my favorite season too.

What are some of the reasons fall is your favorite season?

- I don't really do well in the heat, so I like fall because it's cooler, and I just like jumping in leaves.

- Cool.

I don't like the heat that much either, so that's part of why I like fall too.

Yep, cool.

Well it was very nice talking with you, Brody.

- Yep, nice talking with you too.

(upbeat music) - That was so cool.

Friends at home, have you ever interviewed a neighbor?

A friend?

Relative?

What questions might you ask?

I bet you'll find out things you didn't even know or didn't even expect.

Kids, you could interview adults, and asy what did you want to be when you grew up?

Adults, you could interview kids and say what are your aspirations?

Who are your favorite friends?

Neighbors?

What do you like to do around town?

Just some ideas for questions.

It's so fun.

Thanks Brody, thanks Mr. Brad.

I love it.

Hey, let's check back in the Wimage board, and see what's coming together with any new ideas.

Oh, corn.

Whoa, man, so much going on.

I see the bug, that was the bug, there's the bug who helped prevent my sneeze.

And the cat is up on the, oh, that was the cat who, what are they, they're all over the neighborhood.

(laughing) That's fun.

I wonder if they're having a parade.

They all got together and said, ooh, ooh, ooh.

I think we got, that's like a flying spaceship of corn.

Or is it a rocket ship?

I think it's a, that's not corn.

That's a rocket ship going (Wimee making rocket exploding sound effect) (Wimee laughing) Great job Wimage board.

That's fun, I love it.

Hey, what's on your mind?

Anything you wanna chat about?

We're gonna get ready for Find It Fast in a moment.

In fact we'll do this.

We'll play Find it Fast, and/or if you have any questions, comments, thoughts, wanna tell us about your neighbors, share with us things you wanna do today, tomorrow, next week and years.

I don't know, just putting it out there.

But right now friends, let's play Find It Fast.

(upbeat music) (Wimee humming) Friends, can you find something that starts with N?

Neighbors starts with N. Can you find something new?

And find something good to share.

It's nice to help your neighbors and share.

Brody, what did you find?

- I found a nickel which starts with N. - Yep.

- It's new.

And it's good to share.

- That's got all three.

Ding, da ding, ding, ding.

That sure is a shiny nickel.

Ha, ha, I love it.

Thanks, Brody.

Ooh let's see, Miss Stephanie, what have you found?

- I found a container of nuts.

- Whoa.

- These are almonds, a type of nut, which starts with N. And then I found a new package of pens.

- Brand new pens.

- Mm-hmm.

And then something good to share I found was chex mix or trail mix.

- Trail mix.

I'll come over, I would love to share that with you.

- I thought you might.

Any time.

- All right, thanks Miss Stephanie.

Friends at home, have you found anything?

Let us know.

Hey Lucy, what have you found?

Whoa.

Tell me what I'm looking at.

- Wimee, do you see that?

- I do.

- It's my new neighbor.

Her name is Nora.

- [Wimee] Nora.

- Which starts with an N. And she is a new neighbor.

She's a gecko.

- A gecko?

- Yeah.

- Hi.

Ooh, hi Nora.

Uh-oh.

She's gonna go read some books, I think.

- She's reading.

- Thanks, Lucy.

Friends, thanks for playing Find it Fast.

Woo, nice stuff friends.

I'm glad we spent some time together.

I'm glad we hung out.

Thanks for being here.

Thanks for being you.

Okay friends, Brody, you ready to dance?

Let's play the music.

Miss Stephanie, Lucy, friends at home, thanks for being here.

Thanks for hanging out.

Thanks for being you.

(upbeat music) (Wimee laughing) - [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.

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