- Can you whistle?

I'm still trying to figure it out.

I'm a robot, and I don't have lips or a tongue.

Yeah, I think I'll have to call a robot repair place or something, and see if they can install a whistle.

I hope they can, because today's show is all about whistles!

♪ Wimme creates all the (indistinct) ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Think of words and of rhymes ♪ ♪ That make Wilmages ♪ ♪ Please do ♪ ♪ Do, do pa-pa-pa ayo ♪ ♪ Do, da-da-da oh ♪ - [Voice Over] It's time for Wimme's Words!

(people cheering) - Ah, hey friends!

I'm glad you are here!

So, miss Sara's on the show today.

Let's get things rolling with a question.

Hey, miss Sara, I'm wondering, can you-- - Hi Wimee!

Can you say, hi Wimee?

(Danny faintly speaking) - Hi, Danny.

And Sweetie's with you!

- Sweetie's here, and Danielle's here too.

- Love it, so this question could be for any of you, all three of you.

Can any of you whistle?

- Can you whistle?

(Sara whistles) Can you whistle, Sweetie?

(Sara whistles) He can whistle really good in the morning.

- Oh, cool, I love it!

Well, thanks Sara, thanks to you all, I'll see you in a little bit later the show!

Haha, all right.

Same question for Cailyn.

Hey Cailyn, can you whistle?

- I can, but I can't.

'Cause it depends on how I do it.

'Cause sometimes it has to be during a certain time when I can whistle, but sometimes I can't.

- Oh, is it kinda like Sweetie, the bird, who like, in the morning it goes like, smoother?

- Yes, and then sometimes I can do it on accident, without trying.

Sometimes when I try, it doesn't work.

- Gotcha!

I'm still figuring it out.

Haha, well, thanks Cailyn, we'll see you later on the show!

Friends at home, here's my question for you.

What is something that you are proud to do?

I'll start with whistling.

Do you know to whistle?

How to whistle?

How to whistle?

Do you know how to whistle?

Just practice every day!

What is something you are proud to do?

I'm gonna go right back to Cailyn.

Hey, Cailyn, anything at all?

What is something you're proud to do?

- A back handspring.

- Whoa!

- Do you know how to do a back handspring?

How to do a back handspring?

How to do a back handspring?

Do you know how to do a back handspring?

Just practice everyday!

Share with me.

See, I'm still learning how to whistle.

So, I gotta just keep practicing.

Play basketball!

Do you know how to play basketball?

Play basketball?

Play basketball?

Do you know how to play basketball?

Just practice every day!

Friends, let's go find out from our friend, Moby, what he's gonna share with us today.

(upbeat music) - I can't whistle!

But I was just reading about some animals that can.

Guinea pigs whistle when they're hungry or lost.

The Walnut Sphinx Caterpillar makes a loud whistle that scares larger animals away.

So cool!

Yeah, mice whistle at a pitch so high that humans cannot hear it.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, and the Bottlenose dolphins, they each make their own unique whistle that they use as their name!

Haha, man, can you whistle?

Mm, if you had a whistle for your name, what would it sound like?

(upbeat music) - Oh, so many ways to whistle.

That's cool.

So many reasons to whistle.

Hey friends, it's time for today's one, two, Three Sentence Story.

Let's write a story in three sentences.

In the first sentence, we set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem!

Boohoo.

But don't worry friends, in the third sentence, there is a solution!

Haha, now, share with us, please, a noun.

Person, place, or thing.

Let's see where the story begins.

We're gonna go to Cailyn for the first word.

I'm finding out right now, any word at all, Cailyn?

What word are you thinking of?

- Chicken nuggets.

- Chicken nuggets!

Oh, okay, okay.

Moby, don't pay attention.

Okay, chicken nuggets.

Let's see here.

I was looking at a menu this afternoon, deciding between chicken nuggets or vegetable burritos.

There's the start of the story, friends.

We know I'm deciding on breakfast.

Is it gonna be chicken nuggets or vegetable burritos?

I already know the answer though, friends, but this is the start of our story.

And there's a problem.

Oh no!

There's a problem with cat.

Haha, indeed.

I tell you, if I've had a problem with a cat before I've had a million!

Okay, I'll stay focused.

Um, let's see here, okay.

I was deciding between chicken nuggets and vegetable burritos for lunch the other afternoon.

As I was deciding what to also order to drink, a cat came on by, and knocked over my table.

Oh no!

This is too complicated.

The table's knocked over, that's a problem.

Have you ever had a cat knock over?

I guess the table, it's pretty rare a cat knocks over a table.

So, that took this story up a notch.

Great job Wilmage board, look at that, it's coming together.

And I'm deciding on the menu, chicken nuggets, vegetable burrito, and then the cat.

How do we solve this problem?

I gotta order lunch, and have a place to eat it.

Friends, what word?

Any word at all?

Could help solve my problem?

Hmm, maybe it's something silly, maybe it's logical.

I'm gonna go to miss Sara and Tweety.

Oh, not Tweety, Sweetie.

Hey, miss Sara or Sweetie, any ideas for the third word for the solution today?

- Let me check.

- Oh.

- Sweetie, you have any ideas?

Oh, he has some ideas.

He thinks it's a good idea to have a backpack.

- Backpack is the solution!

I love it, thanks Sweetie.

(Wimee laughs) Okay, here's from the top.

I was sitting down.

Oh no, no, I didn't, that was in the second part, okay.

I was deciding what to eat between chicken nuggets or a vegetable burrito.

As I was deciding, a cat came in and knocked over the table.

Well, I decided to order a vegetable burrito.

I put it in my backpack and took it to go.

(Wimee laughs) I solved the problem.

I'm gonna invite the cat to come along with me too.

I think the cat would like the vegetable burrito.

Great job, Wilmage board.

I'll check back with you later to see what you add or rearrange in today's Wilmage, haha!

I like it.

Friends, it's time for today's Language Explorers!

(orchestral music) - Whistle in Spanish is pito, pito.

- In French, whistle is sifflet, sifflet.

- In Swahili, whistle is filimbi, filimbi.

- In ASL, or American sign language, whistle is signed, whistle, whistle.

- In German, whistle is Pfeife, Pfeife.

- Whistle in Haitian Creole is siflet, siflet.

(orchestral music ending) - Love it.

All right, friends, guess what?

Brody was out on location, and put together today's Wimee's Neighbors.

(loud orchetrsal music) - Hi, I'm Brody, and I'm here with my grandpa, Randy Waichum.

- Hello everybody.

- So, how long have you been playing basketball?

- 33 years now, coaching and playing.

- Wow, that's a long time.

When did you first start playing basketball?

- In the season of '88 and '89.

That was the year after our team won the national championship.

- [Brody] What inspired you to play basketball?

- Well, I love sports, and I was also approached by a gentleman I know, years ago, and he asked me if I felt like playing wheelchair basketball and I said, sure, I'll come out and give it a try.

And so, I just grew from there over the years, and turned into a sport where I could get a hard workout and lots of traveling around the U.S, as well as all over Canada.

- [Brody] Now, last question.

Could you show us some moves?

- I certainly can, Brody.

- Okay!

- Well, here's how we dribble.

(Randy faintly speaking) You cannot push your chair or turn it more than two times without dribbling, otherwise (faintly speaking).

(loud orchestral music ending) - Oh, that was so awesome!

Thanks Brody for going out on the road, and getting us that awesome Wimee's Neighbors!

Friends, if you wanna share someone we can interview for Wimee's Neighbors, reach out to us, let us know!

Haha!

All right.

Siblee, that fun, goofy Siblee!

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

(children cheering) - What kind of flowers can whistle?

- Mm, um, I don't know.

- Tulips!

(Siblee laughing) (Children cheering) - Siblee, you and I are both at the same level.

We're still learning.

I'm gonna keep practicing.

- [Siblee] Okay, I'll keep practicing too.

- Good, good, good.

Okay, friends, let's take a deep breath.

I invite you to breathe in.

(Wimee inhales) Hold it.

One, two, three, four.

Let it out.

(Wimee exhales) It's time for today's Slowing Down.

(soft orchestral music) Breath in again.

(Wimee inhales) Hold it.

And let it out.

(Wimee exhales) All right, friends, I have a question for you.

That edition of Slowing Down, you tell me, why was that tea kettle on an episode of whistles?

Let us know, share your thoughts.

All right, friends, we love books.

Oh, hi friends!

We love books, and it's time for Check Out This Book!

(upbeat music) - Hi friends, I have a wonderful book to share with you.

It's called the Whistle For Willie, by Ezra Jack Keats.

And it is published by New York, the Viking Press.

And this is an older story.

So, grandparents might have enjoyed it when they had little ones, but it was published in 1964.

And it's such a classic because who doesn't enjoy a summer day or love their favorite pet?

And so, this book is about Pete, and his best friend who is a dog named Willie.

And Pete wants to be able to whistle for his friend, Willie so, so much, but he doesn't know how to whistle.

So, we spend a day with Pete trying to learn how to whistle and how to make it work.

And it's a hot summer day in the city, and you get to see where he plays, and where he meets his community friends, and his dog, Willie.

And he finally masters a new skill, and that's what the book is about.

Whistle For Willie.

(upbeat music) - Haha, I'm gonna check that out, I love books by Ezra Jack Keats.

Man, 1964, that book was published.

Hey friends, anybody have any insight on why we put that tea kettle?

Mm?

Mm?

I'm gonna go check with Cailyn in a moment.

Let's find out, Cailyn, any theories you have on that tea kettle?

- I learned in school that when you have steam it can make a whistling sound.

- That's what it is!

Haha!

Wait, what about the steam?

That's what makes the whistle sound?

- Kind of, 'cause it's pushing out so hard that it has to make some sort of sound, and then it makes a high pitch sound, which makes the whistle.

- There it is!

- Ah, I love it, thanks Cailyn.

Nicely done.

All right, friends, it's time for a game.

Cailyn, and miss Sara, and Sweetie, are you ready?

We're gonna play Number Crunching!

♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, ♪ ♪ Eight, nine, 10 ♪ - All right, friends, you can play along at home.

I'm gonna pick a number between one and 10, and then Sara, you're gonna guess the number, and we'll go higher or lower till we get it.

Here we go, I'm thinking of a number.

Got it, and Sara, go!

- Um, is it seven?

- Lower.

- Three?

- Higher.

- Four?

- Higher.

- Six?

- Wait, did I?

Did I mix up at all?

I think I got mixed up.

See, I should write it down.

Oh boy.

Oh, yes!

Okay, that was our practice round.

Okay, now let's do this.

What's fun about games is, we can play in different ways.

I'm gonna change the rules now miss Sara.

You're gonna start, and then Cailyn will guess the number, and then I'll guess the number, and then Cailyn will guess the number.

So, we'll take turns on this one.

So miss Sara, you pick a number between one and 10.

Cailyn goes first.

- Right.

I already thought the number.

Cailyn, what do you think?

- Six.

- Higher.

- Uh, 10!

- Lower.

- Nine?

- Lower.

- Eight.

- Lower.

- Seven.

- Yeah!

Haha!

Great job.

Okay, Cailyn, your turn.

- I think I have the number, okay.

- Okay.

- Um, I start?

- Oh, oh, I'm sorry, I was, yeah, yeah, go for it, go for it.

- Three?

- Higher.

- Seven?

- Higher.

- Oh.

- Nine!

- Lower.

- Eight.

- You got it!

- Yay, oh, I love it.

Haha, nice.

Okay, my turn.

I'm thinking of a number between one and 10, I got it.

What you think miss Sarah?

Oh, Cailyn, you start.

Cailyn goes first.

- Six.

- Lower.

- One.

- Oh, you got it!

You went right to, yes, it was one.

(Wimee laughs) Okay miss Sara, why don't you go?

And Cailyn goes first.

- All right, done.

- Two.

- Huh?

How did you know?

(Sara laughs) - Haha, that was speed round.

(Sara faintly speaking) I love it.

All right, let's do one last round.

Okay, there it is, one last round.

Let's play between one and 5,000.

Ready?

(Wimee laughs) Just kidding.

That would not make the best for a television show, right?

- You can go forever and never.

- Yeah, I just like to, yeah, okay.

Well, I got a number between one and 10.

I got it.

And miss Sarah, go first.

- Eight - Oh, higher.

- 10.

- Oh, lower - Nine.

There it is!

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

Thanks friends for playing Number Crunching.

Do-do, I love that!

Good stuff, good stuff.

Thanks friends.

Okay, now guess what friends?

Guess what?

I'm so excited.

We've got a new friend on the show.

It's time for Kid Chat.

(orchestral music) Hey there, Elias.

- Hey.

- Welcome to the show.

- Hi.

- Excited to have you here.

Now, I understand you built a skateboard park for... Is it called the fingerboard?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, there it is.

Wow, so first, tell us about this little skateboard.

It's like a fun, little miniature skateboard, right?

- Yeah, it's pretty much the same as a normal skateboard right here.

You can see this?

- Wow, yeah.

- Um, so it has less, well, I guess I can go to specific detail.

It has little four wheels, two little bendy parts right here, the little T-shape parts, you can see are right here.

Those are called trucks, and then the stuff, the thing that holds them in place, little boxes on the bottom are called, nevermind this, those are little tighter wheel connection part of the trucks.

And then you have the deck, which is where you put your fingers like this.

- Nice.

- And yeah.

- You ride it around with your finger, right?

And you built, and you're gonna show us a skate park right?

Oh, here it comes.

Let's see.

Wow!

What inspired you to build this?

- Um, I just was watching a lot of YouTube videos on people that made it.

- Wow, that's so cool to see in action.

What did you build it out of?

- Cardboard and these, just old signs that my dad... - That's a great use of the old signs.

How long did it take to build this?

- This one probably took me about an hour, and this one, probably 30 minutes 'cause it's not really finished.

And yeah, sometimes the parts fall apart, it's kind of irritating, but you can just remake 'em.

- Well, I was just gonna ask, what do you do?

How do you repair it?

- I have a, so I have this right here.

A hot glue gun.

- Oh, wow.

- That like, squirts out really hot glue, and it like, dries and you can put stuff on it, and it will dry.

- Cool.

- And so like, it will... You can build a lot of really cool things with it, and yeah-- - I love it.

Hey, I noticed there's a cereal box.

Do you recommend eating the cereal before you build?

- Yes!

- Okay, I thought so.

(Elias faintly speaking) Hey, can we see some moves?

Let's see how do the skateboard move best on your skateboard park.

- I need a spot, it's shadier.

- Oh, it's okay, that works.

It's kinda like in life, right?

The sun is shining on the skate park.

Whoa!

Wow!

- Now, I can go on this and do some tricks too.

(Wimee faintly speaking) - I love it.

I love it!

I love it!

Well, Elias, thank you so much for showing us the awesome skate park that you built.

Will you join us for the, Find it Fast game we're about to do?

Yay!

Thanks, Elias.

All right, friends.

Woohoo!

Before we get to Find it Fast, let's go check in with the Wilmage board, and see what kinda update we got.

Wilmage board.

Whoa!

Look at that.

Oh, look at the game.

Whoa, whoa!

Score!

Two points, and the referee's gonna blow the whistle.

I'm along with the cat in my backpack, in the taxi, going to the game!

Woohoo!

Oh yeah, and there's Elias's skateboard also in the game.

Nice work, woohoo!

Wilmage board as always.

Great job.

I'm inspired.

I'm inspired by all of you friends.

All right, are you ready to play Find it Fast?

(upbeat music) Okay friends, we need to find something that starts with W!

You know, like, as in, whistle.

We need to find something round.

Oh, there's quite a few whistles that have a round shape to them, part of it.

And then find something that whistles.

Maybe it could be something that's a loud whistle, a quiet whistle.

Hmm, let's see, friends.

Cailyn, what have you found?

(Cailyn faintly speaking) - And then for something that whistles, I have a recorder.

(whistles) - Oh, I heard it.

- And then, for something that is round.

This is like a round (faintly speaking).

- Whoa, what is that cool thing?

It's round on once, it looks like a-- (Cailyn faintly speaking) I love it, I love the design.

Man, it's a sunny day all over town.

I love how the sun is filling us all up with a joyful sun.

Miss Sara and Sweetie, what have you found?

- Well, I found three whistles.

- Whoa.

- So, this one over here.

(whistles) It's a whistle.

- Yeah.

- This one, it's not a whistle, but it kind of functions as one.

- It's in the family.

(whistles) - This one goes up and down.

And then I have a third one, and he's whistling.

So, we have somebody who whistles, somebody, a whistle that starts with a W, and then this one has round things.

- Round.

I love it, that's a fun... Hey, Elias, what have you found?

- Um, well, like, I can't remember her name.

- Oh, was it miss Sara or Cailyn?

- No, Cailyn.

I have my old recorder 'cause I'm (indistinct) now, so I play like trombone.

I have something that starts with W, water, (indistinct) that's around the cup.

- It drowned, oh man.

Friends, you guys are doing such a great job.

I think we need to have, for the dance party, I think we should add recorders and whistles.

And I might just go, honk honk, on behalf of the horn.

Oh man.

Friends, I got to talking about stuff too.

I gotta be a little faster on the Find it Fast.

All right, friends, that's our show.

Oh, I always feel sad when we get to the end, but then I remind myself there's more shows to come in the future!

You can go back and watch the shows.

We are glad you're here.

Thanks for being here, and let's cue the music dance party!

And feel free to add whistles, and horns that go, honk honk, do-do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do.

Oh yeah, Elias.

Dancing, Cailyn.

Oh, I hear the whistle.

Oh, that's so cool miss Sara.

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