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okay. xxx the book if you needta refresh yourself how the story goes and stuff. you can look at the book and then decide what you wanna write. or you don't hafta do that either. yeah write him a letter? that way he can get the letter and maybe you'll hear from him? yeah. who knows? we give you two sheets of paper but y...
how's that? we'll make it easier. so you don't hafta do it. want me to help you? huh? Chi? Chi [nickname]? want m Mama to help you? it only takes two seconds. you willn't be able to get up to watch a show. so if you wanna watch it so if you wanna do this. now come on. Mama'll help you. come on. Mama'll help you write i...
[whimpers]. come on. no I mean I don't... the book is there only if you wanna use it. [tv now on in the background] car then l l. so this is what I'm sayin' 'cause usually he writes it and I look at it to see if the spelling is right... uhhuh. that's how we usually do it. hm. colors? c. c o l e r s. okay. yeah that's r...
he has got The Cricket and he has got this one out and... isn't there's another? there's three I think. [lists books by Eric Carle] oh yeah that [very busy spider book] too. he has got that one upstairs xxx. oh yeah? yeah. [describes Eric Carle's latest book; adults try to remember title] what's it called? oh yeah. cri...
but reading words I do. reading words I do though. but tell me a word and I probably could spell it for you. and I think that's where he has the problem. this is why I don't like um writin' because see right there? that's right. mhm. I have the same thing. [laughs]. [squeeking noise in background.] go on what else? I l...
thank you! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/caslw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] yeah so if you wanna refresh your memory on how it looks. dear, Eric. your book has good pictures about what the caterpillar ate. I like how it shows you what happens to a caterpillar through his life. your book very interesting. from, Ch...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/meglw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] you remember the story? dear Eric Carle. I like this book you wrote called the very hungry caterpillar. it is very bright and colorful the food with the holes in it are fun to look at. from Chi. PS did you write more book? and if you get a chance wr...
[begins to write] [clears throat]. you is blind Chi. [far away from tape recorder] huh? I'm blind? uhhuh. okay. [sounds of someone coming downstairs.] dear what's his name? Eric? yeah. Eric Carle. xxx first name. [coughs]. [sighs, coughs]. dear Eric Carle. %int: says softly to herself what are you going to write about?...
Carle... mm hungry. you wanna do the whole thing? I don't know. no I mean the word [caterpillar]. it's not gonna fit. yeah it will. hunhunh. there. okay. that was close [giggles]. okay... what does it say so far? dear Eric Carle I like this book you wr wrote called The Very Hungry Calerpitter. I mean caterpillar [laugh...
with. word. %int: whispers holes in it. xxx xxx. [Chi continues to say words softly under her breath as she writes] what did you just write? oh. you're asking if he had more. xxx www [clears throat]. you wrote p s. p s... [laughs]. p s do you have more books? have you written more. [talks with experimenter about how he...
ah. that's great. she's between the writing and the art work book for which she grow up to be... an architect. architect? yeah. art critic. yeah. thank... president. [laughs]. lady. first lady. okay [laughs]. yeah. president not first lady. okay. you want me to read it? sure. I'd love to hear it. Dear Eric Carle I like...
did you write more books? and if you get a chance write back. thank you very much! oh. good. cool. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/nedlw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] well I'd like you and your mom to write a letter to Eric Carle about his book. dear Mister Carle. I enjoyed your book for six year. I enjoyed at the e...
okay? if you need more paper it's there. xxx gonna need more papers. yeah if he just wants to use more that's fine [laughs]. [laughs]. what do we hafta write about? what? what do we hafta write about? well we'd love to see how you do that and we wanna send him... yeah that's good actually 'cause we willn't get the stre...
well print it. I don't like writing period. you don't like writing? well thanks for doing this. we appreciate it. you messed that [the ay in Carle?]. you messed in his last name. yes you can. well... two pieces? only do that one. you don't hafta use this one. that's just in case you wanted to. but if you don't wanna yo...
talk about the book. I haven't read the book in a long time. what did he eat? all the stuff. bet you wouldn't eat it. what? a lot of stuff what? xxx nothing. you see he eat like ch you Mom. I don't have nothing to write about. you could ask him how many more books he got. that's the only one I've seen. I don't know Mom...
%int: quietly turn down the t v in there. [MOT asks Sis to turn down the TV again. EXP gives SI2 some more paper to write on. Mot tells Chi to start writing on the next line. SI2 looks for a pen, and then there is a long pause. Mot says something and SI2 asks who she's referring to. Chi says it's the cat.] finished Poo...
and then what did you say? I enjoyed at the end when the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. six... that's great! seven. thank you very much. I know that... that ain't great. huh? that ain't nothing. oh... yeah I think you did a good job. I know that was difficult for you. and you didn't really wanna do it so... I appr...
they're pretty colorful. I can draw better than him. you can draw better than him? well I couldn't. I can't draw very well [laughing]. he could draw. you're a good drawer? yeah? you like to draw? yeah. well that's good. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/admlw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] you know who you're writin' a...
what did you think of his book? do you like it? yeah. think it's silly? do you think it's funny? do you think he should write some more books? why don't cha tell him what you thought about it? well what should I write? well tell me what you think. I think it was a good book. so you liked it? yeah. so why don't you tell...
[as in you made a mistake] [aft sounds of erasing] whaddyou think of this? I wanna know what you think. you tell me what you think and then I'll tell you what I think. hm? yes. Chi? Chi [first and middle name]? I thought it was awesome? [? now this to the right] %int: quietly I think you should write some other books. ...
Chi it's gonna fall through. [bef and aft lots of loud, indistinguishable noises] question. [another child enters and asks for Chi's sister, and Mot talks to her very briefly] very good. [bef Chi is busy writing, and erased once] you can read it. I did the writing. you read it. a'right. [EXP fixes microphone] dear Eric...
sincerely, Chi. you know sometimes after... actually this may seem a little young for you because we didn't visit you in ninety three. mhm. um I think there was bad weather and whatever it got canceled. mhm. so this was really things that we had kids do like two years ago? mhm. but if you could just humor me it would b...
it's just a letter to him and anything that you guys wanna put in it is fine. mhm. okay. it's really up to you. okay. uhhuh. you wanna read it or you want me to read it so you remember? you can read it. okay. well it starts off with do you remember for my sister Christa. mhm. I loved all the pictures all the time. mhm....
the caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf and after that he felt much better. now he wasn't hungry anymore and he wasn't a little caterpillar anymore. he was a big fat caterpillar. he built a small house called a cocoon around himself. he stayed inside for more than two weeks then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon ...
it depends... so it all depends on a year to year thing. right. I see. exactly. mhm. so um we'd love to see how they're doing in middle school. mhm. [MOT and EXP continue to talk about how long the study will go on; this is followed by a long pause and then more conversation about the future of the study; Chi can be he...
okay. dear Eric Carle. I've read your book. I think it is fun to read. the caterpillar eats too much. the butterfly is colorful. from, Chi. well. your mom has this book that you've seen before. like what you said you've read a million times. um and what we'd like um you to do is to write a letter to Eric Carle who is t...
[MOT wonders if there is a right-side-up to the paper, or if it doesn't matter how the paper is oriented] oh yeah. it doesn't matter. [referring to the orientation of the paper] no. it does matter 'cause you put your sincerely Chi down here. [referring to the orientation of the paper] so you wanna start the paper off l...
that's a big mess. oh yeah. it is. [laughs]. that's what my last year's teacher taught me. those j-s? no there's nothin' wrong with the j but after yyy yyy there's no a r y. [after Janu] oh! oh. you hafta make that right. oh. u a. [MOT is helping with the spelling] a r y. there you go. can we rent the game? after. no I...
is that his name? Carl Earle or Earl Carle? [laughs]. [laughs]. it's Carle. it's Eric Carle. oh Eric Carle? [laughs]. [laughs]. problem with last names that are first names. [laughs]. Carle Earle [chuckles]. %int: under her breath. dear Eric Carle. okay. c a r l e. yeah? comma. now just write him a nice little letter. ...
yeah they probably do. they get sore after an hour. yeah I told you. I've been telling you for years you don't hafta press so hard. I read your book... [suggesting what Chi should write; pause of :11 follows as Chi writes] there should probably be a comma after I read your book. I think... [suggesting again] [Chi leans...
let's go. wait. tell him more. dear Eric Carle. I've read your book I think it's fun to read. %int: slow and stocatto, singsong go ahead. %int: encouraging tell him more. just wanna say somethin' about how much he eats? the caterpillar's fat. [laughs]. [laughs]. [laughs]. the caterpillar eats too much. go ahead. whatev...
oh you press so hard. ease up. you make your hand hurt. [pause of :13 follows as Chi writes] how many o-s in too? for too much? oh! eats too... there's three different too. yeah. that one... you had it. that's right. too much. oh yeah. too much. too much. it's too much. [pause of :1 follows as Chi writes] uh oh. look a...
he has a friend Mutchler. with a t. [Chi blows away erasings] okay goodbye. the caterpillar eats too much. blah blah blah blah blah. goodbye. I'm just gone. [laughs]. [laughs]. you'll spell blah blah blah blah blah? uhhuh. [chuckles]. all I'll do is put lines. [laughs]. well you got lines there. [laughs]. like the way ...
yeah! there you go. I wonder why they call butterflies butterflies 'cause they're not made outta butter. you're right. I wonder which came first. butter or butterflies? probably butter. [pause of : follows a Chi writes] butterfly or wings flapping? that's right. now f l y. [pause of :3 follows as Chi writes] [televisio...
I read your book. I think it's fun to read. the caterpillar eats too much [laughing]. the butterfly is colorful. from Chi [Chi's first and last names]. thanks! where? it's funny. you write big and your brother writes little. yeah. they are very different people. for me to write a story if I hafta do a report? uhhuh. if...
Chi. and if you want I guess... I wanna write one too. no you don't. [giggles]. you wanna get out of here please. where's the best place for you to write? doesn't matter. doesn't matter. well if you want a good surface. I don't know. what's a good surface? well my xxx. where's that egg? I found it. [laughs]. you know t...
mm! on Saturday he ate through one? one? %int: soft piece. piece of... what's the picture of Chi? cake. mhm. crack ca cake. yeah. one... one ice cream... [Chi leaves out the word cone] one pickle... mhm. one one... use the picture sa... one of slice of salami. yeah. one woo la... one. lick. lick a lollipop. one... one ...
sausage one cupcake and one slice of watermelon. alright! oh but the... [sighs]. he's gonna get fat and go in a giant cocoon! the next day was Sunday. again the caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf and after that he felt much better. oh God! he's fat! [Chi can be heard turning the page to see how fat the caterpi...
[giggles]. you know the story so well. he was a beautiful butterfly. [laughs]. I was right. howddya guess? whodda thought? dunno know. who knows? so given the fact that you've just read it again do you think you could try writing Mister Carle a brief note? uh yes. uh yes? okay. what happened to the pencil that I gave y...
so it's recording everything but for some reason if it's really loud like www or loud [speaks loudly] it'll xxx. [makes a really loud noise, maybe clapping her hands] oh. does that make xxx? there you go xxx. okay [whispers]. I know it's the right story. hm? what's this guy's name again? Eric. %int: whispers [whispers]...
[MOT answers the phone] look. nice. do you wanna say anything else? books. books? so you've read more than one of his books. yeah. see my brother gets friends though I guess they're coming over [whispers]. [MOT talks on the phone in the background] they don't come over? they are! they are coming over. yeah [quietly]. w...
now write it [laughing]. now write it down for her. [giggles]. say you were gonna write a letter to your aunty Em or somebody. tell everything that's happens okay? [talking to someone else in the house] t h e y or y e? well what word you're trying to spell. there. t h r e. t h r there... no t h r e... I'm sorry t h e r...
f o o d. double o. f o o d? right. %int: soft period. mhm. [could be EXP] so xxx made the cocoon and turned into a butterfly? yeah. okay. did you [? you can] look the words up in the book. I got one day off [giggles]. [MOT and EXP talk briefly about how Mot's day off went by quickly. Chi asks what time EXP will be leav...
no it is the end of the sentence. [laughs]. [giggles]. it has food in it period. now you're startin' a whole new oow sentence that hasta be a capital letter very good. [giggles]. has a fat... a fat caterpillar. [MOT and siblings talk in the background.] has a fat caterpillar [sing song]! hey xxx kitty. she loves you. y...
write your full name. [giggles]. [mumbles] t i l m. right? t i m... Chi you know how to spell our name. no no no no. [Chi had written Gilmt] what? you spell your name all the time right on your school papers why are you messing up now? no I don't. yes you do. no I write t i n. a. g i l m a r. then t i n. mhm. m a r the...
you wanna draw a picture? I brought some markers so while I'm talking with your mom maybe you can draw some pictures. yeah. you can include it if you want. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/rillw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] xxx letter to him? dear Mister Carle. I have read your book The Hungry Caterpillar. it tells ...
go ahead. [laughs]. [laughs]. you doin' xxx. hm [chuckles]. and then xxx? yeah. huh? remember when he ate through xxx each day he ate through a different piece of fruit? hm. xxx writin' the letter to him? wanna look at the end first? sit down here and we xxx. you hafta write... whaddya write when you start a letter? re...
huh? I read it? I have right? there's a name here so you can copy it. it's a book so each letter hasta be capitalized. no you need a dash! very good! oh no that's sposta be lower case. xxx write to him that day. [laughs]. [laughs]. xxx you're gonna hafta put period aft' the sentence. whaddya wanna tell him about the hu...
how to count. teaches you how to count. put a comma. can you spell teaches? yep. teaches. %int: whispered uh c o u n t. you knew huh? uhuh they say you wrote it. c o u n t. like that? no. you didn't. look it. t. c o u. o u why did you... you had it c o n t and then you changed it to s... [as Mot says this, Chi erases] ...
you missed a bunch o' stuff. read it. %int: said a little more forceful the second time read it loud. [aft loud banging noise] what's that? that was the oil man leaving. [aft in the background the oil man yells all set] okay! [$=2 yelled to the oil man] thank you! [aft the oil man says okay] turns is wrong. [sigh]. you...
see it doesn't make sense. read your sentence back. teaches you how the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. mom come on. %int: high pitched, pleading voice well you'll be almost done after that. and then you can tell him you liked the book. sincerely Chi [first and last name]. right? teaches. yeah there you go. oh 'kay...
[laughs]. u r n s. %int: whispered into. a. to. mhm. a butter. 'kay. [Chi lays down pencil] can you read it? put... and then you wanna tell 'im I really liked your book. right? didya like it? mhm. hm you put sincerely down here 'cause you're writ' a letter. what? sincerely or thank you. wan' put thank you? thank you. [...
all done? mhm. yeah? all done? great. thank you. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/dialw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] so what I can do is I can give you this [The Very Hungry Caterpillar book]. dear Eric Carle. I like that book Debbie Lastname. do you remember the story Chi? hm. well that's... I xxx. do you wanna loo...
okay. uh what would you like to write? you gotta start off with dear. up! [refers to where on the line paper Chi should write dear] how you spell dear? d e a r. Eric. [aft telephone rings] oh wait a minute. loud huh? I hate that noise? excuse me. [from a distance] [MOT on the telephone in the background for the next tw...
%int: matter-of-factly leave a little more space between your... no t h. a? that's right. %int: lightly wait a minute Chi. t h a... t? yeah. you forgot the t. mhm. book okay. that's all. that's all? %int: shocked mhm. well do you wanna sign it maybe? so he knows who it is from? because ya know how when you write a lett...
thank you. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/aprmd7.cha = = = the first word is bicycle what is a bicycle? a bicycle is a two wheeled riding apparatus. good okay and a bird what's a bird? a bird is a little furry animal that flies. okay and a clock. a clock is something that shows you the time. and a diamond what'...
okay. and bird. bird is a um I think it's an animal I don't know like animal versus fish but it's an animal with wings and it has feathers some fly some don't. okay thanks. and clock. clock is something that tells the time. mhm and a diamond. is a girl's best friend [laughs]. [laughs]. you don't know how many times we ...
okay and thief. um someone that takes something that doesn't belong to them. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/jammd7.cha = = = bicycle what is a bicycle? um it's got two wheels um that go around um how do you describe a bicycle with metal bars and a seat. the next word's a bird what's a bird? it's an animal somet...
[Ellen talks to Andrew and asks him not to answer] well there's two different kinds of nails there's a fingernail and there's a nail you use to hang up an object on a wall or... [Andrew interrupts by saying or you use a screwdriver with.] right good the last word is thief www what's a thief? someone who steals things. ...
what's a donkey? um like a horse smaller small horse. okay and the alphabet? letters a through z. okay and hat what's a hat? something you wear on your hear to keep warm. mhm and a knife. sharp object used for cutting. and a nail. uh and not as in fingernail a nail together with a hammer can hold something together [la...
um hat something you wear on your head um either to keep warm or decorative made out of different materials. okay knife. knife uh a utensil used in cutting food I guess. how bout nail. who? nail. nail uh a fingernail or does it matter? doesn't matter. okay um a nail is usually a piece of metal that is useta build um di...
and a nail what's a nail? nail either way oh a nail is a form of skin that goes out of your fingers. okay and the last one is thief what's a thief? somebody I don't like very much he steals from you [laughs]. okay good. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/rasmd7.cha = = = and the first one is bicycle what's a bicycl...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/aimmd7.cha = = = first word is bicycle. what's a bicycle? a bicycle is um a two wheel vehicle that you ride and pedal. okay, what's a bird? um a bird have wings and can fly. okay, a clock. a clock has um numbers and xxx with two hands and tell time. Good, uh diamond. what's a diamo...
what's a thief? feet? thief. thief oh, thief is someone that steals [laughs]. A person that steals. A thief is a person that steals. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/catmd7.cha = = = and the first one's bicycle what's a bicycle? something you ride. okay and a bird. something that flies [laughs]. clock. tells time...
depends on which kind you're talking about you hammer it into the wall or the ones on my fingers [laughs]. okay and thief. thief? thief. someone who steals. someone who steals okay. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/melmd7.cha = = = bicycle what's a bicycle? it's a thing with wheels and handlebars and pedals that ...
uhhuh and a thief. someone who steals. great that's it for that part. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/ethmd7.cha = = = I just want you to tell me what each word means and the first word is bicycle. bicycle bicycle um a vehicle with two wheels um nothing much else to say about it. okay what's a bird? a bird is um...
alright the first one is bicycle. the meaning? mhm mhm like what is a bicycle? piece of equipment two wheels three wheels something for children to ride on or exercise. okay and a bird what's a bird? an animal that flies wings and a beak. okay and a clock what is a clock? um a piece of machinery that tells you the time...
it's a two wheeled bike what's a bicycle? it's a two wheeled bike [laughs]. okay yep what's a bird? an animal. uhhuh what's a clock? time. uhhuh and a diamond what's a diamond? jewelry [laughs]. and a donkey? I dunno a mule. and the alphabet what's the alphabet? [Chi says letters.] yeah letters xxx. hat what's a hat? w...
let's act like we have some common sense. mommy why you hafta have a recorder on? because it's for Chi's project with Harvard. and they wanna see how families have dinner together. Chi get your elbows off the table please. they're not on the table [laughs]. Bro please don't crunch like that. [mutters and laughs] so tom...
math. and you're stayin' for what? %add: Chi homework club. so when you come home your homework will be done. if no one comes in there interrupting like they did last time. okay. xxx [? Nina Cohens] um Tamika came in there. and you're going to um you're going to get your hair done Friday. I guess okey dokey. Bro please...
[coughs]. xxx xxx [mutters]. xxx xxx. please. please. so what do you think about Gianna? ain't she look like a little butterball turkey? I like her face and her cheeks. that little round xxx. got too much hair. she has too much hair? has too much hair. girls don't have too much hair [laughing]. nobody wouldn't say I ha...
she's gonna be in college! when she's twenty something? she better be graduating from college. yeah that's what I mean. nineteen twenty twenty one, twenty two. by time she's twenty two she better be out o' college and buying her a house! m a car. house comes first. yeah. can't wash in a car. you can sleep in one [laugh...
when? when you twenty something. [laughs]. somethin' somethin'. you gonna be doin' a little somethin' somethin'? how 'bout for you? if you can get through this year and bring that math up I'll be fine. I can't wait 'til I get my t v. %int: slightly sing-song haha. hm [sighs]. here we go again with the t v. me and my bi...
Chi. Bro. whose? we're missin' yours! %add: MOT [laughs]. mine [laughs]? I think it's Bro's what do you think Chi? %int: laughing Bro's [laughs]. two against one. [laughs]. [laughs]. xxx oh no. two against one. %int: laughing and don't forget to soak the frying pan. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/jebmd7.cha = =...
alphabet is the oh man the symbols that we use to form words with. [Chi announces the book he has chosen.] [Mot tells Chi to go that she will see him a few minutes.] and hat. hat is something you put on your head to keep your head warm or to look cool and um it's a piece of clothing I guess. okay and a knife. a knife i...
mhm and a nail. um a nail is something you hammer into something else to make it stay together. uhuh and a thief. a thief? thief yep. um somebody that steals something. right okay great! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/jenmd7.cha = = = the first one's bicycle what's a bicycle? a two wheeled vehicle. two wheeled ...
something you bang in. and a thief. someone who steals. okay great! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/maymd7.cha = = = so just tell me when I say these words what they mean bicycle like what is a bicycle? something that you ride. okay and what is a bird? somethin' that flies in the sky. mm kay and a clock what's a...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/kevmd7.cha = = = the last one is uh we have asked the children to do this one also um we've asked them to give us uh the definition or tell what this word means um in your own words and uh it will be okay. the first one is bicycle. in my own words the definition of bicycle. what's...
yeah no yeah one is. yeah one is the cross but I don't know a donkey is a long eared longed legged fluffy tailed animal. okay. the next one is alphabet. What's the alphabet? letters. okay. the next word is hat. what's a hat? what's a hat? it's a head covering. okay. the next one is knife. what's a knife? a knife is a c...
yeah it flies has wings and feathers. and a clock what's a clock? tells time has hands and a face sounds like a person. and a diamond what's a diamond? it's either a shape or a jewel. okay that's right and a donkey what's a donkey? [Amanda is sitting there with them and she says it's an animal. Both Petra and Kathy tel...
it's somethin' you read to tell time. uhhuh a diamond. it's on my finger with the ring [laughs] it's a stone. it's nice uhhuh and donkey. uh it's an animal it is a mule. alphabet. those are all the letters that we use to write words. hat what's a hat? you wear it on your head. uhhuh knife. you cut food with it or other...
a donkey is an animal. uhhuh the alphabet? the alphabet is from a to z. mhm and what's a hat? a hat is somethin' you wear on your head. uhhuh knife. knife is somethin' you cut something with. uhhuh and a nail? a nail is something you hammer into something to keep it together. okay and a thief. a thief is somebody that ...
yeah alphabet. a um list of letters. hat hat. uh clothing worn on the head. something sorry something that is worn on the head? yeah. is that what you said? okay uh knife. no clothing worn on the head is what I said. okay clothing worn on okay uh knife. tool for cutting. nail. uh tool for joining together [laughs]. oka...
uh the letters that make up the words for the English language. okay and a hat what's a hat? an object that you wear on your head. knife. something you can cut with. and what's a nail? it's something you pound to put boards together or something. mhm and a thief. someone who steals. okay great thanks. = = = childes/CH...
mhm and the last one thief what's a thief? um somebody who takes things that doesn't belong to them. mhm mhm great! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/bobmd7.cha = = = bicycle what's a bicycle? it's a two wheeled man powered vehicle. [MOT leaves to put her younger son who is crying in his room for a nap.] [MOT and ...
well the first one's bicycle what's a bicycle? what is a bicycle? mhm. a two wheeled vehicle um you know to ride on for fun. okay great bird what's a bird? um um I can't xxx [laughs embarassedly] it's um an um an an um animal that gen generally flies sings. uhhuh a clock what's a clock? um an instrument useta keep time...
clock what's a clock? a clock a means of tellin' time can be analog or digital. a diamond. a diamond is a girl's best friend um beautiful brilliant and sparkly. okay and a donkey what is a donkey? a donkey is a creature on four legs big ears is pretty good at haulin' people and things around and stubborn. [laughs] good...
okay and an alphabet what's the alphabet? it's a um letters ranging from a to z that help distinguish language and words and things like that linguistics I don't know. okay great and the next word is hat what is a hat? something you put on your head to keep warm. okay and a knife? something you cut up meat with and hop...
xxx you can recite it! [MOT asks ZAC to take the cat off the table.] um what if you could give what is... letters. okay uh hat what is a hat? something to keep your head warm or look pretty in. [ZAC defines hat while his mother is by saying it is something to keep your head dry.] uh knife what's a knife? something to c...
mhm and donkey what's a donkey? donkey oh a mule um when I hear donkey I remember goin down the Grand Canyon and there's the donkey rides. [talk about mother's trip to the Grand Canyon.] okay alphabet what's the alphabet? oh um the basis of our language um I dunno that's all. okay hat what's a hat? hat um clothing some...
uh clock. a clock. some device that uh helps you tell time I suppose. okay. diamond. diamond. don't diamonds come from uh pearls or is related to pearls? something that people use as a jewel. it's a jewel I guess. okay. donkey. donkey. an animal that people use for heavy loads. yep. alphabet. letters. hat. hat? some um...
thief? I don't know what you expect me to say when you say thief [laughs]. uh. a dishonest person. yeah. someone that steals in our past. okay great. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/MD/jammt7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] well fine then I'm leavin'. come on you have a seat. oh okay. if I can xxx tonight so guys stay [? ...
how was school? good. did you eat all your candy? [tape made the day after Halloween] no. there's still some candy in there. hm. [sighs]. what? what? three? no [laughs]. five nope t ten I think. he said you didn't have a break. there it is! I willn't cry. any Munchkins left? nope. oh [laughs]. what are you talkin' abou...
I don't have dinner xxx. come on. [tape cuts] [hums] how's your xxx? that's good. [drumming fingers on table] found your key I see. yeah. hey stop boring me [laughs]. I've been doin' that all day. [laughs]. [laughs]. you know like in The Princess Bride they got the horn and... no I was late meeting Fat? and I said oh g...
marumba! I really wanna see Judge Dredd. [probably drops something] eek! you almost took out my foot. with this thing. hey you could've hit the um the www [blabbering sound]. [can't think of word] really? M and Ms. there's M and Ms there. I know. I thought fake blood was really corny. and I wish like I hadn't worn the ...
[probably takes out the list] I hided it. it's a big list. Christmas list I want. oh it's only like that big. it's just the size of the paper that's big. hey Mom. do you like Marvin xxx? what about xxx don't you? mhm. no I'm just anything. um there's this video game called Caz Escapes from Mars. it's for Genesis and Ga...
Sears catalog where else? %int: teasing [laughs]. Sears doesn't have that much in the way of toys. Sears doesn't xxx its catalog anymore. oh. yes they do. not like they useta. [sighs]. hey look [laughs]. I'm tryin' to help you. I can't see. I hate it when I hafta. mhm. yeah. okay okay. second list says Dune two or Dune...
okay um is this high strung thing. it's a radar controlled car and there's the Stunt Foster Sixtieth radio controlled car. and um Creepy Crawlers um Creator Pack deluxe set seventeen ninety nine? choose from X men Spiderman and Batman Forever which will go along with the Creepy Crawlers Workshop. do you have Santa's Fa...
%int: mimicking Chi it was two hours and a half. no it wasn't. what does it say on the box? it doesn't say how long it is. ninety seven minutes. [probably reading from video case] where does it say that? on the top. well see on the tv it says two three o zero zero. can't go by that. when it ended. why can't you go by t...
there was nine... oh wow yeah he musta had nine 'cause there's none left. [laughs]. aw. those sleazes. it was nine. so he had four and big guy had five. well I only fed him two mice. I mean he shouldn't be goin' through more than two mice for a few days. xxx them two times. the same day. well no. that's not really cool...