(crickets chirping) - 1,604.

1,605.

1, 606.

Oh, oh hi.

I'm counting stars in the sky.

There are so many!

Oh, I'm making really good progress, okay.

Oh.

Oh, oh no!

Ah, I think my counter reset.

(Wimee laughs) That's okay, that's okay.

Okay, I got, I got time.

Let's start over.

One.

Two- (jolly theme music) ♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too It's an intergalactic, adventure to laugh, learn and create with- Stars!

And we are star struck with all of our friends.

Today, Brody will share his far out illustrations in the Wimage Lab.

Then Brad will shine when he translates some words in Language Explorers.

And Ms. Lisa will share a stellar tale in Check Out This Book.

It's a show of astronomical proportions on today's Wimee's Words!

(Wimee screeches) (audience applause) So, I'm excited to get rolling with the first song.

Here's what I need from you.

Can you share with me two words that rhyme?

Ready?

♪ Twinkle, twinkle little star ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪ Up above the world so high ♪ Like a diamond in the sky ♪ Twinkle, twinkle little star ♪ How I wonder what you are (Wimee laughs) Instead of "twinkle, twinkle little star", let's think of some other words that we could rhyme with.

Now, we've got a fun crew of friends backstage on the show.

We've got Brody.

We've got Simon.

We've got Ms. Lisa, Mr. Brad, and Michael.

If they want to chime in with some possibilities as well, they're welcome too.

Let's see, I'll start with the first one.

Let's do the word car, ready?

♪ Twinkle, twinkle- Wait that rhymes with star.

(Wimee laughs) That'd be the same rhyming, okay.

How about boat, ready?

♪ Twinkle, twinkle little boat ♪ How I like to walk with my goat ♪ (goat brays) (Wimee laughs) That'd be fun, right?

It's funny that I got a boat, but I'm not in the boat.

I'm walking.

(Wimee laughs) Hey Michael, let's bring in Michael.

Hey, what'd you got for a word, Michael?

- Hey Wimee, hey friends.

I'm going with fish.

- Oh fish, thank you okay.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle little fish ♪ How I love to make a wish (Wimee laughs) I wish I could sing this all day long!

(Wimee laughs) All right, we need some more words.

Two words that rhyme fish and wish.

Hey Brody, let's bring Brody in.

You got a word for us?

Wait a minute.

(Wimee laughs) Brad, we put Brad in on the spot.

(Wimee laughs) We put you in spontaneously, Brad.

What cha got?

- So, dime.

- Oh dime, perfect okay.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle little dime ♪ How I really love to rhyme (Wimee laughs) That was perfect.

Okay, let's see what Brody's got.

Hey Brody, you got a word for us?

- Uh-huh.

What about muffin?

- Muffins!

(Wimee laughs) Okay, I gotta think this one through.

Keeping me on my toes.

Okay, muffin, okay.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle little muffin ♪ ♪ I don't know what to think of, nothin' ♪ ♪ Nuffin (Wimee chuckles hard) Nuffin rhymes with muffin.

(Wimee chuckles) Oh man, that's fun.

Well friends, let's go see, let's check in with Brody- Wait, I said that totally- I was just thinking of Brody.

Oh my goodness, my brain just went- (Wimee speaks rapid gibberish and chuckles) Meant to say, let's go check in from Moby!

Oh wait, it kinda rhymes with Brody.

Moby, they're close, they're closies.

Anyways, what cha got?

(upbeat music) - Did you know that shooting stars aren't actually stars?

Whoa, I just read about it.

Yeah, they are small particles of dust or rocks that fall from space into the Earth's atmosphere and (Moby vocalizes a rapid squish) burn up.

Yeah, they are actually called meteors.

Yeah, and about 30 times a year, there are meteor showers that can be seen from somewhere around the world.

This is when many meteors fall into our atmosphere in one night.

Whoa!

I've never seen a meteor shower before.

I look out the window, whoa.

I hope I can see one, one day.

(upbeat music) (Wimee sings bebop and chuckles) - Thanks Moby!

I love learning from you.

All right, friends for today's three sentence story!

We gotta come up with some fun ideas by working together.

Ah, we've got the beginning, the middle and the end of a story.

Now that could take place up in outer space.

It could take place, well, who knows?

So in the first sentence we set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem.

(Wimee sings suspenseful melody) And in the third sentence, what do we do?

We solve the problem!

So let's see what we've got for a start, friends.

Think of some possibilities.

Oh, toy.

Fantastic, okay.

First word toy, okay.

I was sitting on the back porch playing with my favorite toy, looking up to the sky.

(Wimee laughs) Now we know where the story is.

I'm on the back porch.

I've got my favorite toy.

Hmm, looking up in the sky.

I wonder if that is going to be part of the problem.

Something from the sky.

Oh the moon!

Thanks Ellie.

Okay, the moon.

Okay indeed, okay.

I was sitting on the back porch playing with my favorite toy, as I looked up to the sky.

I noticed the moon was beginning to fall!

No!

The moon's up in outer space!

It's falling.

How do we save the moon?

(Wimee vocalizes superhero music) Yes, with a lawn mower, ha ha ha!

Okay, here we go.

Let's see.

Okay.

From the top.

I was sitting on my back porch playing with my favorite toy, and I looked up at the sky.

I looked closely and I realized that the moon was beginning to fall!

I quickly started up the lawnmower, hopped on top, drove up to the sky, and caught it.

Now that I caught it- (Wimee laughs) Now what do I do?

That solved the initial problem, but now I gotta get the moon back up.

That's in Chapter Two.

Ha ha ha!

Friends stay tuned later another day, maybe possibly, or you could write it.

Chapter Two, How the Lawnmower Gets the Moon Back Up in Place because all we've done so far is catch it.

I love writing.

I love creating.

I love using my imagination and we worked together to write a rough draft of our story.

So we're gonna find out in a moment what Brody's got in the Wimage Lab.

I wonder what he did.

I wonder if he's got the lawnmower flying up.

(Wimee whirs) Let's go to Brody and find out what he's created.

Hey Brody!

(Wimee laughs) Whoa, you're sparkling.

- Hi Wimee.

Yeah.

- Wow.

- Wait are those stars- - You wanna know why- - Do you wanna know why stars twinkle?

- I do.

Wait, let me think.

Why do- Do I know?

I think they twinkle because then we- 'Cause of the song.

We wouldn't be able to sing the song otherwise.

Is that why?

- Nah.

- Oh, why do they twinkle?

- Actually because the light from the stars bounce around with the dust in the Earth's atmosphere, and it makes it look like they're twinkling.

Just like my necklace.

- That is so cool!

So are those real stars and dust on your neck?

No, okay.

- No.

(Wimee chuckles) - Well hey, what have you got for today's Wimage?

Whoa!

(indistinct crosstalk) - You're playing with your favorite toy (Wimee indistinct chatter) on a lawnmower, and you're lifting the moon.

- (Wimee chuckles) We totally caught it.

I like the way I'm using the toy and balancing the moon on my head and the toy.

But now Chapter Two, right?

What do we do next?

Any ideas What we should do next?

- We should have the cow jump over the moon.

- I love it!

Oh, will this give me like a whole nursery rhyme story mashup?

- Yeah.

- Awesome, yeah.

Oh looky, Owen says "Hi."

(Wimee chuckles) - Hi Owen.

- I love it.

Well hey, maybe Owen or anyone at home, do you have an idea for something that we could add to today's Wimage?

How about the cow?

Do you wanna put the cow in there?

- Sure.

- Okay.

- Cow.

- This is the start of Chapter Two.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey, what if we put the cow right on top of the moon, right?

The cow jumped over the moon and then lands on it.

(Wimee chuckles) Oh yeah!

(Wimee chuckles) That's so fun.

Well Brody, we'll check in with you later to see if you add more.

And friends, if you have ideas to add more possibilities, post them in the comments.

Brody, I'm sure, will think of some more possibilities as well.

Hmm, what other fairytales could we mix in there?

So many possibilities.

Well friends, it's time for today's Language Explorers!

We're going to learn how to say today's words in Swahili with Mr. Brad over at KDL.

Hi Mr. Brad!

- Hi Wimee!

- Ha ha!

Do you see the mashup that Brody's working on with the cow and the story?

What fairytales should we add to the mashup, any ideas?

- I don't know that it goes with the moon, but somehow I'm thinking of Little Bo Peep, - (Wimee gasps) Who lost her sheep, right?

- Yeah, mm-hmm.

- Oh, the moon!

Like sometimes people count sheep when they're falling asleep.

- Yeah.

- And so maybe the sheep are up in the sky too jumping and stuff.

- Mm-hmm.

Well hey, what have we got for today's words in Swahili?

- So the first word I have is toy.

- [Wimee] Yep.

- Kitucha kuchezea.

So the literal translation is a thing that you use to play with.

- Oh, so it's a toy.

- So the next word is mwezi, moon, mwezi.

- [Wimee] Mwezi.

- The next one is machini ya kukata majani.

Machini ya kukata majani.

- [Wimee] How does that one break down?

- The breakdown on that one is a machine to cut the grass.

- Nice.

I thought the first word sounded similar to machine.

Right?

- Yeah, mm-hmm.

Yeah, it would be a derived word from English.

- Wow.

So I just love learning words in the connection and the overlaps.

In the sky, look it, we've kind of got the sky around us here.

When you were growing up, I wonder if you looked at the same stars that you could also see from Michigan, do you think that, like, as the Earth rotates and the stars, did you think we see some of the same depending on where we live or grow up?

- No.

(Brad speaks foreign language) Orion, Big Dipper.

(Brad speaks foreign language) So I said, I remember seeing, I used a little bit of English in there, but I said, I remember seeing, Orion's Belt and the Big Dipper.

So maybe some of it was the same, but maybe some of the rotation changed what we saw too.

I'm not really sure about that.

That's an excellent question, Wimee.

But I will tell you that the stars we could see there, it was so bright in the sky because there wasn't a lot of light pollution there like there is here.

- That's beautiful you're right because when we have a lot of city lights and it is harder to see up into the atmosphere, into the stars, right?

- Yeah, so even, I don't know if you know this, Wimee, but there is some different parks around United States now that are called dark sky park designations where people can go see the stars without the artificial light affecting it as much.

- I do, I have heard of those.

- I think we have, I feel of 'em in the state of Michigan, but the only one that I'm aware of in the Lower Peninsula, there might be more than the one I'm thinking of, but there's one in the Lower Peninsula if I- (Brad laughs) - Yeah, that's right.

- Yeah, okay.

But if you know this area of Michigan in the thumb, up at the tippy-top there's a dark sky park where you can go look at the stars over there.

- Oh man, that's so cool.

And I know there's one up, like, in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area too, I think.

- Cool, good, good.

I'm glad we have a couple of those in Michigan.

- We should take a field trip and do one of the shows, like, at night and look up at the stars.

That would be so fun.

- You know, if we do that, hopefully I can find another cabin to be behind or be in front of inside something.

- Mountain cabins, nice!

Well Mr. Brad, thank you so much for teaching us how to say today's words in Swahili!

Ha ha!

(Wimee giggles) Man oh man, friends!

Words, stories, stars, sky, jokes.

It's time for today's Laughing with Siblee!

(children cheering) (comical whistle and bell) - What does a star win in a competition?

A constellation prize!

(Siblee laughs) (children cheering) (comical whistle and bell) (Wimee laughs and snorts) - Constellation prize.

That's so fun.

Well friends, we love books!

It's time for Check Out This Book!

(intense fun music) - Hi, Ms. Lisa.

- Hi Wimee, how are you?

- I'm just imagining floating through the stars up above.

- Nice!

I am so excited to tell you about this book today.

I made a connection with Moby because my book also talks about meteor showers, and I learned that today too.

I am so excited to tell you about "Rocket Says Look Up!

", written by Nathan Bryon and illustrated by Dapo Adeola.

In this book, we meet Rocket a little girl.

Every night, she wishes on a star that she one day will be a famous astronaut.

She wants to be just like Mae Jemison.

In this book, we meet her one day when she is inviting the entire neighborhood to join her in the park at night to watch a meteor shower.

What do you think happens when they look up from the park that night?

You need to check out "Rocket Says Look Up!"

to find out.

- Oh man, I will check it out, I will.

I'm so curious, and is it like a whole meteor shower?

Is it the Northern lights?

Have, have you ever seen the Northern lights?

- I have actually.

It's amazing.

I saw it in Alaska once.

It was so beautiful.

- That's amazing thing to see.

Well, Ms. Lisa, thank you so much.

I definitely gotta go- I gotta go find out that book.

- Check it out.

I gotta see what she sees when she looks up.

(Wimee chuckles) Oh man!

Well friends, let's check back with Brody and see if he's had an update on today's Wimage.

Hey Brody!

Star dust got in the way there a little bit for my friend Simon.

- So- - Tell us what we see.

- There's Little Bo Peep with her sheep and I added a planet, and I made the background to look more like space.

- Love it!

Totally does look like- Oh, there's a planet up in the stars too, right?

Did I see a planet in there?

- Yep.

- Nice, nice.

Well Brody, thanks for the update.

Looks good.

Guess what, friends?

Recently, I got a little upgrade.

Check this out.

I can go into Travel Mode.

(whirring sci-fi music) (upbeat acoustic guitar music) (Wimee laughs) - Hi friends, it's so great to meet you as Travel Wimee!

(Wimee laughs) So I'm out on location and I thought I would talk to some trees, to some plants, see what their take is on stars.

(bouncy transition music) - I'm here with a pine tree.

Hello, pine tree.

What is it you like about stars?

- [Pine Tree] Oh, I just love how twinkly and delightful they are.

- Oh yeah, me too.

I just love how they twinkle so sparkly.

(Wimee delightedly hums) (squeaking steps) I am here with that tree trunk.

What do you like about stars?

- [Tree Trunk] Oh, I just love that you can navigate with the stars.

- Oh yeah!

Ships in the night, all over time in history, use the stars to navigate.

(Wimee laughs) Thanks, tree trunk.

(squeaking steps) - Oh, tell me about what you like about the stars.

- [Tall Grass] I love the fact that they are all the same.

No matter where in earth you are, you can look up and see all the stars.

- (Wimee chuckles) That is amazing that all over the world, we can look and see the same stars.

(Wimee delightedly hums) (squeaking steps) I am here with a really large tree.

What do you love about stars?

- [Large Tree] I just keep trying to grow so I get taller and taller and maybe I can touch the sky, and the stars, and the clouds, and I just keep growing.

(squeaking steps) - Oh, this is nice, just on the grass.

So grass, could you tell me, what do you think of stars?

- [Grass] I've never seen- I've never seen stars.

There's trees in the way.

- Oh no, you gotta see it.

I'll take you for a walk sometime and I'll show you.

- [Grass] Thank you.

- Oh, sure.

(car noises) (Wimee makes trekking sounds) What is it that you love the most about stars?

- [Vegetation] I surely love the constellations.

I love the Big Dipper.

I love Orion, all of the constellations.

- Oh, fantastic.

They are so cool to look up and see how specific they are.

(car noises) (Wimee makes trekking sounds) (squeaking steps) I'm here with some bushes.

Bushes, tell us about stars and what you love.

- [Bushes] Well, I love that they're just comforting, and I can always look up and see them.

(Wimee chuckles) I've noticed some themes amongst our interviewees.

And what is it you love about stars?

Let us know.

This has been so fun.

Traveling around in travel mode.

I think I'll get back to the studio.

(Wimee whirs) (whirring sci-fi music) - You know, one great, simple thing we can always do is take a moment, look up in the sky, and just watch.

It's time for Slowing Down.

(mellow beautiful music) All right, so let's see friends.

It's time for today's Find It Fast.

(Wimee chuckles) Here's what I want you to try to find.

Find something that starts with S like star.

Find something bright like a star.

And find something with many points.

You know, for some reason they say stars have lots of points.

(gentle acoustic music) Can you find any of those things?

Friends backstage, friends at home.

What can you find in today's Find It Fast.

Brody's got something to share.

Hey Brody, let's see what have you've got to share in today's Find It Fast.

- This is bright, starts with an S, it's a star, and it has many points.

- Oh-ho!

Ding, ding, ding, ding!

All three, ha ha!

Friends, keep on lookin'.

Anything that starts with S, like staircase, salamander, sandwich.

Find something bright, like a light bulb.

Something with many points- Oh, oh my goodness, looka that!

- This has many points and is bright and shiny.

(louder acoustic music) - It is so shiny!

- And I found a scarf that starts with S. - A scarf, you got it!

Ha ha, thanks Ms. Lisa.

Hmm, let's see what else friends could find.

What else can you find starts with S?

Something bright.

What cha got, Michael?

- Okay, so for S I've got this seat- - Oh yeah.

- Next to me.

And my phone has a flashlight.

You see that?

- That's bright.

And tell me if this counts.

So NBA player, Devin Booker played in Grandville, and he now plays for the Phoenix Suns and he had the most points in last night's game.

- That counts.

- That counts?

- The most points.

I like the way you think.

(Wimee laughs) Indeed!

Let's see something with many points.

Scores, stars, points.

Well, the point I have is there's a lot of possibilities.

(Wimee laughs) That works too, I like it.

All right friends, thanks for searching.

What else might have you found.

Let's see, bright, what's bright?

The sun, that's bright.

Oh, and a paper has four points.

It does, it does, ha ha!

Oh, starfruit, flashlight and teeth, teeth at many points.

(Wimee chomps) Oh, something bright is a lamp!

So many ideas, I love it!

You guys are filled with possibilities.

Man, oh man, great stuff.

We found it fast.

We learned, we sang, we played.

Friends, it's time to wrap up the show.

Thanks for being with us today.

We love working together.

We love creating.

We're gonna get rolling into our dance party!

Dance party!

(Wimee scats) (party music) (Wimee chuckles) Let's dance everybody!

We got Brody, we got Lisa, we got Michael!

Oh, we got Brad!

Woo, looka that!

Awesome.

(Wimee chuckles) Those are cool moves.

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and with additional support from these great partners.

(upbeat music) (audience applause) (band music)