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now this [flat silver circle] isn't a magnet? [MOT and Chi are playing separately now; Mot is talking to herself, or Chi is not paying any attention to Mot] no. the ball [red ball] is a magnet. [laughs]. that's what it is. [play noises]. [lifts the black base with objects stuck to it high into the air, and then puts it back onto the table] that's [black base with magnets stuck to it randomly] a car accident when everybody goes into each other. [laughs]. [sings]. here. [places flat silver circle on top of objects on black base] it's [flat silver circle] not sticking. watch! give me that [silver circle]. [holds silver circle and touches yellow wand to it; they stick to each other] xxx yeah well watch this right here [yellow wand and silver circle sticking to each other]. now do this. [places silver circle on top of the objects on the black base] see if it [yellow wand] will stick on to here [nut placed on silver circle]. [MOT picks up a nut; Chi places the yellow wand onto the silver circle before Mot can put the nut on] [laughs]. [removes yellow wand from silver circle and places nut on top of silver circle] I know. watch it. [puts yellow wand on top of nut] [laughs]. [picks up black base, and all the objects stuck to it, with with the yellow wand and turns it upside down; the objects remain stuck to the base] wh:oa!
like the magnets [? I like that magnet]. [buzzing noise]. we're gonna crash! [brings base magnet down onto table and removes pieces from it] [crashing noises]. [buzzing noises]. Ma I just want wanna see somethin' Ma. please? I wanna have the men [silver men]. and the ball [red ball]. there was only four men [silver men]? what happened to them [referent unclear, presumably the silver men or the magnetic objects in general]? here's [on the bottom of the black base] a man [silver man]. back here [on the bottom of the black base]. [pulls silver man off the bottom of the black base] where did all the men [silver men] go? five men [silver men]? that was it [all the silver men]? whoops! what? did you see that [referent unclear]? what? watch [laughs]. [MOT slides a washer toward the black base; before actually touching the base, the washer is pulled to the base] no. it [washer] flies off. gimme the ball [red ball]. watch. [silver men are lined up on the table, shoulders to feet, and the red ball is at one end of the line] use this [yellow wand].
watch. no watch. gather. [places yellow wand at the end away from the red ball and picks up several silver men, leaving one silver man and the red ball on the table] why is it [yellow wand] taking them [silver men] all away but it's [yellow wand] not taking... [lifts up yellow wand with several silver men attached and hanging from it] Rudolph the Red... [bef tries to pick up the red ball and the last silver man again; the ball and last silver man are lifted and Chi holds up the yellow wand with all the men and the ball attached] %int: singing that's [yellow wand] pretty strong. Chi look at this. [the green plastic turtle sits on a flat red lego piece, which in on the black base; at the end of the black base, next to the turtle's head, MOT has placed two silver sticks in a v-shape and they look like tv antennas] I think he's [turtle] watching t v. [laughs]. [laughs]. no there's [referent unclear]... look. [places a flat, square, checker-board magnet in between the v-shape of the silver sticks so that it looks more like a television set] [laughs]. show it [turtle] to the camera now. hm! a t v set! the new and improved t v set. [play noises]. [picks up a nut with the string of silver men and the yellow wand] look at this [yellow wand with the silver men, red ball, and nut attached]. [motor noises]. [Chi is pretending that he is working with a crane, or another similar machine which moves objects from one place to another] hm. xxx!
[motor noises]. there we go. [drops nut off the end of the silver man chain] just step on it [washer]. [Chi is trying to pick up a washer; it barely attaches to the silver man at the end, but won't stay on] [laughs]. he [silver man] willn't [laughing]... too heavy. [MOT refers to the washer which Chi is trying to pick up] [buzzing noise]. sta starts getting too heavy. [buzzing noise]. xxx is it [referent unclear]? [Mot picks up a round, flat, magnetic piece and moves it toward the last silver man on Chi's chain] [the last silver man is knocked off Chi's chain; in moving the chain away from Mot's round piece, the red ball attaches to the black base magnet and also comes off Chi's chain] hey! took everything [last silver man and red ball] off. [picks red ball off base and silver man off table] watch. lemme do it [put red ball and silver man back onto chain]. [sings]. [play noises]. xxx xxx. look. [Chi has re-attached silver man and the red ball; the silver man hangs upside down and the red ball is attached to one of the silver man's hands] he's [silver man] holding it [red ball] with his [silver man's] hand. [laughs]. [laughs]. it [red ball] fell [laughing]. [bef the red ball was attracted to a nut on the black base and detached from Chi's chain]
[re-attaches the red ball] Mr Strong Man [laughing] risking his life! [holds chain up high] [Mr Strong Man refers to the last silver man who holds the red ball with one hand] hm. help! %int: the voice of Strong Man he's [Strong Man] hanging on by one leg. [Strong Man is attached to another silver man in the chain by one leg] help! %int: Strong Man's voice [phone rings] that's [ringing phone] alright. that's the answering machine. [lowers chain to black base] hey! [red ball has detached from the chain of silver men] look. [picks up red ball from the black base and tries to re- attach it to the chain of silver men] hey! [a silver man detaches from the chain and sticks to the red ball] look Ma. [Chi calls Mot's attention to the chain of silver men where the last silver man is just holding on by one hand] Ma. [laughs]. you can xxx [laughing]. here. [picks up a flat round piece] put it [flat round piece]... no.
put this [a nut] on. see if this [flat round piece] works. [MOT and Chi each want to attach different pieces to the end of the chain] alright. will it [flat round piece stick]? no too heavy. come on man. try this [a flat, black, round piece]. [puts the flat, black, round piece up next to the chain and knocks one or two of the silver men off] nice call. [sings]. [tries to attach the fallen silver men back onto the chain, but they don't stick, and one falls] oh! oh my stomach hurts. now where's this [red ball]. gimme that [a silver man]. gimme this [a silver man]. no that [red ball] doesn't magnetize onto that [round flat black piece]. [MOT holds round flat piece in the palm of her hand and places the red ball on top of the round flat piece to see if they stick to each other; Chi is trying to remake his chain] gimme that red ball. and then gimme back that [referent unclear]... this one [referent unclear]. [holds out hand with a small piece in it] this [triangle] is too heavy. no the other one [referent unclear]! the pl... this [flat round piece]. [picks up flat round piece and tries to attach it to chain] hm. [laughs].
here. try this [triangle]. no it's too heavy. try this [washer]? try to get another circle [washer]. [laughs]. [the chain now holds two washers at the end] they're [washers] risking all their lives out here. I think it's [washer] too heavy. yep. not enough [magnetic force] left in it [chain]. no wait. do like this. [picks up third washer and attaches to the side of the chain, closer to the yellow wand, instead of to the end of the chain] now try this. watch. try this [triangle] now. watch. no watch. go like this. [puts triangle on the side of the chain; the round flat piece, which is on the other side, detaches suddenly] [laughs]. [laughs]. it [round flat piece] went up my sleeve. watch. [play noises]. [other pieces fall off the chain; Chi disassembles the chain] %int: $=2 play voice help! xxx!
watch. [bangs the yellow wand on a place mat to remove pieces, then removes pieces by hand] let me do it [referent unclear] again. watch. I wanna show you something better. know what they use that [yellow wand] for? what? Bingo. yeah? yeah. [laughs]. [buzzing noises]. oh watch Ma. [places silver men on the yellow wand] pick up all the chips. come on buddies [silver men]! %int: $=2 play voice hold on. [yawns]. 'cuse me. whoa! you got a bunch of these [orange man]. all downstairs. %int: $=3 play voice come on buddies [silver men]! hold on! don't worry we will. %int: voice of silver men [continues placing silver men on the yellow wand] look at this [new chain of silver men hanging from yellow wand] Ma.
mhm. now look! [Chi again calls Mot's attention to his new chain of silver men] Ma! gimme that guy [silver man in Mot's possession]. [play noises]. [holds the silver man up to the end of the silver-man chain on the yellow wand, trying to get it to attach] let's see if he [silver man] can make it [attach to the other silver men in the chain]. can he [silver man]? [laughs]. and... yes! [the silver man attaches and hangs by one leg] [laughs]. [laughs]. he's [most recently attached silver man] tryin' to hold on for dear life. do what we did last time. [takes red ball from Mot's hand and tries to attach it to the silver man at the end of the chain] whoops. [the ball did not attach, and the silver man at the end fell off] [laughs]. here. [picks up fallen silver man] I'll put him [silver man] by his hands. hold on. [attaches silver man so that he is attached by two hands onto the previous silver man in the chain] [dangles silver-men chain over the red ball; it attaches to the chain] let's see if he can do the chips [washers]. xxx one. [picks up a washer with chain]
and yes! [picks up a second washer with the chain] %int: high-pitched voice [the chain hanging from the yellow wand is now composed of five silver men, the red ball, and two washers] try another one [a washer]? yeah. know what. here. try this [referent unclear]. this [referent unclear] is... [picks up an object from the table and places it in the palm of her hand for Chi to pick up with the chain; the object isn't shown on the video] no gimme this [thin circle magnet]. no. see if this [referent unclear] is lighter. [is referring to something she is holding in her hand] or strong enough. hm? it's [referent unclear] not magnetic. inside it [referent unclear] is... [puts object down onto black base] wait sh. watch. [puts a triangle onto the side of the chain] look. watch. [puts the purple star onto the side of the chain which causes other pieces to fall off] oh! [laughs]. way too much. come back her mean little magnet.
[bends over to pick up magnets which fell onto the floor] these [magnets] are cool. ah! dumdadum. %int: low pitch, said slowly [holds turtle and moves it across the table] look Ma. [Chi calls Mot's attention the the turtle] Ma. dumdadum. %int: low pitch, said slowly [holds turtle and moves it across the table] wait! [MOT picks up the black base and Chi suddenly grabs onto it as well] put everything metal... [removes objects from the black base] right? put it [metal objects] all one spot. a'right? I put it all in the circle [flat silver circle]. throw everything [metal pieces] on [silver circle]. gotta keep on throwin' it [metal pieces] on [silver circle]. ready? watch. this [referent unclear] is gonna be fun. even the men [silver men] on it [silver circle]. [picks up the black base] this [referent unclear] is gonna be fun. don't! [Chi doesn't want Mot to pick up the pile of objects with the black base]
not yet! not yet. just take the things [metal pieces] off [black base]. please. please. watch. [continues piling objects onto the silver circle] [unclear what Chi wants Mot to watch] put all the men [silver men] and it's [pile of metal objects] done. [laughs]. did you see that? [a paper clip about six to eight inches away slid toward the black base and jumped onto it] watch. [sets the paper clip onto the table again; the paper clip jumps onto the black base] [Chi does not look] Chi watch. look over here [by paper clip and black base] and watch. [laughs]. [laughs]. look [laughs]. [does the same thing again] wait. [grabs black base from Mot] watch. put everything magnetized... look. [picks up yellow wand and uses it to pick up a few pieces from the pile of objects] don't! %int: very loud and frustrated come on Ma!
[laughs]. I didn't want you to do that [pick up objects from pile]! I'm trying to do something. [picks up pieces from the pile with the yellow wand again] to make... come on! [tries to grab the yellow wand from Mot, but is unable to do so] [laughs]. [laughs]. [Chi puts body in front of Mot to prevent her from getting to the pile, but Mot can reach around Chi and does] leave it [pile of objects] alone! don't Ma. here. [hands a metal object to Chi] would you just please leave it [pile of metal objects] alone? just lay it [black base] down on top [of pile of objects] and see if it [black base] lifts the whole thing [pile of objects] up. that's what I'm planning to do! %int: loud I do things. %int: low, deep voice [short buzzing noise]. oh wait. [places a triangle onto the pile] [act=places the black base on top of the pile and lifts it up]. [Chi holds the black base up in the air with several chains of objects dangling down from it] [laughs]. [laughs]. look at the man [silver man]! [points to a silver man near the black base] [it's unclear what is so interesting about the silver man Chi is indicating]
[laughs]. [laughs]. whoops! [pieces fall from the black base] [laughs]. oh caramba! ah! [vocalization]. [puts the black base back onto the table as if it were crashing] way to go Chi. [laughs]. what a grand finale there. [video tape ends] [laughs]. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/greet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] okay. so what we have here... um are all these. uh toys. [continues to talk about the magnets and where to put them] we'd like you to sorta play with 'em for a couple minutes or so. and just kinda talk and play and... they're all magnets. [coughs]. see what the two of you can do together with 'em. [magnets and black base are set up on the middle of the couch] they're magnets. xxx them.
take all these little pieces off first so you could xxx. [reaches over and begins to pull magnets off the black base] let's see what you got. are these little people? the idea is not to hit your mother. [laughs]. it's [yellow wand] like a big toothbrush. you know what I mean? it's all magnets. yeah. Trina [cat]. you're not sposta be here. %add: cat don't touch that. %int: $=2 whispered no. hm. what are these [magnets]? [pulls objects off black base] you be a good girl Trina. [coughs]. let's see. [begins stacking magnetic balls on top of one another on black base] 'oop! [Chi's stack of balls falls over] it's all gonna fall over. let's see. maybe you wanna put them side by side. [picks up balls that were stuck together on the couch and puts them on the black base] these ones [balls from couch].
whoop'. look at! [refers to the plastic magnet balls she has just placed on the black base] 'oop! [picks up horseshoe magnet and holds it over plastic magnet balls on black base] that's [horseshoe magnet] too big. look. [holds the horseshoe magnet in one hand and the silver ballin the other and moves her hands toward each other] I know. it's [horseshoe magnet?] too big. [drops silver ball] this [yellow wand] I think this one's [yellow wand] stronger. see there. %add: $=2 cat what's that xxx? [MOT is holding a magnet in front of the cat who has come back into the camera view] Ma look at! [Chi has stuck the yellow want to the black base] right? I'm gonna let go of it. Trina could you get your face outta there please? thank you! watch this one. [pulls yellow wand from black base] whoa! [yellow wand has been pulled back on to black base] Ma watch. [moves yellow wand away from base; uses it to pick up a plastic magnet ball from the base and then replaces it] hm. that's somethin'.
told you. she's [cat] gonna get right in there. [laughs]. look at these little people Trina. %add: $=4 cat [holds up a silver man in front of cat] right there. see the little people? yeah. see if I can... [clears objects off yellow wand] aw! I know what I can do. [coughs]. you still sound bad though. %add: EXP [talks about cough] is that [plastic teddy bear] a magnet? [holds tip of yellow wand over plastic teddy bear] no uh. I don't think so. nope. it's [plastic teddy bear] plastic. all the other things seem to be metal. mom what's this [referent unclear]? seems to be directly xxx. if you can pull it [referent unclear]. see if you can pull that [blue magnet arrow?]. I think this [black base?] is too heavy for it. try this one [blue magnet arrow].
[picks up arrow and holds it up] hm. this'll [blue arrow?] stick to it [black base?]. but this [blue arrow?] is just too heavy a piece. see if this [silver stick] works. [drops silver stick on black base; it bounces some before sticking] [coughs]. 'oop! kinda like a refrigerator magnet. [hands Chi a washer] what? [places another washer on silver stick which is sticking straight up from the black base] that [washer?] willn't... [picks up washer and places it on the yellow wand which he is holding in his right hand] that's [washer] not sticking. [picks up washer and throws it onto the big silver circle on the black base] [vocalization]. [attempts to balance washer on top of silver stick; it falls] 'oop! two pieces. [tries to stand the silver stick up straight again on the base; it falls] ah! [tries again and is sucessful; then balances a washer on top of the stick] let's see. here's a magnetic. [picks up another object and attempts to balance it on the stick] hm! just too heavy. looks like you only can do one at a time. xxx magnet xxx?
what's that? %int: baby-talk %add: $=3 cat what's this? here wanna see somethin'? wanna see this xxx? [Chi is moving something on the base, but it is difficult to see what it is] [places magnet balls on the black base] [picks up yellow wand and moves it over the balls on the platform] ah cool! the little balls stick right to it [yellow wand]. [coughs]. ah! [coughs]. Ma watch it jump ready? [holds yellow wand over black base again] I'm afraid we're gonna catch this. I know. whatever it is you've got. [apologizes and says she isn't contagious] I hope so. sorry. that's alright. [talks about sickness] dime fell. [looks on floor] get the dime. I did. there are Cheerios [cereal] on the floor. see if that will work.
yeah. that's the Cheerio boy over there no? you did it. today. [talks about cereal] see if this is balanced. [puts yellow wand on black base with other objects and lets go] hm? [picks up yellow wand from base] ugh. look at. look at there. [holds up a silver stick] see look it [yellow wand]. it [yellow wand] pulls it [silver stick]... [moves silver stick slightly toward yellow wand; it sticks; she pulls it off and repeats the action] it's heavy to get it [silver stick] off. try pullin' it [silver stick] off. it's [silver stick] kinda heavy. [lets go of the silver stick; leaves it on wand] yeah I know. [holds stick with other hand and lifts it off] these ones [magnet balls] are wicked heavy to get off. [picks up plastic ball and sticks it to wand] you can almost feel the magnetic force. it's [magnetic force?] pullin'. let's try this one [horseshoe magnet]. [picks up horseshoe magnet; puts down yellow wand and moves horseshoe magnet toward black base] what's that Trina? what's that?
[laughs]. [coughs]. why willn't it work? [Chi has silver stick standing up on base again and is trying to balance a plastic magnet ball on top of it] okay. you act like you're a human. %add: $=2 cat you're not. anything else? I don't know. if there's anything else I can stick to it. more magnets. xxx what's that? %add: $=3 cat is that a ball? you're such a good girl. oh there. [picks up blue and white checked magnet] maybe this [blue and white checked magnet] will work. [attempts to stick the checked magnet to the base] she [the cat] can't figure out why she can't get the ball off of it. [the cat is attempting to get a magnet ball off the black base with her paw] [laughs]. yes it's [magnet ball] stuck. try to get it xxx. %add: $=2 cat try to get it. [cat gets the ball] [laughs]. [laughs].
she a good girl. my baby. [coughs]. can't xxx. it's too much. my good girl though xxx. done thank you. well you know what Chi? you've done a great job with this. but I'm gonna xxx actually. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/anaet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] this last thing is kind of fun and if you don't mind we are going to video tape your hands um so we can watch what you are doing. um but we brought these things to you I think on our third home visit to you? and we're gonna have you work with them again. here's the camera. um one. so to play with them together for about um... you can open that up and take things out. remember them Chi? hm. wait. I don't recall this though. [laughs]. well the biggest bestest thing is yet to come. alright. tadah! as you guys... oh.
look it is so cold. it's like moisture. um so if you could uh play with them and talk as much as you want about them for ten minutes or so that would be great. I'm not talkative okay? what? I'm not talkative. you're not? that's okay [laughs]. you can just sort of say whatever... it's part of my culture we um Latins don't talk much. [video begins here] [MOT and EXP discuss the non-talkative nature of Latinos, MOT's untalkativeness, and the talkative nature of Americans for around a minute; during the conversation Chi plays independently with the magnets] [puts nuts on top of each other] that [Chi's construction] turned out nice huh Chi? mhm. let me see. [puts a silver stick on the base and leaves it standing up straight in the air] wow. [laughs]. that magnet [black base] it's really strong huh? I know who would like this [magnets]. Mikey. mhm. these toys [non-magnetic objects] are different huh Chi? hm yeah. [piles nuts up on top of each other and makes a pyramid] you can put all of those [silver men] together and make a pyramid. you know like they do in real life. you remember the class? mhm.
might as well enjoy it [magnet set] huh? you'll only have this toy [magnet set] for a little while. [laughs]. mhm. oh 'cuse me. [takes all the silver men off the base] wasn't on your agenda huh Chi? yes. [removes all the objects off the base except for her pyramid of nuts] [laughs]. [laughs]. it's true. whoops. she is feeling better. I can tell. [laughs]. just by looking at the toy playing with it. well that's good. what are you trying to do Chi? you'll see. %int: softly [tries to get the washers to stand up and connect on the base] [clears throat]. alright. now set the xxx. to work. [got three washers to stand up and connect; she tries to add a fourth washer and one falls down; when she tries to pick it up it sticks to the base and is hard to get off] [laughs]. the arm thing [silver stick]. gosh that magnet [black base] is really strong.
powerful huh? um. run Chi. [laughs]. [pulls the fourth washer off the base] let's escape. [laughs]. what are you trying to do? you'll see. ah the circle. oh. whoops. willn't work. [is able to get four washers to stand up and connect together] what is this [Chi's construction] sposta be? a fence? oh okay. there. talk about organizational skills huh. [laughs]. oh. [laughs]. 'kay. you can teach me Chi. [? what xxx] how to organize things. it's hard. xxx just drop them [washers]. that'll do it. not funny.
let's get the guys [silver men]. I wanna see them [silver men] working. they're [silver men] just laying down. [laughs]. [laughs]. taking a break huh? yeah [laughs]. [laughs]. coffee break. yep. ugh I'm tryin' to get the star off. I'm trying to get the star and the triangle. [puts a star magnet and triangle magnet on the base] then all the shapes. yeah you're right. [takes the star off the base] come on Chi we want them all [magnets] on the stage. [tries to stick a silver man on various places on the base] [clears throat]. oh. I was putting the guys [silver men] on top of the circle. that's not what I'm gonna do. [lines three men together on the base] how many [silver men] do [? did] you have? four? no three. those circles [washers] are causing so much trouble. [washers keep falling down but Chi keeps picking them back up] why don't you get 'em [washers] out? there.
[successfully rearranges the washers on the base] oh. this toy is really exciting huh? how about getting those circles [washers] out of the way? where? [clears throat]. here the balls [magnets balls] Chi. [laughs]. [laughs] [vocalization]. hey doesn't that [silver stick] look nice? [puts a silver stick on one of the silver men and it sticks up straight in the air] yeah. [removes the stick Mot put on] not using the stick? might make it look nicer. let me see. oh. [picks up silver stick and moves it toward Chi's construction causing some of the objects to fall] yeah! [laughs]. you [? I] knew it huh? presto. [laughs] gotta be careful with this toy huh? ugh. [pulls objects off base] you have done such a good job huh Chi? probably. does it [referent unclear] go like that?
yeah. sort o'. what else? put the marbles [magnet balls] somewhere? don't touch. I wouldn't dare. not even the square [black base]? yeah. alright. [mild roar noise]. I needed to hear that Chi. [laughs]. hm. he [silver man] can't hold it [silver stick] huh? I made that mistake [putting silver stick on silver man] already. %int: mumbles how about right here [referent unclear] just... [takes silver stick and moves it toward Chi's construction] no don't! [grabs silver stick from Mot] [laughs]. that's it [referent unclear]? oh! I see what you mean. there. [places the silver stick at the top of construction] ah. alright. nineteen ninety four Olympics huh? yeah that's true.
Massachusetts. Olympics. alright. sit up. don't fall. don't mess up the work you did. nice toy huh? yeah it's fun. [laughs]. careful. got any more space? that pink and green [paper clips] ones don't even seem to match. what do you think? hm. just make it [construction] colorful. how about sticking xxx. come in. it [paper clip] willn't come in. what willn't it [paper clip] do? willn't go in. it [paper clip] willn't go in? what do you mean? this [paper clip] willn't go in the um circle [washer]. it [paper clip] doesn't fit? no it [paper clip] fits. but it [washer] willn't let it [paper clip]. hm. it's [paper clip] not getting the xxx the magnet. don't use it [paper clip]. you don't hafta.
you [? I] like that [referent unclear] Chi. too bad it's [referent unclear] holding the stick [yellow wand]. yeah. [laughs]. some times it... do we do with the turtle? it [plastic turtle] doesn't belong huh? [laughs]. this creature [plastic turtle]. Ninja Turtle. [this is the name of a particular toy] [hands turtle to Chi, who puts it aside] here it [referent unclear] is. look. xxx this time. does she hafta use all the toys? no she can use whatever she wants so when you... there's no end goal or you know how many toys you can use or something like that. wanna do anything else or? um that's it. alright. thank you. you did a nice job. it looks good. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/maret7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] we have one of these things in the classroom. oh you do? yeah.
we have these little men. we hafta make 'em... that's nice! thank you. %int: whispered [strange vocalization]. wow. compact. [laughs]. yeah. fits right in. hm. there we go. 'kay. [whispers about turning on camera] 'kay. oh. that xxx two. [laughs]. that's gonna help. I can see. oh. tapin'? yeah. men. mhm. how many? [video starts here] [black base is in front of Chi; the silver circle is on the black base and five silver men are stacked on one another on the silver circle] hm.
five. we'll do this for about ten minutes. okay. even the money? no. it doesn't stay. whoops. [drops horseshoe magnet] where do you want me to put this [horseshoe magnet maybe]? I'll get it. uh this... which side? I'm gonna make a... that's [plastic turtle] cute. uh look at this [orange magnet ball]! [drops orange ball onto black base; it sticks and does not roll; picks it up and repeats action] stays there too. you get one [silver man maybe] which under. think I know what you're gonna do. what? watch. %int: whispered [clears off part of black base and places silver men on it] [picks up yellow wand, moves it over platform and picks up silver men which Chi has just placed on black base] [laughs]. watch this. [places silver men back on black base in headstand positions] oh look at this. [moves yellow wand to edge of black base; nuts and bolts that were at the edge of the base stick to the wand] look at this one [yellow wand].
takes everything... [sound of magnets falling cuts off the rest of the utterance] wow. they're having xxx. look at the strange... look at the mouth. see it sticks. yeah. see if it [yellow wand] grabs the teddy bear. [picks up plastic teddy bear and holds it out] [waves yellow wnad over plastic teddy bear in Chi's hand] no. I'm gonna try to keep these little... when did you get this? [looks at and holds Chi's arm] oh Mary did it to me. [spoken too softly to hear] and where's the other one of these [silver ball]? what about the money? [picks up nickel and quarter] put the money here too huh? [puts the money on black base] it willn't stick. that's because money's made out of plastic metal. no. not plastic. [strange vocalization]. well if it isn't. copper. [picks up plastic turtle and moves it toward black base]
the turtle willn't stay. no. what about... hm. [holds up yellow wand with blue arrow magnet, orange ball, and two silver sticks stuck to it] [laughs]. this [silver man] doesn't stay. [MOT has placed horseshoe magnet on black base and attempts to stand a silver man on top of it] look it it's [orange ball] walking now. [Chi places orange ball on table a short distance from yellow wand, which is also on table; the orange ball is pulled to the wand] [laughs]. it [orange magnet ball] just follows itself to the magnet. oh. watch this. [puts ball loose on table; this time it goes to the black base] to the closest magnet... [removes ball from black base; puts it on table again; this time it goes to the yellow wand] [laughs]. it [orange ball] foll's itself to the closest magnet. that's right. but why is it moving? hm it's because it follows it... because a big piece of like metal... oh. see it's like walking to the nearest... [places ball on table again; ball begins to move] then it just... [moves yellow wand a little closer to the ball so the ball sticks to it] hm. [laughs].
that explains xxx here's one. [MOT's hand is blocked by black base] see like this... if he had... [moves yellow wand toward black base; it pulls away from Mot's hand and slides into black base] whoops! whoa! I'm gonna try to suck everything up. [picks up yellow wand and holds it over all the magnets on the black base] okay. oh. %int: whispered [clears some of the picked up magnets off the yellow wand, then puts wand back over black base] you're gonna take up everything? too heavy. xxx you did. yeah. [picks magnets off the black base and puts them onto the yellow wand; as Chi places a plastic magnet ball on the wand, another one moves around the wand to the bottom side] did you see that? [vocalization]. there. [laughs]. another one Chi. %int: whispered [pushing yellow wand down until it sticks to magnets and black base, then pulling it up again] feels like grav'. see. look. it's like pushing it [black base, perhaps] away. mhm.
if you try it [yellow wand] on the xxx like pushing it away. try. try to pull it [black base maybe]. [pulls some of the magnets off the black base; pushes the black base toward Mot] from there. mom. hm? hold it [yellow wand] on this side [handle of wand] and it feels like it's [black base?] tryin' to push you away. [hands Mot the yellow wand] oh xxx. [holds yelow wand over black base; moves yellow wand up and down over the base] yeah. uhhuh. [repeats above action] [laughs]. that's right. you can move this [silver circle]. [takes yellow wand from Mot and puts it on silver circle, which is on the black base] oh. you can move that one [silver circle] too? yeah. you can. oh. [pulls silver circle off black base] it's like a mirror. that's right and you could... [takes a nut a puts it on the black base] uhhuh. [removes nut and puts silver circle back on black base] that's nice.
put this over here. [places blue checked square magnet on silver circle] and the turtle... [puts plastic turtle on top of checked square] oh. [puts washer on black base] right here [black base]. and then... [puts two plastic magnet balls on edge of silver circle and black base] oh it moved. the turtle... %int: mumbled [moves turtle back into center of black base] these [plastic magnet balls] can be the turtle's eggs. [places balls on nuts on black base near plastic turtle] [laughs]. maybe we should use these. this is nice to... hm. that don't stick. [attempts to place nut on side of black base; it falls several times and then Mot puts it back on the table] [laughs]. [attempts to place silver man on top of horseshoe magnet that Mot has just placed on black base; finally places silver man on black base] watch. [has placed two silver sticks on black base so that they point straight up and is attempting to place a nut on the top of one; eventually just places it on black base] maybe we can... hm? try to do this. [unlcear what Chi wants to do] okay.
put this [blue plastic teddy bear] there. [puts blue plastic teddy bear on the center of the black base] is it [construction of magnets on black base] gonna be a city? mhm. 'kay. 'bout... are you? I can give you a couple more minutes... are you 'bout done? all done? yeah. yeah. okay. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/brnet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] here I have like some we asked you to play with about four years ago? [explains the activity and tells participants that she'll be videotaping their hands] okay. [mumbles about what she's doing] [MOT and Chi sit at a table; Chi is facing the camera; only Mot's arms are visible; objects are spread out in front of them; Mot removes objects from the black base while Chi picks up different objects from the table] oh I don't remember that. me either. [laughs]. mom can I have that [referent unclear]? oh I remember this [magnet set]. what? this [magnet set?]. you remember? the magnets.
I don't. this [silver man] is cool. I don't remember this stuff [magnets]. hear this thing [referent unclear]? [short vocalization]. [short vocalization]. [vocalizations of Mot and Chi seem to mimic the noise to which Mot referred when saying hear this thing above] [laughs]. let me see. xxx stand up. [stands a silver man on the black base] good job. [arranges silver men on the black base] cool. interesting. [sigh or laugh]. [short vocalization]. you want this [the plastic turtle]? [shakes head] [vocalization]. know what. this [the silver men] looks like somebody cut a piece of paper and cut out men. [holds up the yellow wand, which has several objects dangling from it] want this [referent unclear] one? [holds up the horseshoe magnet which has washers hanging from both ends] nope. not ready. you move this one. are these magnets? [touches the red ball with the horseshoe magnet; the ball does not attach]
the balls? mhm. no. uhhuh. [picks up the ball with the yellow wand to demonstrate to Mot that it is a magnet] alright. I don't quite remember the turtle and the men. [during the pause, MOT places different objects on the black base while Chi picks up objects with the wand] [laughs]. I don't remember xxx. [holds up the blue teddy bear] uhuh. cute though. [laughs]. hm. he's done. the pickup xxx. look Chi. [holds up a string of five washers, the bottom one attached to the black base, with a silver stick] [tries to do the same thing as Mot with the nuts] I think you gotta touch the bottom first. how you do that [make the string of washers stand up]? don't xxx. is it? I don't know. [picks the chain of washers off the base; the chain falls onto the table] [laughs]. [holds up the yellow wand with lots of objects attached to it] gimme the round thing [the washers]. [begins restacking the washers on the black base]
what one? like these [washers]. that's the other one [referent unclear]. mom. [holds the red ball over the yellow wand which now rests on the table; the red ball and the wand repel each other so that the wand moves] okay. so you [the red ball] are a magnet. lemme see 'im. I really don't call this [playing with magnets] fun. [chuckle]. [chuckle]. what's that? I really don't call this [playing with magnets] fun. oh [laughs]. alright. oh neat. [holds up the line of washers with the silver stick; the bottom washer is attached to the black base] wait a minute. [pulls objects off of the yellow wand] [vocalization]. [Chi has just attached the yellow wand to the base] money don't stick to this [the black base]. [places a coin on the base and then removes it] no. does this one I think? [points to the yellow wand in Chi's hand] mhm. yeah. but do what you done before. like make it [the yellow wand] turn.
[clears the yellow wand of objects and then holds the red ball above the wand; the ball and the wand repel each other and the wand turns] [attempts to do the same thing with the white ball; the wand does not turn] here. [repeats action with the red ball; the wand moves] unhunh. [begins to move the wand by holding the the white ball above the wand; the wand and ball do not touch] [helps Mot move the wand with the red ball; the wand and ball do not touch] hey now without making it [the ball] touch [touch the wand]. mom this [the horseshoe magnet] could be from the xxx. let me put this one [a nut] and then put it all [the magnets and other objects] on there [the black base]. [during pause, MOT plays more with the wand and ball and then passes it to Chi and begins putting objects on the base while Chi plays with the wand and another ball momentarily before playing with the base with Mot] then like this [referent unclear]. ten minutes. we'll be done. xxx pretty good time. the one who didn't have no metal. no but like with a design. there's a system. [Chi does not seem to be placing the objects on the black base the way Mot would like her to] like let me show you. I know what xxx. like... right. [places two silver men on the side of the black base] now do all the other ones [referent unclear]. [short vocalization]. [vocalization]. [laughs]. hm. and put the guys [silver men] like here's a table.
[MOT has placed washers on top of two nuts, which stand on their sides, forming two round tables] make him [the silver man] like stand up. [begins to stand the silver man up on top of the black base, next to the table] no. on the side. [indicates that Chi should make the silver man stand by attaching it to the side of the black base] oh. [is surprised that the silver man stands up on top of the the black base] [stands a silver man next to the other table on the base] [stands other silver men on the base] where's the other washers? [places a handful of nuts, which she had been holding, on the table] yeah you do. he's xxx. too bad it [the silver man] willn't stay [stay on the silver stick]. [Chi has attached a silver man to the side of a silver stick which is standing perpendicular to the base; the silver man looks like a flag on a flagpole] it [the silver man] willn't stay [stay on the silver stick]? no. huh? no. okay. this [the construction on the base] is what you call modern art. [laughs]. wow. you know what that is? nope. wow. [nothing too exciting here; Mot and Chi have just added a few more things to their structure; a silver ball sits atop a silver stick] mommy xxx the turtle. [picks up the plastic turtle and studies it]
I like this turtle. modern art. wow. okay. thank you. well great. okay. here. Chi can you put everything back in here [bag]? mhm. thank you. alright. now if I see this pattern [the piece of modern art] gotta know I created it. okay [laughs]. great! okay. [mumbles about what she's doing] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/aliet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] we useta have fun when we were real little. oh yeah. playin' on the big ball. and... [laughs]. oh yeah. [mumbles] [hums]. [mumbles] this doesn't stick.
[strange sounds]. the lens is on. okay. [talks about camera] okay. here we go. that doesn't stick. this xxx... what else doesn't stick? [video begins here] [MOT and Chi are seated next to one another at table; magnets are set up on the table in front of them; the black base is empty and the magnets are in a pile nearby] pennies... mhm. and this [blue plastic teddy bear]. [touches plastic teddy bear] and this [plastic turtle]. [touches green turtle] and uh this [referent unclear]... hm. [sighs]. [coughs]. [picks up horseshoe magnet and sticks it to black base; picks it up and moves it around then leaves it on base in an upright position] did that? [sticks two silver sticks on the base so that they hang off the edge] [attempts to stand a silver man on one of the silver sticks] it [silver man] willn't stand there [on silver stick] huh? hm. giant. hey. yeah!
I know what we can make now. [clears objects off black base] think xxx. just gave me an idea. [places several nuts on the black base] I'm gearing up. what are you makin'? I'm gonna make a maze. okay. it's... [takes nuts off black base] this [silver circle] makes it [black base] more powerful. [picks up silver circle from table and puts it on black base] oh. [laughs]. it's [silver circle] kind of hard. [tries to push silver circle across black base so it is centered] uh. it's... oh I know what I can make now. this [silver circle] is a ring... and they're [silver men] gonna fight with sticks. [stands three silver men in a circle on the silver circle on the black base; places silver sticks across their shoulders] [cough]. why don't I just use this [yellow wand]? [uses yellow wand to pick up objects from the table; adds two more silver men to the circle on the black base] mhm. oh. no more guys [silver men] huh? no.
he [silver man in center of circle] gotta throw. he gotta throw this [washer]. [places a washer around the neck of a silver man] so at the start. so let them [silver men] start. %int: muttered but. they [silver men] all hafta have these things [washers] on it [silver sticks maybe] and all. [places washers on the ends of the silver sticks that the silver men are holding] there. %int: sighs now... [laughs]. they [silver men maybe] gotta try not to get past this [referent unclear]. see? [places a paper clip at the edge of the construction on the silver circle] oh man. go up like that. [places a paper clip at the edge of the construction on her side] it [paper clip] willn't stand. hm. and they [paper clips] keep goin' back over to this [edge of silver circle]. yeah. then we could put it [paper clip] like that. [places paper clip on black base so that it hangs off the edge of the silver circle] see it? [attempts to do what Chi just did but her paper clip sticks to the side of the black base] hm. or xxx. hold that [blue arrow magnet] like that.
[picks up blue arrow magnet and holds it over the construction so that the arrow points down at the circle of men] [picks up white magnet ball and balances it on the head of the silver man in the center of the circle] oh let's do this one [red magnet ball] then. [attempts to put red magnet ball on top of white one Mot has just placed] whoa. stay. %add: $=2 red magnet ball stay. [lets go of magnet ball; it stays for a second and then tips over taking the white ball with it] see that one xxx. %int: whispered [attempts to put the white magnet ball back on the silver man in the center of the black base] he's xxx. this a xxx metal. hm. [holds horseshoe magnet over the white ball in the center of the black base] uh! [holds yellow wand over the white ball; it picks the ball up] oh! okay. give me all the sticks now. [clears ball off yellow wand and holds wand over silver sticks on the black base] try to make somethin' else. [the yellow wand pulls the silver stick and one of the silver men off the black base] whoop'. cool. there. [sweeps yellow wand across black base clearing off all the objects] now it [objects] all got stuck to me. [clears objects off yellow wand]
[laughs]. see watch. [sticks a silver man on the silver circle; then knocks him with her hand] what should I do now? what happened to your garden? oh my garden! [takes silver man off black base] [laughs]. it's [silver stick] gotta go like that... [puts a silver stick flat on the edge of the silver circle; puts another silver stick flat on the other side of the silver circle] oh. this [nut] is... see he's [nut] gotta be like this [referent unclear]. whoop'. like that. [places nuts on the silver circle so that there is one at each corner] oh. there we go. hm. now these people [silver men] gotta be inside here [center of silver circle]... so that they'll [silver men] be looking at the flowers [nuts]. let's make a big flower. [puts yellow and white checked triangle on the black base] now. [strange sounds]. see? [sings] this [referent unclear] has gotta be like... yeah. that's [referent unclear] what we should do.
let's um. xxx back up. [coughs]. two. three. from the flowers looking out. [places a magnet ball next to each of the nuts on the black base] four. now. I'm gonna try to use all of these [paper clips]. all of 'em [paper clips]. good. what else did you xxx? %int: very quietly oh. we need little ones [paper clips maybe]. yeah. we need little tiny ones like that [referent unclear]. %int: whispered [places paper clips around the edge of the black base] oh. there. hm. leave xxx. just gotta go like that. [places a washer on the edge of the black base] uh. okay. see this [paper clip]? [puts another paper clip on the edge of the black base]
oh. that [referent unclear] was... hm. ugh! wanna put something in the middle? %add: MOT [slides black base slightly toward Mot] [stands blue arrow magnet in the center of the black base with the arrow pointing up] an l. oh I know. the arrow's not sticking. [lifts the arrow up and puts it back down] oh the arrow xxx. [places a silver man on top of the blue arrow magnet on the black base] [laughs]. oh. oh. uh. [adds more silver men to the construction] [hums]. there. xxx uh be. staying xxx up here. %add: paper clip [places a paper clip on top of the silver man that is on top of the blue arrow magnet] xxx staying. this [referent unclear] is. oh no. just fell. [picks up something and replaces it on black base]
or this [referent unclear]. bad. [several of the objects in Chi's construction have fallen over on the base and she is attempting to fix them] bad. real bad. [laughs]. bad. [hums]. there. hm. bad. hm. there's no more guys [silver men]. it's obvious that you need more men. oh. yeah. you need more guys. [laughs]. [laughs]. no. oh. there. [Chi has fixed construction] there. what's that [construction] sposta be? a circus? yeah. oh. hm. [one of the silver men in the construction falls over]
circus where someone fell. [laughs]. all done! hm. okay. [laughs]. thank you Chi. you did a great job. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/vicet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] this is a video. [INV explains magnets activity, that she will videotape hands and that it will be about ten minutes, and then Mot and INV talk about the activity a little; some of the children also say a few things, which are hard to hear because of the magnets being dumped out of the bag] my sister has a um smaller version of one of those things. cool money! Chi when you see those little guys with the um xxx thing that's what Colleen has. yeah those are what xxx Colleen has. yeah. mommy don't put anything on it now! I'm just taking the... I can't find xxx. thank you very much. it looks fun. excuse me but you and you needta be quiet during this thing now. cool. okay? this is Chi's thing. [BRO and INV talk about the video camera] that's a magnet too? is this a magnet too?
yes. yeah! xxx! [other children are talking in the background] can you tell? [laughs]. [strange sound]! the heck was in this thing? Chi take the thing and go under xxx move stuff around. here's your magnet. here. let's put it somewhere. let's build something so. no. that's what xxx. no no no no. I wanna do something. one. hey! you stop moving. I told you to stop moving. stop moving! hey wait a minute. I need a bigger size. who's the biggest... ah! a xxx. [vocalization]. what's this? [vocalization].
that doesn't mean you can play with it. yes she can. I said she could. you can play with it. one. and the way around xxx. [laughs]. well. you guys are moving quickly. because they're magnets. and the cells... [mumbles] goodbye Bro. goodbye Bro. which xxx. you know what these balls look like? bubble gum. hm? those balls look like bubble gum. they're not. maybe they are. no they're not. I watched um xxx. come on. try the other end Chi. it only sticks by that. try the north. that's the south. xxx this way. [strange sound].
make the monkey guys like I useta. whoa whoa! me guarding this place. I just broke his arm. mom. [laughs]. [laughs]. uh oh. guys fall down and went boom. mommy. what? take that thing and rub it under the table and move the stuff around. alright. xxx! yeah I can't quite get it to... yeah you don't know how it moves. hit the play button. no I use Christine's camera. did you have the ball on? what's this? me monkey dude. [throughout the activity Chi seems to be referring to the silver men when she talks about monkeys or monkey dudes] yeah. what is this thing? that's on. alright guys! go away. camera. she doesn't need your help. bye bye.
wait. the player. isn't that different? than the camera? there's still things stuck on it! to push it up on this camera. so that... xxx you know. this thing doesn't... that doesn't stick on it. you gotta stick it to something in between. guess I hafta keep it. like this. look. it hasta be over that way. we can put that down. and stick this I think. maybe. it might. oh there we go. wait a minute. no. it's copper. it willn't stick. okay you three bouncy balls. whoops! uhoh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill your thing. uhoh.
emergency emergency! that xxx. there. mom it looks like xxx a ball too! I want bouncy ball! [aft Bro seems to drop a metal ball on the table, and it can be heard bouncing a few times] [laughs]. no wait a minute. you guys should be about here. guarding it. she has got all the monkeys. she stole all your monkeys? it only sticks right here mom. no it doesn't Bro. different things stick and some don't. yeah. different things stick... see? Bro! you gotta get your... this isn't yours! I'll just stick it on this side. goodbye Bro. goodbye Bro. ow. 'kay. none of these monkey games. they don't work very well. hey I like these monkey games. [laughs].
your balls don't work very well. [airplane sound]. Colleen has the same thing. [sings]. practically. [airplane sound]. just a little bit smaller. I always play with that when I come to her house. yeah. we always do. Bro hogs it. I like magnets. those are mine! cool. tubular. yow man! shh shh. is it in right? %int: quietly coming in for a landing! [airplane sound]! um. I xxx. no I don't want these things. how did I put it in before? do you remember? um I put it like that. ah! get off get off get off! get off!
guys hard. hard xxx. well I think all it does when you press eject is it only opens. did it run out of batteries or something? no. xxx I go like that? mhm. now there important special things about magnets. [SIS and INV talk about the video camera] that's to for stuff. what? see there's just no picture. focus thing right there. yeah. [BRO asks INV a question and then Mot asks Bro to leave the camera alone, and Mot and Bro talk a little more about it] hey mom. can you hand me your marbles? no. they're my marbles. okay. what do you wanna trade me for 'em? [laughs]. trade her that... [aft the sound of a metal ball dropping onto the table can be heard] thank you. you got a big one over there. where? there's one on the other side. I wanna take off your monkey dudes. there's another one on it.
I know what I'm doing Bro! the monkey's the key to the xxx. whoa! [laughs]. [laughs]. yo! yo yo yo yo! bow wow wow wow. [laughs hysterically]. hey! you took 'em all away. [laughs hysterically]. I couldn't help it. %int: laughing slightly you're taking my marbles. now they willn't come off. you got any more marbles momma? hey! [laughs]. if you have any more she'll steal 'em from you. hey! you taking my paper clips. believe it or not. you took my paper clips! hm. mine are on the bottom. I'm not taking yours. you can have 'em. no I xxx momma. it just would xxx to get 'em off like that.
you can have anything on here. okay. can I have all of it? what's this. nothing. I don't want all of it. [$=2 Sis, INV, and Mot are all talking in background at the same time about the video camera] I xxx. I need this. and they would release the picture. I need two paper clips. [talks about the video camera] I'm gonna stand up and guard! I'm gonna use that. don't worry. [BRO and INV talk about the video camera] wait a minute! oh I wasn't talking to you. that's okay. xxx the other way? yeah. hey. [$=2 INV talks softly about the video camera] a turtle. cool. [laughs]. I wanna see if it would stand up. it will. oh lemme see one! [$=2 Sis and INV talk softly about the video camera]
I wanna see a paper xxx dude. wanna see a monkey guy. [talks about the video camera] can you please leave her alone. she knows what she's doing. doesn't she? no no no! you're taking my money. I'm sorry. oh there we go. see? xxx monkey. yup. wanna play monkey. okay. [screams]! Bro move out of the way. [INV and someone else talk in the background] you're taping. here's another one. action! I'm trying to make xxx. that's xxx. [laughs]. okay. it [referent unclear] was born in nineteen eighty six twenty two thousand. [videotape starts here] [magnets are set up on table; the black base is full of objects; Mot and Chi are seated across the table from one another] because that is to play a tape back on the eye piece. this [referent unclear] was born twenty two thousand years ago.
yeah because Christine has one like that [video camera maybe]. [laughs]. Christine has a bigger version though. woo! it doesn't use that kind o'... yo [laughs]! [moves a silver ball around over the construction on the black base] tape. okay. hey! [drops a magnet ball which bounces across the table] it [magnet ball] willn't stay on very well. is that monkey [silver man] xxx? [points to a silver man that is on the yellow wand in Mot's hand] leave it [silver man]! %int: screaming Chi you don't hafta yell. this one [silver magnet ball] willn't stay on well. I tried to do the same thing. [laughs]. he [referent unclear] is too weak. [moves a paper clip over Chi's construction on the black base] oh yeah. hey. what? what are you tryin' to do? [puts paper clip back down on table] sorry. %int: whispered %add: INV
[whispers to Bro] me monkey dude. %int: $=2 deep voice yeah. is that turtle a magnet? no. [laughs]. yow! come one xxx monkey. god. trying to make my latest invention in the eighteen xxx. yeah. mom. thank you. [takes a nut from Mot's outstretched hand] [laughs]. [blows on magnets]. [blows on two magnet balls very hard before adding them to the construction on the black base] like this is a... you should wait. [sound of a door opening in the background] somebody in there isn't there? no. me monkey dude. %int: $=2 deep voice [holds up a silver man] me go xxx. here we have one more monkey. [holds out a silver man to Chi] okay.
he threw a cartwheel... [puts a silver man on the black base] and he's [silver man] doing the cartwheel. [takes silver man from Mot and puts him on the black base across from the other silver man] guarding it. he's [silver man] guarding his [another silver man] way. if this [paper clip] would set on top. what do you think? [attempts to balance a paper clip on one of the silver men] it [paper clip maybe] would. [attempts to balance a paper clip on top of the silver man on the other side of the black base from Mot] [vocalization]. xxx I need two poles... [picks up two silver sticks amd stands them up on the black base among the other objects] my latest invention. ah! %int: screams yow! what are you trying to kidnap him [silver man]? %add: one of the objects on the base hm. [BRO and INV talk about the video camera] what are you doing? %add: MOT oh. I don't know. [moves blue and white checked square magnet across the table] you're makin' a flag. make it... [picks up a nickel and moves as if to place it on top of the silver sticks on the Chi's construction]
no no. [takes nickel away] do you got anymore? oh yeah. we can use that [paper clip]. and it [paper clip] willn't stick. [sticks a paper clip to the silver stick on the construction] it [paper clip] willn't stick. it [referent unclear] willn't? [picks up a penny and tries to put it on top of a silver stick] yeah I guess you're right. you can balance it [penny] there probably. I said we would take 'em [magnets] off with this [yellow wand]. okay. [takes yellow wand and holds it over objects on black base] Chi just put it [referent unclear] a little bit higher of it and it will start floatin'. [mumbles] my latest invention. xxx um go around around it [black base]. [mumbles] [picks up plastic teddy bear and puts it on top of one of the silver sticks on the black base] tadah! see what it'll do to a compass. [approaches table with something in his hand- a compass maybe] which one xxx. goodbye Bro. no. goodbye Bro. no no. wait oh yeah.
um I can put that one [blue and white checked magnet]... hey. wait a minute. I got an idea. Chi willn't let me play. %int: mock whining [laughs]. here. hold this [silver stick maybe] for a sec'. [begins to pull some objects off the black base] I got an idea. is he running? [approaces table again with something in hand] the men compass xxx. ow! [continues to remove objects from base; one falls from her hand and bounces across table] oh! give me back my monkey dude. no they [checked magnets] willn't stick. [attempts to stick the blue and white checked magnet to an empty spot on the silver circle on the black base] xxx get it to xxx. can I get it [blue white checked magnet] to stick to this [horseshoe magnet]? no wait. I gotta put everything back on now. how it was. [begins to put objects back on base] help me put everything back on how it was. help me! help... I don't know how it [construction] was.
okay. I know how it [construction] was. wait. you said I could help. fine. um. I gotta do something first. I hafta put this [blue arrow magnet] in the middle... [stands blue arrow magnet in the center of the black base so it is pointing up] put this [silver man] here [on one side of the black base]... put this [silver stick] here [on the black base]. balance this [paper clip] on his [silver man] feet... monkey dude stay up. %add: silver man on black base [attempts to stand a fallen silver man back up and several other men fall over] gotta help me momma. okay. you two monkey dudes! you're goin' in. [picks up silver men] you're [first silver man] staying right there [next to the blue arrow]. and you [second silver man] are staying... [mumbles] and you [second silver man] staying right here [other side of blue arrow]. and you [another silver man] are staying right here [on side of black base]. and where's that paper clip? it's not up here. [picks up another silver man from the table] yeah. put the monkey right there.
[points to an area on the black base] I can do it [put silver man on base]? yeah. thanks. okay. where's the other pole [silver stick]? [picks up silver stick from table] okay. it's [silver man] upside down. duh. we like one [silver man] that way right [laughs]? he's [silver man] doing a hand stand. and... no stick it [paper clip] on his [silver man] foot. and have it [paper clip] sticking off his [silver man] foot. and put it [paper clip] like this one. [indicates a paper clip that is stuck to a silver stick on the black base] %add: MOT [mumbles] [attempts to stick the paper clip she is holding to another silver stick on the black base] 'kay. can't get it sideways. ouch. [seems to be far away] okay. [fixes paper clip that Mot had attempted to place on a silver stick] cool. [sounds closer to the video camera] now. this one [yellow wand] stays right here.
[moves yellow wand on the table toward the black base; it suddenly sticks to the side of the base] [vocalization]. now I'm gonna take it all off. [holds yellow wand over construction; plastic teddy falls off a silver stick and to the floor] can you get that teddy bear mom? yeah. come on. let's see if you guys can come up. [waves yellow wand over objects on black base] yes! come on come on! come on. I saw you do it the other day! come on! ah! [a silver stick falls over onto the black base] grouch. 'kay? come on that way. [pulls objects from the black base with her hand and puts them onto the yellow wand] hey. I got an idea! xxx help me take all this [objects on base] off momma. sure let's do it the easy way. no. look easy. [clears objects off black base] things don't... come on. [attempts to pull silver circle off black base]
wasn't that [silver circle] on there? no. it [silver circle] comes off. hm. I can see myself in it [silver circle]. [loud breath]. get off you doofball. [puts washers and nuts on the yellow wand] oh grouch. my latest invention eighteen twenty six. eighteen twenty six what? eighteen thousand. in the eighteen thousands. come on! stop sticking to 'im [yellow wand]. %add: nut or I'm gonna make you [nut maybe] a mouth. [Chi is trying to make a face on the yellow wand with different magnets] and you [referent unclear] the nose. xxx calling it that little magnet thing she has. why are you gonna get me one for my birthday? I think Scott gave it to her. I think that Scott gave it to her. heard it was Scott before it was calling. oh you [referent unclear] lousy old sneak. you rotten... great news. I love it. latest fashion. are you makin' a person?
yeah. I need help. xxx give him the same color eyes. [holds out two magnet balls] hey xxx. xxx lot of help xxx. [laughs]. good idea momma. [puts the magnet balls inside the washers on the yellow wand] use something little for a nose. I was gonna use this [silver magnet ball]. [puts silver magnet ball on yellow wand] but now I need something for a mouth. but the paper clips will stick like that. does this [horseshoe magnet] stick? [holds up horseshoe magnet] should be a big xxx to be a mouth. sad mouth. [takes horseshoe magnet from Mot and puts it on the yellow wand so the the ends of it turn down] get over off of this [referent unlcear]. tadah! oh yeah. give 'im a little hair. take this [paper clip]. the paper clips. [sticks a paper clip to the end of the wand] doesn't hafta be the same color hair. no. a lot o' people have different color hair these days. [laughs].
[puts another paper clip on the end of the wand] hey! that's enough! two pieces of hair. tadah! hair fell off. [pulls paper clips off the wand] he got no nose! ah! no xxx. uh oh. I better put 'im [face] back on together so she [INV] can tape it. [reassembles the face] it's [horseshoe magnet maybe] not gonna stick. [vocalization]. did you get it [face]? mhm. okay. [aft a metal ball dropping and bouncing on the table can be heard] ow! just go around in this pile. [indicates objects on the table] and go joom joom joom. and see how much you can pick up. make a big xxx. what is that [referent unclear] gonna do? find something to do. okay. I got an idea. I got...
I got an idea. [clears off black base] [laughs]. okay. [laughs]. I'm so xxx. [laughs]. %int: whispered 'kay. [puts silver circle on black base] would you... [attempts to put washers on the black base] you better stay on. %add: washers I like the way that one tumbles xxx. [laughs]. try turning it [washer maybe] over the other way. it might help. Bro. you can not help. okay? I'm not. I know it looks like fun. but you can't help. I'm not. alrighty. [Chi is making a face construction on the black base similar to the one she had just made on the yellow wand] no I'm not xxx sit down. okay. well.
I'm gonna get one last shot then... hold on. I gotta make her hair. okay. I'll be done in a second. then when you're finish with that... I hafta do work then. [BRO asks who watches the videotapes and INV answers] tadah! okay. xxx like a little thing. great. stick it up. stand it up. wow. [laughs]. okay. thanks Chi. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/jeset7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] and I'm just gonna video what you're doing with your hands. but I don't really remember this thingy. this is a bingo dabber. that's a bingo wand. get the chips off the cards. [video begins here] [MOT and Chi sit next to each other on a couch; Chi holds the black base, on which many objects are stuck, and other objects are spread out on the coffee table in front of Mot and Chi] mhm. Jesus!
[Chi is having difficulty removing objects from the black base] shh! how many things [magnetic objects] do you have on here [the black base]? watch your language. how many things [magnetic objects] do you have on here [black base]? %int: loud, incredulous there are a lot huh? oh! that was a big job to get th all this junk off here [black base]. take about ten minutes and then we'll go on with something else. [taps the plastic turtle on the black base] that [turtle] don't stick on there [base]. [throws the turtle on the floor] Chi pick that [turtle] up. I missed! [$=4 video camera is not directed towards Mot and Chi] xxx just. I do it! we don't wanna lose anything. so that the other kids 'll have it too. ah mag... [picks up the horseshoe magnet and places it on the base] oh look at this. [picks up two balls; they stick together] these things [balls] stick together too. that [horseshoe magnet] doesn't stick on either. [removes the horseshoe magnet from the base and tosses it onto the coffee table] sticks on that [silver circle]. [touches the horseshoe magnet to the silver circle; the magnet picks up the circle] this [horseshoe magnet] sticks on to that [silver circle].
let me see it [horseshoe magnet]! [takes the horseshoe magnet from Mot and places it on the black base again] doesn't stick. [the horseshoe magnet does not seem to stick to the black base; Chi puts it back on the coffee table] that [horseshoe magnet] doesn't stick onto this [black base]. that [turtle] doesn't stick onto this [black base]. [picks the turtle up from the table and places it next to the horseshoe magnet] that [thin triangle magnet] doesn't. that [thin square magnet] doesn't. this [referent unclear] doesn't. look at that. [picks up a silver stick with the horseshoe magnet] [video stops] yeah yeah. [EXP and Mot talk briefly about how the battery in the video camera died, so EXP has to plug it into an outlet, and that Mot and Chi should continue playing with the magnets while EXP sets up the videocamera] look at this! %int: $=2 screams look at this! hey girly! look at this. girly [laughs]. wow. my name's Inv. Inv. girly! Inv. girly. oh. get out here! %int: yells
shh. don't scream like that. get off here! jeez. hm. oh. that's cute. it has got a little tripod on it. [talks about the video camera] yeah. I've never seen one of those before. uhhuh. what little tripod? well the tripod. I've seen the hand held thing Chi. that doesn't really hold. not good at all huh? this pushing away. is it pushing it away? yeah. feel. [video restarts but Mot and Chi are not visible] there it did. Chi. feel it on the black part. on the black part. [MOT and Chi are now visible on the video] [MOT and Chi are on the couch; Chi holds the black base in her lap, MOT holds the yellow wand over the base; Mot and Chi are talking about feeling the magnetic force between the wand and the black base] oh yeah. it's [referent unclear] trying to get...
that's [yellow wand] the opposite of what this side [black base] is. [removes all objects from the black base] is it [video camera] working now? oh that's good. yeah. thanks. [shakes the black base to see what is inside] let me video tape something. shh. let me see inside it [camera] if you know it's [camera] working. [gets off the couch and goes over to EXP] Chi come over here. you know what? okay. here. you can come over here. look. come behind me. be careful Chi. and look into that. see? but I wanna get you. can you videotape some a little after? so after... maybe after. but first you... [returns to the couch] thank you. definitely after! definitely!
can you get the screw please? [points across table] I'll get it [washer]. [gets up from couch and picks washer up from floor] here. I don't know why I'm so tired. [returns to the couch with the washer in hand] [sigh]. it's okay. I didn't work today. I know the feeling. usually when I work I'm tired. yup. [picks up objects off the table with the black base] does this [blue arrow] here stick to it [black base]? nope. [places the blue arrow on the silver circle, which is attached to the side of the black base; it sticks] sure does. well it [blue arrow] didn't stick to the other part [black base maybe]. that [horseshoe magnet] sticks to that [black base] too. [removes the horseshoe magnet from the silver circle and places it on the black base] no. [takes the horseshoe magnet from where Mot placed it and replaces it on the silver circle] I keep it [horseshoe magnet] on by this thing [silver plate or blue arrow]. whoops. [the horseshoe magnet falls; Chi picks it back up and puts it back on the silver circle] I hold it [horseshoe magnet] on. but it's [horseshoe magnet] hanging on to that [blue arrow]. any of these things? [picks up the blue teddy bear from the table and tries to stick it to the base]
these things [bear] were all stuck to it [base] too. weren't they? no! that little teddy bear doesn't. what about this [referent unclear]? plastic. no. no. that's a nickel! [throws the nickel on the coffee table] try this [penny]. a penny's the same thing. it willn't work. a dime is the same. how come it's [coins] not working? 'cause that's all change. I know but why don't they work? [Side A of the tape ends, cutting off Mot; the next section is transcribed from the videotape] I don't know. you really don't know? [puts the black base, with all the objects attached to it, up to the camera] wow. that's an up close shot. whoops! [Chi touches the camera with the base] you don't wanna touch that [camera lens]. [puts the base on the table and removes all the objects, then picks up a silver stick and touches it to the objects on the table] hello! pick up something. %add: the silver stick
[bangs silver stick on objects on table] that's [silver stick] not a magnet. it's [silver stick] a piece of metal. well there's somethin' else. %int: whining gimme this! [grabs black base from Mot] it [silver stick maybe] does! [puts silver stick on black base] see! [holds black base with silver stick on it in front of Mot] yeah. it's [silver stick] a piece of metal. it [silver stick] sticks to the magnet. see it [silver stick] still does work. [holds up the silver stick with a silver man stuck to it; the silver man falls] uh no! [dumps black base on table and gets up from couch] Chi Chi! what are you doin'? nothing. [Chi is off camera] you be careful with that [video camera]. you know what though? [tells Chi she can sit on couch and that she can zoom the camera to see her] she can see up close. [sticks face in camera lens] [laughs]. Chi! come on!
you're bein' silly. [laughs]! [sits back on couch and picks up black base] [uses a silver man to knock a nut off the base; the nut falls on the other side of the table] Chi. why don't you be nice to the stuff? why are you bein' like that? stuff is not real! [hits the black base] how can I be nice to it? whaddya mean it's not real? this is not a real person! see? [holds black base in front of mouth] hel:lo! [shakes black base] anybody in there? it's a real piece of something. it's a real magnet. these [magnet balls] are magnet balls. [picks up a white magnet ball and puts it on the black base that Chi is holding] [pushes the magnet ball on black base] see? it's [magnet ball] not fallin' off. [pulls magnet ball off base; shakes it near her ear and drops it] now pick it [magnet ball] up. 'oops! [picks up magnet ball and throws it at camera] no! Chi!
don't. don't throw it at this honey. stop. %int: firmly okay? you keep this up we'll have them do Stephen next. okay. Stephen should be next. it's [referent unclear] comin' out of its brain! [laughs]. it's [silver stick] coming out of its [silver man] brain. [points to a silver man that is stuck flat to the black base and which has a silver stick stuck straight up from it's head] see? that little stick thing's comin' out of its brain. see? it's out of its br brain. [coughs]. see? [holds black base out] mhm. not a piece of junk! [strange sound]. [uses silver stick to knock silver man off base] sit up please Chi. sorry. Chi don't fling things. okay? yes. don't want you to hurt her. the thing is...
yeah. we don't wanna lose these. because we hafta take 'em to the other kids houses too. no you don't! you can give these things to me! Chi. we're gonna give you somethin' else. huh? that [referent unclear] wasn't yours was it? I don't think so. [says it looks like her son's] it [referent unclear] is. ready. do those [silver sticks] stick together? [places one silver stick on top of the other] oh yeah. I guess they [silver sticks] do. [hums]. [talks about being tired] yay! [moves horseshoe magnet on black base] hey! I'm moving this [silver stick]. [knocks Mot's hand away] and I can't concentrate. what are you tryin' to concentrate on? hm? [uses one silver stick to lift the other from the black base; the second silver stick is suspended from the one Chi is holding] oh. I see what you're doing.
keep goin' up! %add: silver sticks [continues to raise the hand that holds the silver stick to which the other stick is attached] watch this! it's [silver stick] hangin' on to each other. mhm. is it? mhm. look at that smile! [laughs]. [laughs]. now you're makin' googly eyes. [laughs]. [silver stick falls from other stick and hits the black base] 'oops. I was getting off concentrating. stupid thing. now I hafta recharge this thing [silver stick]. to hold on again. [puts silver stick flat on black base] is that what you're doin'? yeah. you're recharging it? the magnet um holds... the magnet like gets part of this [black base]... and turns this [silver stick] into a magnet... for as long as this [silver stick] is on it [black base maybe]. and then this [silver stick] can hang on. [places other magnets on black base] hey!
you're ruining it [referent unlcear]! [removes objects Mot has placed on black base] I wanna see what happens. it all stays on. [removes the two silver sticks and attempts unsuccessfully to stick them together] hm. [holds one silver stick so it touches the black base and holds the second silver stick at the top of the first one so the second stick is perpendicular to the black base; uses the perpendicular silver stick to lift the first one from the black base] whee! %int: shrieking [puts magnet balls on black base] [Chi's silver stick falls] these [magnet balls] have magnets in 'em huh? %add: EXP [shakes magnet balls] th some of these marbles? Inv? yoohoo! %add: INV [laughs]. whee! no! I wanna. [clears objects off base] wait. I wanna watch how it mo... I wanna watch the ma marb... I want you to... [video cuts off here] watch! is the video camera still on?
uhhuh. yeah. we taped um one of our dinners one time or something. [video starts up here] [MOT, Chi, and EXP talk about taping another mealtime conversation, what happens to tapes of past mealtimes, trying to get a copy of an old mealtime tape with Chi's father on it, and Chi's father's death five years ago] tape... %int: loud tape this! %int: loud and demanding [holds up silver stick with a magnet ball and a silver man stuck to it] it's okay. tape this. [holds construction up] [MOT, Chi, and EXP talk briefly about how the family's adjusting to Chi's father's death] I remember playing with a truck before. where's the truck? oh. okay. it must be back at the office. we got jipped. [laughs]. yeah. that was the best one. blocks. I remember the brown blocks. uhhuh. I don't know what else. I can't remember. I know. it's hard to xxx.
I can't remember either now. [vocalizations]. been awhile. tape this! [$=2 holds up black base with all the objects stuck to it] tape this. mhm. I've got it. oh. show the other side [of the black base]. make sure you show both. [turns the black base around so the other side is facing the camera] there you go. mhm. it doesn't have anything on the back of this side. mommy! what? look it. that unicorn thingy [horeshoe magnet]! what? the magnet [horseshoe magnet]. [points to the horseshoe magnet which is stuck to the back side of the black base] oh it's [horseshoe magnet] sticking. yeah. it [horseshoe magnet] sticks to one side. and it doesn't stick to the other right? yeah 'cause it's an opposite side. watch. [clears all objects off the black base] I don't think these [objects] will stick to this side [of the black base].
[holds the side of the black base which is opposite from the side which the magnets were just stuck to over the magnets, and they stick to it] oh! they [objects] do. hey where's that thing? jeez. [taps coins with yellow wand] uh money isn't real metal. I thought it [coins] was. I guess not. no. money isn't real metal. it's fake. [picks up a coin and bites it] I don't know if it's fake but... see I just bended it [coin] a little bit. [takes coin out of mouth and holds it towards Mot] put my teeth in there and went j. don't put that [coin] in your mouth please. hey. I can pick up this stuff [objects on black base]. watch. [takes yellow wand from Mot] get the big stuff out of the way. [takes silver circle off the pile of objects on black base and then rolls wand over the objects on the base so that they stick to the wand] you're picking it all up. tape 'cord this! [holds up wand with objects stuck to it] she is. she has got it [camera] on you. [laughs].
mhm. oh. look at that [Chi's construction]. [a string of objects is dangling from the wand in Chi's hand] can you get a person off? [Chi wants Mot to get a silver man from the black base for her] [takes silver man from black base and attempts to stick him to the bottom of the string of objects dangling from Chi's wand] okay. whoops. [the silver man sticks, but another object falls] here. try that again. [picks up the fallen nut and replaces it on the string of objects dangling from the wand] that was pretty neat huh? look at that [construction on wand]. and that's [nut] heavier than that [washer from which nut is hanging]. [adds a silver man to the construction] oh. now see if you can get this [paper clip] on that [silver man]. no. wait. are you re tape recording this? she's tape recording it. mhm. she has got it. here. get it back up there again. wait. [puts wand down] my arm's getting tired.
now your getting me all into this. all the way until three o clock without stopping my arm. and I usually use my right arm so xxx. what's Commando? oh it's this game. did Stephen [Chi's brother] useta have um the Nintendo tape Russian Attack? yes he did. he was right! did he have Shinobee? does he have that now? no. Shinobee. I don't know. that one I don't know. I don't recall that one. oh. whee! [throws blue arrow magnet up in the air and catches it] did you tape that [previous action]? I don't remember xxx. I just threw this [blue arrow magnet] up in the air. whee. [throws silver circle up in the air and catches it] don't hit me with it [silver circle]. don't drop that 'cause it's [silver circle] glass. breaks. this [silver circle] isn't glass. yes it [silver circle] is. this [silver circle] is glass? I don't know what that [silver circle] is.
[taps silver circle on the table] don't bang it [silver circle] Chi. this [silver circle] is really glass. it's [silver circle] really glass. I don't think it's [silver circle] glass. glass does not stick to metal. [sticks silver circle to black base] yeah but it [silver circle] probably has some metal in it. ugh. right? no. xxx think so. wrong. oh. it's [Mot's construction] not doing what I want it to. [holds yellow wand in one hand with objects dangling from it and attempts to add an object with the other hand] why? what do you want it [silver stick] to do? stick it [silver stick] like I did? I wanna try to get this [nut] xxx on the way that one [washer which is hanging from silver stick] is. it's not working though. that one's [nut] bigger. that's... it [yellow wand maybe] doesn't hold that much. here. let me try. I'm... [reaches for wand] this [yellow wand] looks like a fishing rod. [chuckles].
can I try doing that? that's [nut] the bait. right on the end there. I'll try. [reaches for wand] gonna try what? to do what you did. [takes wand] it's easier if you clear it [yellow wand] then try. [clears objects off yellow wand] thank you. [vocalization]. [puts a silver man on the wand] what are you doing? trying to get it [silver man] up here [referent unclear]. so it's [silver man maybe] getting higher. there we go. oh. just took it off there. [moves wand to couch out of camera view] you know what? that's great. that has been over ten minutes. that's excellent. [chuckles]. thank you. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/saret7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] great.
[laughs]. [it is difficult to hear because magnets are being poured out onto a hard surface creating much noise] [laughs]. that looks like me when I get home from grocery shopping with my grandmother. yeah? [laughs]. [laughs]. getting out the bags so you can all the change like. [coughs]. uhhuh. pick it up. [coughs]. this guy doesn't stick. [laughs]. he [silver man] sticks. [video starts here] that's [black base magnet] the bottom. me too. %int: voice of a second silver man Chi is sticking to the yellow wand [short vocalization]. come 'ere. xxx system xxx. aw! it [construction] fell! [Chi is referring to a construction of three silver men stacked on top of each other] aw. how far did you get 'em [construction of stacked men]? three. try doing two... [laughs].
next to each other. [short vocalization]. he's gonna... try him [silver man] on there [black base]. no. no! look it. [placing silver men on black base] they [silver men] wanna lay down on this one [black base]. [laughs]. no. %int: whispered put it [silver man] there [on yellow wand]. %int: whispered [laughs]. whoops! [laughs]. %int: whispered ugh. a thing! watch. [places a nut on black base and pushes it with her finger so that it skids across the base] [laughs]. it's [nut] iceskating. ah! look [? there]. you need some more guys. no I don't. there go. [Chi mumbles this to herself as she moves men on wand]
watch. [pushes blue ball magnet across black base] %int: whispered they're [silver men] stepping on my [silver man] head! %int: voice of silver man, probably there you go! uhoh. uh! they're [silver men] gonna [going to] fall. caught 'em. stay! %add: silver men she has balanced on the yellow wand stay! stay people stay! [sound of frustration]! aw. [Chi had sucessfully stacked four silver men on the wand but attempting to place a fifth one on top caused the stack to overturn.] [laughs]. [laughs]. okay now let's stand up. [places flat silver circle on black base] uh. %int: whispered the sign points you [? to] that way... [places blue plastic arrow magnet on base and turns it in different directions] that way that way... ugh. get off. uh. [laughs].
ugh! [laughs]. wow! you ain't [are not] kiddin'. they're [silver men] gonna st:ay up. you done this [stacked silver men on top of each other] before. it's fun though! I like this. 'oops. [MOT tells EXP and EX2 she got married since the last home visit, and EXP and EX2 respond] you guys wanna [wanna] come up. hey! [EXP, EX2, and Mot talk about marriage briefly] oh! mommy I got all of 'em [silver men]! oh wow! oh no! they're in the circus act! [waves yellow wand over stack of silver men causing them to sway] 'oops! oh cool! hey how did you get 'em [silver men] to do that? [two men are stacked on top of one another; a third sticks straight out at a 9 degree angle from the other two] [laughs]. well they [silver men] fell! [laughs]. hey... let go let go! %int: rising [vocalization].
help. help they're stucking! [vocalization]. [clears all the silver men off the black base] [laughs]. let me try xxx. [laughs]. let me try. %int: whining me too. no. maybe... I just let you play. [stacks men on top of one another same way Chi had] [laughs]. I get to wobble 'em [silver men]! put the top one [silver man] on. with his [silver man] feet to feet. whee! there we go... stay. [waves yellow wand over stack of silver men] oh wow! cool! look at how that one [silver man] landed. [laughs]. [several of the silver men fell when the wand passed over them; one landed on his feet on the black base] [laughs]. 'oops. they [silver men] need a safety net.