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can't you make that come down?
there.
dinnertime, huh?
will you read me a book?
read me a book?
alright.
you read it, you read it to me.
who's that?
wait wait.
you didn't read me the book.
alright...
I'm not hungry any more no!
night night!
do I see shoes?
do I see some shoes?
hud ap.
[SIDE 2]
here.
don't stand on that, it might break.
be careful.
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[second session, mother/child play session]
see the telephone?
why don't you say hello to grandma?
hello?
[rings the bell]
see the blocks?
yeah!
see the blocks?
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what's this?
doggie?
um hm.
are we on now?
%add: NAN
would ya like to sit in the chair, dale huh?
up!
would you rather play with the box?
see what else we have here.
okay.
let's read a book.
pat the bunny!
see?
see the boy and the girl?
see the bunny?
look [whisper]!
feel it's a bunny.
peekaboo!
look [whisper]!
peekaboo!
see the pretty flowers?
hm?
um hm.
smell 'em.
um hm.
who's that?
huh?
look at this, dale.
[Scratches paper.]
whiskers...
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'nother bunny see?
't's a book.
put your finger in the hole.
look!
't's a ring!
a ring, where's your ring?
yes!
wan' put it on?
wanna put the ring on?
yeah!
alright ''s see what else we have here.
what's this?
't's a doggie!
yeah!
doggie!
see, this is the doggie's house.
the doggie likes to stay in there see?
yes!
doggie.
put the doggie in his house go on.
[Mother tends to whisper at ends of S's]
put him in his house.
good!
very good, yes.
now he wants out again.
the doggie wants out!
take him out of his house!
yeah!
why dontchya put the block in the house?
put the block in the house huh?
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look!
no, it doesn't go there?
alright.
put the doggie back there.
put the doggie back in the house.
wan' t' put him back?
alright, you can hold it.
see what else, there's so many fun things here.
[Bangs on table.]
see?
these are your shoes!
you have some just like that.
here's an apple and a brush an' comb flowers wanna smell the flowers?
they don't smell, do they?
this's a cup...
keys!
see?
we'll put the doggie away now, okay?
hi!
hi [gets progressively higher and louder]!
kiss?
take off my shoes [falsetto].
take off my shoes!
not my pants [fals]!
my shoes!
wan' unzip my pants [gets more natural]?
I'll let you.
see my zipper?
pull it down!
see?
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look.
you do it.
look, dale.
the shoes come off.
maybe they don't [softly, to self]!
oh, tie the shoe!
okay!
we'll do this [under breath].
tie the shoes.
do you have a dolly like that?
%add: NAN
oops!
alright, what else do we have, here?
all kinds of books (let')s look at this book.
um hm!
xxx gʌ jam.
you're done with that?
oh, you wanna get up?
let's look a little bit more.
what's this?
spoon?
see the bunnies?
look!
bunnies!
here's a horsie...
raisins oh, look, raisins.
little girls...
see the nose?
here's a kitty's nose.
an' a horsie's nose an' a doggie's nose...
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what's that?
look!
don't let him out!
ah!
he's getting out!
put him back!
push him in!
push him in [gets soft]!
ah!
no, he's getting out!
push him in!
push him in [growls]!
he's licking you with his tongue!
he's a friendly dragon, isn't he?
yes!
kiss?
kiss [gets higher]?
kiss?
yeah!
let's keep him in there.
hi!
hi...
yeah!
I'd like it out better [funny voice].
lick you with the tongue!
lemme out!
hello?
hello, hello.
lemme out [funny voice].
I want to eat the doggie [funny voice] where's the doggie?
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[Background discussion with NAN about available toys]
this is food!
food I'm hungry!
[1w knocks on cage]
I think the dragon wants his lunch.
I'm hungry [high voice]!
I'm hungry!
yeah!
oh, I'm hungry!
feed me [high voice].
I am!
I'm hungry [high voice]!
feed me that piece of meat [more normal voice].
you just wanna kiss!
I'm so hungry [high pitch]!
I'll feed him.
I'm hungry [high pitch]!
here's your dinner.
here's your dinner [gets higher, makes eating noises].
see?
ya wanna feed him?
I'm hungry [falsetto]!
hungry!
oh!
thank you, thank you [fals]!
more!
more [laughs]!
more!
can you get it back out of my stomach?
it's down my throat!
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wait a minute, oh, maybe it'll come out the other end.
look, here's some more.
ya wanna feed him some more?
I'm gonna bite you!
I'll eat your leg!
I'm hungry!
I'm gonna eat your hand!
let's put him away, dale.
he's getting mean.
lemme out of here [funny voice]!
oh, oh, I'm so hungry [funny voice]!
oh, thank you!
where d' you think you're going?
huh?
let's put him away for now.
what?
trucks!
'member the truck this morning?
see the trucks?
see the kitty?
there's Joey...
trucks, dale.
look!
look at the trucks.
wheels!
xxx alalatsbit.
okay.
here's another book.
look.
look at the doggies.
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y' wan' look at that one?
one at a time?
see the kitties?
the butterflies?
you don't like that?
let's see what else is here.
cups and a chair just like your little chair.
chickies...
balls, yes.
balls on strings that float in the air...
yes...
yes.
like that, huh?
crayons flowers wan' smell the flowers again?
wan' smell the pretty flowers [softer]?
yes...
xxx doi.
crayons, right!
how many are there?
where's the green one?
huh?
where's the green one?
blocks...
wan' see the doggie again?
huh?
is he stuck in there?
huh?
there look it, he's got a ribbon round his neck.
it's a leash!
wan' take him for a walk on the leash?
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here.
hold on.
put him away put him way.
kiss him goodbye.
isn't that upside down?
huh?
he's upside down!
fix him.
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[first session, mother/child play session]
look, dale.
look at the blocks.
is that loud enough?
%add: NAN
my voice is kind of low, I guess.
ya like that?
I've heard about these blocks.
they are really unique [laughs].
oh you like those!
we'll put 'em all over here.
here we go.
there!
what do you think of that?
you like those?
see the kitty?
kitty.
(it')s a birdie.
is that xxx?
[Short break to remove Dale's shoes]
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blocks.
look at the blocks, dale.
look [whisper]!
look!
a tower wow [whispery]!
you like those?
jæk xxx ti.
you do it now.
here.
good!
oops!
try again.
good!
very good.
is that fun...
oops.
what fell down, huh?
I'll get it.
here do you like these, huh?
(it')s another one.
give mommy the block.
good!
like that, huh.
whoops!
good.
look at that.
very good.
yes!
wow!
look at that!
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you're doing wonderful.
look at that.
another one?
uh oh let's look at something else, okay?
all these fun things.
look at the doggie!
doggie [whisper]!
doggie!
you'd rather play with the blocks, hon'?
alright.
whoops!
we have a Raggedy Andy!
like that?
hello, dale [funny, gravelly voice].
hello!
let me out of here [high funny voice]!
oh, thank you!
alright, blocks it is.
you just like those so much!
you wanna get down?
and stack 'em on the floor?
come on.
here we go.
[1w straining to pick her up.]
look at all these fun things.
here's the box [softly].
y' wanna get the other one, huh?
s more...
look at that.
very good!
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whoops.
put it back.
okay, dale, here's some more blocks.
look at 'em.
can you do this?
wow!
look at this.
(it')s a doggie doggie!
bowwow.
come back.
come back over here.
aren't those fun?
here we go.
wanna read a book?
book?
dale?
look at the book.
look!
you like books numbers.
open the book.
one boy three kitties!
kitties!
look, dale, look at the kitties!
kitties!
cups chairs chickies, duckies here's a kitty...
y' like that?
back to the blocks.
okay.
let me outta here!
let me outta here [high] [! funny voice]?
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okay it's Suchi!
remember Suchi?
good.
very good!
more?
what is it?
hm?
c'm' 'ere.
y' wanna read a book?
sit down.
that's right.
okay.
numbers.
we have one boy...
dada?
''s doggies kitties nice kitties.
butterflies any birdies in here, huh?
balloons...
crayons ''s a kitty.
(it')s a kitty.
yeah!
you like that, huh?
crayons ducks a boy...
it's a book.
put the doggie in the house.
here, put the doggie in the house.
look, dale, look.
doggie goes in the house...
there.
where 'd the doggie go?
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come on.
where's the doggie?
here's Raggedy Andy again.
dale, look.
c'm' 'ere, look.
come back.
sit down.
look.
what's this?
what's that, huh?
sit down!
that's right!
it's a hairbrush!
sit down sit down.
you like that box, huh?
you'll put all the blocks in the box?
good!
uh huh give mommy the brush.
let's call daddy on the phone!
hello, yes.
wanna say hi to daddy?
want your blocks back?
here.
is that like your phone at home, dale, huh?
hello?
all these nice things, we have blocks and a book y, wanna see the kitties again?
nice kitties.
stay here, honey.
look at this.
look what I found.
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what's this?
the dragon?
oh, the dragon.
dale see the dragon!
he wants to eat this.
give this.
y' wanna brush his hair?
look.
stay here.
dale, look.
here are Paul and Judy [each word said deliberately].
y' wanna sit back in your table again?
huh?
let's put this over here, okay?
let's sit up here.
there we go.
we have the dragon!
this is a dragon!
the dragon's hungry!
this is food for the dragon!
aw!
look, dale, look.
y' can let the dragon out of the cage!
close the door, quick!
book?
here's a book we haven't seen yet.
peekaboo!
look, dale, look.
peekaboo!
who's this?
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look in the mirror.
what a fun book!
put your finger through the ring, dale.
oh, y' want the dragon to come out again?
look at this fun book!
put your finger in the ring!
look!
put your finger in the ring [softer whisper, becoming rhythmic].
let's start from the beginning...
pat the bunny!
feel the bunny!
peekaboo!
oh, you want the dragon to come out okay.
dale, peekaboo!
smell the flowers.
now look in the mirror.
see?
look in the mirror.
what a fun book.
wanna pat the bunny?
look it.
daddy's scratchy face!
maybe next time, huh?
doggie nice doggie, yeah...
you like the doggie?
how 'bout the other book.
we'll try reading that again.
numbers.
one boy...
[CHI expresses displeasure]
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ya like that doggie, huh?
[CHI produces melodic A/A A.]
how cute!
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[secondsession, mother/child play session]
oh, you are too much!
look!
this dog has a leash!
box?
want more of those, huh?
oh, blocks?
d' ya like the dragon this time?
should we put the dog back?
let's put the dog back in his house.
you put him back.
thank you.
this is the dragon!
remember the dra'?
'gon?
hi, dragon.
[CHI singing over this]
I see you.
your baby?
you want your baby to meet the dragon?
I don't know where your baby is oh!
no [softly]!
there she is.
alright baby, meet dragon!
hi [falsetto]!
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Bucky?
you want Bucky?
oh, oh somebody xxx the dragon, so his fingers go out [laughing]!
gonna reach in and see the dragon?
's the dragon have shoes?
what's that?
oh, that's magic!
alright, so much for the dragon, huh?
okay!
which color?
which color do you want?
oh, here's the blue one now which color?
red?
well, it's kind of a red.
okay, now what color?
that's sort of a red.
this is kind of orange.
this one's red, I guess.
what color's that one?
green!
here's the green one oops!
wanna play with the blocks?
what you can do with blocks?
that's right?
you can stack 'em.
that's very good!
you're all done with the blocks, huh?
no?
right back...
oh, this is a book.
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what's this?
this is a new book.
you didn't see this book.
what are those?
oh!
and...
what's that?
a brush and comb!
shall we finish this book?
let's look through this book some more.
look at that!
that's yarn.
you've seen yarn before.
comes in balls balls of yarn.
what's that?
that's right; it's a chair oh!
what are those?
oh [laughs]!
you're very familiar with eggs!
those are flowers!
these are daisies!
daisies!
what are those?
scissors!
that's right!
cut paper with scissors.
what's that?
what do ya drink in a cup [corrects vowel]?
yeah, ya drink milk in a cup!
oh!
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what are those?
what d' we do with our keys?
hm?
what do we do with the keys?
start the car!
okay!
now, what's this?
well, it's an orange it looks like a peach.
yeah!
it's an orange.
okay, that's that book!
book!
another book!
one one boy!
that's a boy!
what's that?
what are those?
that's right, there are five cups.
we skipped over the five; we didn't see three!
three...
kittens!
that's right!
kittens are playing.
that's right!
know what those are?
what?
they're butterflies!
duck.
oh there are seven little...
ducks.
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there are eight big balloons!
can tell her the colors of the balloons?
that's right...
that's right what color's that?
white [laughing]!
what color's that?
that's red.
what color's that?
that's orange!
that's yellow!
and there are nine flowers!
roses daisies four o'clocks!
what are those?
that's a crayon?
to draw with and those are...
uh huh.
what's that one?
butterfly!
that?
you're done with that, huh?
alright, what would you like next?
hey, remember him?
this is our friend peter [laughs]!
yes!
can you zip peter now?
you've learned to zip lately.
go ahead.
go 'head.
not fun enough, huh?
okay [laughing]!
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that means work, getting dressed?
don't want ta get dressed!
oh, books.
what's that?
did we see a lot of those this morning on the way here?
this is a book about trucks!
big...
trucks.
trucks, that's right.
we saw a lot of trucks outside.
this truck comes around when it snows...
an' this truck comes around when people build new buildings.
they dig the dirt up with it.
don't like that book, huh?
'bout trucks!
alright.
how 'bout that one?
this one's about food mealtime, is what it's called.
first, you put on what's that?
it's a red bib.
that's a'right.
it's a mug.
cup or mug.
drink up your milk, that's what you do with it.
breakfast?
what's that?
what is that?
what is it?
it's a bowl of mush!
mush!
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and that is a...
ya eat with a spoon, don't ya?
you can feed yourself now!
yeah, it'd be good, huh?
an' what is that?
yeah!
that's not a red apple, but it is an apple!
an' ya can take a big bite...
yeah...
what?
fish!
that's right!
we saw a lotta fish, didn't we?
where did ya go to see a fish?
and where'd we see a movie about fish?
we wanna the aquarium and saw the movie about fish.
ah!
what's that [laughs]?
you'd eat it?
wanna feed that to your dog?
let's feed it to the dog bring 'm out.
there he goes [whisper] [! makes eating noises] yum, yum, yum.
back?
he hasta go in his house, huh?
don't ya wanna play with the dog?
what'd ya feed your dog?
do you feed Scooby?
that's right!
can you feed this dog?
oh, yummy, yummy, yummy okay.
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yummy.
is it good?
okay.
what would you like?
you'd like the bunny?
pat the bunny?
remember this book?
it doesn't have a doggie it has Si...
it has Paul and Judy!
in the pic'...
Judy pats the bunny, can you?
ya want the doggie to pat the bunny?
help the doggie!
pats the bunny [softly]!
that's nice.
can Cindy pat the bunny?
oh...
mommy pats the bunny.
can ya play peekaboo!
peekaboo!
with Paul.
peekaboo!
boo!
does he play peekaboo?
peekaboo.
an' he smells the flowers!
you smell the flowers, too!
who do you see in that mirror?
who's in there?
who's in there...
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who is that?
who is in there?
no, I think you were right the first time.
who's in there?
who is that?
it is.
it's Cindy.
Cindy, you know what this is?
that's daddy's scratchy face.
's daddy have a scratchy face?
Cindy doesn't have a scratchy face.
mommy doesn't have a scratchy face.
does daddy?
daddy has a scratchy face!
Judy can read a book is this a book about bunnies?
what's the bunny doing?
it is a bunny!
what is the bunny doing?
what's he doing there?
he's eating his good food.
what's he doing there?
what?
tick, tick, tick, the clock ticks on?
how big is bunny?
bunny's so big!
want the phone [echoes intonation]?
who're ya gonna call?
who're ya gonna call [higher]?
okay, go ahead and call daddy.
what're ya gonna say to daddy?
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hello?
okay!
hello?
now what d' ya say ta daddy?
you've got him.
you're gonna tell him whatchya did today?
whatchyda do today?
you saw a doggie what else did you do?
you called up daddy on the phone did ya go in your stroller for a ride?
that's right.
what else did you do today?
see the river?
'd you see the water?
daddy!
you've talked to your daddy on the phone, haven't you?
alright, say goodbye!
talk ta ya later, huh?
okey dokey!
would ya like that?
do you wanna see it doesn't have an a, oh, there it is!
it's got an a b c!
what would ya like now?
what would ya like [more softly]?
what?
what would ya like?
what's that?
oh, here's the book about abcs!
what comes after o?
a bat [laughing]?
okay a b c!
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this is like your book at home!
t, for trucks.
oh, oh a is for...
apple.
and a is for ant!
a is for airplane!
how 'bout that?
b is for...
bath!
taking a bath!
baby and bubbles!
and c is for...
Gus you're right.
c is for what is Gus?
that's not an apple, that's a cookie.
yeah!
you should recognize cookies!
little girl is playing with her cat.
Cindy starts with a c too.
d!
d is for daddy.
an' d is for doll an' what's the e for?
for?
e is for egg!
aren't they pretty?
what color's that egg?
that's right, yellow [same intonation]!
what color's that egg?
yeah.
that's right.
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that's purple!
that's blue...
that's an egg.
egg what's that?
it's a doll!
she's having tea with her doll!
yeah [same intonation]!
hey we missed f!
f is for flowers and fluffy.
g is for www, your last name!
and g is for garden!
h is for honey!
that's a little boy having honey!
on his pancakes!
[CHI sneezes.]
must be catching!
bless you [laughs]!
i is for iron!
ice cubes and eye.
Ichabod I.
k is for...
Gus.
what's Gus?
he is a kitty.
what is that?
k is for...
key!
that key 'll let us in the house!
that's a ball of yarn!
what's that?
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what is that?
it's a kite.
it's a butterfly with a kite.
k is for kite.
that's a spoon that's a jar j is for jar l is for lemon!
and letter and a lap to sit on!
m is for...
milk [laughing]!
and marshmallows.
and n is for...
but what is that?
and what does the doggie have on his face?
what's that?
't's your nose!
nose!
take your nose away [whisper]!
I gotchya nose!
o is for onion and orange!
o!
o p p is for paint.
paste.
and piggy bank.
purple!
purple.
what color's that?
that's right...
that's right.
that's kinda orange.
that's...
I'm not sure let's call it pink.
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okay.
last time it was the only color she knew!
ho, ho, what are they doing?
q is for quilts and quiet!
haha!
little girls!
reading books with a quilt over them!
r is for rabbits a big rabbit!
what is he eating?
know what he's eating [higher]?
a carrot!
you've had carrots.
what are those?
what are those [quieter].
what is that, Cindy?
what is that?
you've eaten those before.
raisins, right [uses c's into contour].
that's...
that's a rocking horse to rock!
rock!
and s is for shoe!
and t is for train!
and truck.
and trike!
tricycle!
there's three trains!
train!
u is for umbrella, and ukelele.
and utensils.
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that's a valentine, as in v.
as in Vinnie valentine [whisper]!
what's that?
it's a bowl of ice cream!
and a vacuum cleaner!
mommy vacuums, that's right w is for wagon.
and windows.
x is for xylophone and kisses [laughs]!
those are balls of yarn!
y and that's a yellow yolk!
and that's a sleepy yawn!
and that's the z for zipping!
zip!
z for zipping and go to sleep; you go z and that's done!
and Mickey's on there...
that's Ernie!
who's that?
Bert.
and who's that?
ya recognize him?
the big bird!
yeah, how 'bout...
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[first session, mother/child play session]
hah?
wanna sit down?
Mam'll bring you the toys.
alright!
ahhah mommy's gonna ha!
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what would you like first?
Mickey!
oh, I know that's a mouse!
what's your name, Cindy [softly]?
that's Nan [softly].
who am I [whispered]?
and who are you?
who's that?
is it Nan?
and who am I?
and who are you?
what's your name?
what's your name [more softly].
Cindy that's right!
you're getting very good!
okay, we'll get you those things.
we don't want ta hand 'em ta ya and then you won't have anything to play with!
oh, a book [whispered]!
your favorite!
alright.
that book?
who is that?
oh you know this book real well.
you turned right to the favorite page!
's daddy's scratchy face?
's daddy have scratchy face?
he's at home uhhuh.
daddy!
can ya smell the flowers like Paul?
can ya smell 'em?
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Paul's smelling the flowers!
baby'll smell the flowers [sniffs] mm!
can you smell the flowers?
they're pretty?
[seeking interpretation?]
's it smell pretty?
who's in there?
who's that [whispered]?
baby [laughing]!
you know what this book is about?
this is a pat the bunny book.
you had one of these, but it's in forty pieces now.
yes.
and that's Paul and Sally, I think it's Judy.
whoops!
Paul and Judy.
say hi to Paul and Judy?
okay say hi ta you!
an' Judy's pattin' her bunny!
can you pat the bunny?
soft [very whispery]!
's it soft [stronger whisper]?
'kay, what's Paul doing?
over here.
what's Paul doing?
what's he doing [high pitched]?
's he go peekaboo [whispered]?
peekaboo!
peekaboo [back to whisper].
can you play peekaboo with Paul?
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huh [whispered]?
Paul plays w' his little sister!
an' there's Paul smellin', the flowers...
are they pretty?
baby gets to smell?
yes?
want me ta help baby?
baby liked 'at oh!
that's great!
what a smell!
yeah!
who's in the mirror?
no.
who is that?
's that daddy?
is it daddy in there?
is that daddy [softly]?
no, that's not daddy [whispered] [! I].
's that Cindy?
is it mommy?
[3w falsetto]
are ya sure?
look again.
who is that?
who's in there?
look in there.
who's in there.
no!
who is that [high pitched]?
you can see Nan in there?
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oh [laughing] you're tricky!
you should look in it this way!
Cindy here's the rest of it.
the scratchy face...
daddy has a scratchy face.
scratch [tiny whisper].
mommy doesn't.
and what's this?
the next one.
hah!
there's the first page.
what is this?
tick tick tick [whispered].
tick tick tick [louder].
that's right!
the bunny's eating his good food!
'n' what's the bunny doin' there?
go night night?
mm?
now t bunny went to sleep!
'n' that was Judy's little book!
uh there!
what's that?
's that the ring?
's a ring.
you can put your finger through mommy's ring.
yeah?
yeah she's uh got rings, too!
that's like Paul's doing.
he was puttin' his finger through his mommy's ring.
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uhhuh [softly]!
't's pretty, huh?
thank ya!
bye!
okay bye ta them!
alright, let's see.
what else've we got down here?
you've never seen this before!
oh [whispered]!
that's a doghouse!
't's f'r little doggies!
ya want that back.
let's see the dog that goes in it.
where is the rest of your dog?
is this him?
right, you put the dog in the doghouse.
''s a pretty big dog!
byebye dog [laughs]!
[break to adjust mike]
mommy [whispers] mommy's got a mike on!
okay, now what?
ah!
Digby the dragon!
oh!
look what's in here!
he can talk to you.
look at him [high pitched].
how does he come out?
uhoh he comes out that way [somewhat whispery].
he can play with you!
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but he can't come all the way out 'cause he's a dragon.
shut 'em in?
back [whisper] oops...
back [whisper] can you put your hand in, there?
put your hand in the dragon.
you can make the dragon move, see [last s with exag contour]?
't's a dragon.
't's a dragon puppet.
he talks to you, Cindy.
you can make the dragon come out the door [makes growling noises].
and you can shut the dragon in if you don't wanna talk to him [in "giggling" voice]!
betchyou can let 'm out [funny noises]!
shut him in.
see his tongue?
l'k at that tongue.
look [makes funny noises] oop!
ah gotcha!
he's gotcha!
he's got you.
whoa, push it straight down.
straight.
this way.
that's right.
straight down.
okay.
down.
down, okay.
so much for the dragon huh?
do you see his tongue?
look at that tongue.
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you got a tongue for me?
oh this is great.
yeis is great.
know what that's for?
you don't!
it's to comb your hair.
it's to brush your baby's hair.
you wanna brush your baby's hair [request].
not good enough, huh?
that's a steak [precisely].
for dinner.
wanna call daddy?
hello [whispery].
it's for Cindy!
hi, Cindy.
it's for baby?
''s for Nan?
is it for Nan [higher]?
it's for Cindy!
say bye?
okay.
that's like your telephone at home...
right.
home what would ya like?
the book [precisely]?
this book?
oh is that a book?
look at those pictures [whisper]!
what's that [simult]?
ahhah...
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what's that?
cutie!
ha!
lotta ducks [whisper]!
balloons?
that's right.
yeah what's that called?
orange.
what's that color?
'kay.
what's that color?
black [whisper]?
[color names whispered very precisely]
black, I didn't know you know black.
no [laughing]?
[black said very precisely]
now what wouldya like?
w'dja like a block?
a block.
't's got a p on it.
a f for...
what's that?
's that a pig, Cindy?
it wasn't [laughing]?
was that a pig?
is that a pig?
where are ya going?
[laughing]
I know you like to run around, huh...
well, hang on a sec 'ts see what we can do with these blocks.
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you get the pig, okay?
here's another one with a horse on it.
here's one with a little doggie on it [whispery].
there's one with a cow!
cow [whispered]!
here, feel the little face!
this one has [more normal voice] a kitty!
'n' this one has an elephant!
like Dumbo!
look what you can do with those!
can you stack them up?
way high?
that's good.
c'n you make 'em even higher?
oops!
higher.
yeah?
you're doin' fine op!
oo!
a little higher, there ya go.
's that the one with the mouse on it?
see can you find the mouse?
alright the cow is on top!
what happened?
did they all fall down...
all fall down [whispered prolonged]!
you throw really good now!
guess who this is this is peter magic.
he's got shoelaces and zippers like your shoes [fainter] see, look.
tie [whisper]?
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he's got shoes on!
yes, he does [higher pitch] he's got shoes and pants on, like yours.
s' the pants [whispered]?
c'n you do that?
c'n you do the zipper?
pull it down.
wait, grab this part, right there.
'n' pull it down.
down [whispered]!
whoops!
grab it again [gets stronger].
okay you're not good at that, huh?
[1 laughs in the middle of word]
notchyet?
now what would ya like?
what is that?
blue [high and clearly articulated]?
the blue block?
ya want the blue block?
you want that?
okay.
what's it got on it?
boo [laughing]!
boo boo's at home!
wan' 'em all back?
which one do ya want now?
which one?
which one's that?
what color is it?
black [breaking word up]?
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which one d' ya want?
hm?
d' ya want the pink one?
pink [high pitch]?
this one's pink [normal] see, pink.
't's got elephants on it [whispery] like Dumbo!
what color's that one?
yellow?
y yellow!
okay.
that's very good, y' want the rest of them?
okay.
which one d' ya want now?
what color's that?
green!
right!
okay [exagg]!
gettin' it really high [warningly]!
okay [whispered] what color's this one?
what color is that?
oh, Mickey's on there?
want your baby back ya want your baby back [higher pitch] [! laughing]?
I still like this dragon myself.
[to herself?]
whoops!
his tongue!
okay hi, Cindy [funny, whispery voice].
hi, Cindy [higher] [! more whispered].
ha!
hi, Cindy [more quickly]!
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'll let me out?
gonna let me out [funny voice]?
oh I'm out!
I can getchya now, I can get ya [high falsetto voice]!
hi [soft whisper]!
bye!
want 'im back?
he can look out the top!
and he can look out the sides [more whispery] he can look out the side there [! throaty voice] see [! falsetto]?
hah, now he can get out, he's free!
he's free!
he's gonna bring you in the cage come on in.
come on in [more falsetto]!
ya wanna come in my cage [tiny voice]?
come on in...
boat.
book?
that book?
is that the right one?
this is the other book [whispery].
got two books!
's that a boy?
boy.
's puppies.
what are those?
's chairs like Cindy's chairs?
do you have a chair like that [whispery]?
ducks.
one little, two little, three little ducks!
your duck is in the car; we'll get it when we go back out, okay?
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that's right, we have a duck just like that in the car.
's that a butterfly?
can you find the flower?
can you find the rose?
can you find it [whispery]?
that's right [whispered]!
Obie is a kitty that's right [high whisper]!
that's a sleeping kitty [throaty voice].
and that's aigʌs.
[3w mother said it]
whaddaya do with those?
do you draw?
with color crayons?
draw!
you go, round and round in circles.
'n' draw...
see the roses?
there's a rose there's a tulip 'n' a daisy pretty flowers, you have flowers in your bedroom!
y' have flowers on your dress!
no?
what would ya like now?
what would ya like [higher]?
what is it?
C' say block [very precisely articuated]?
block?
I like the woo woo, myself [laughs] he's a nice guy!
y' like the woo woo, Cindy?
your dog's name is Scooby; this dog is just doggy!
you should make a new name for this doggy!
wa'dja like to call it?
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what kind of doggie would ya like to call this one?
wha'ja name this dog?
hm?
what's that?
what is that [whispered]?
want the brush?
sure that's whatchya wanted?
a brush?
f' the steak, okay.
here you feed the doggie and and comb his hair all at the same time.
that's very nice of you, Cindy.
see the doggie's eyes?
you can almost see them, they're all covered up by hair!
his ears and a tail, and he's got little feet.
that's lovely.
ya want a drum [laughs]?
your drum's at home.
you have a drum, dontchya?
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[third session, mother/child play session]
Cindy, would ya like to play?
wan' see the toys in the box?
which one would ya like?
you want the book first?
can Cindy read the book?
here.
you know all these things.
now what's this?
and what's that?
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a comb and a brush!
and how 'bout those?
what's that [soft]?
y' know what those are?
things [laughing].
they're yarn!
and what are those?
an' whataya do with scissors?
what do ya do with scissors [softer]?
that's right!
and what's in there?
oh, you know what's in there what is it?
it's a milk, but what's in the milk in?
it's a cup.
cup, okay.
oh, you know what those are...
what do you do with keys?
okay, you drive the car?
you know what that is?
it is, alright.
know what that is?
you like Cindy's shoes?
you like the apple the best?
chair and the ball are the same color, aren't they?
how many eggs?
that's right!
and what's...
oh, they are.
they're daisies of some sort.
they're flowers.
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ah, seven!
don't forget seven!
okay, back to that...
very good.
what would ya like next?
more books?
okay, this book?
okay.
this is a book about...
abcs around the house.
abcs that's a t; you start out with...
oh, a is for...
apple!
that's right!
and ant, and b is for...
for what?
bath.
and c is for...
cookies, and?
what's that?
that's a cat!
a kitty cat.
cat.
and d is for...
what is that?
d...
is for...
is for what?
cup!
what is d for?
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oh, she's having tea, I see what is that?
d is for drum!
an' d is for doll!
e...
e is for egg.
uh huh.
um hum...
that's a green egg.
says love on it.
I love egg.
and f is for flower!
and fan and feather g is for what's your last name?
Cindy what?
that's right, it's for g.
shoes off!
I lost a button off her, off her shoe!
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and h...
well, those aren't cakes, they're pancakes.
or you call hot cakes.
and what do they put on them 't's honey!
you know honey!
and what is that?
it's an I.
I that's right.
j, for jelly beans.
is what?
and k is for...
yeah, it's for kitty!
and kite...
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okay, we have l, m what's m for?
it's for oops!
q.
q is for...
no, that's an r.
r is for raisins...
s is for...
that's right...
went through that really fast!
what is y for?
yarn!
that's an xylophone x.
that's right!
it is a toy.
and z is for...
z when you sleep.
the end [echos].
now what would ya like to play with?
another book?
okay!
what's that book about?
did you see some of these this morning on the way in?
did you see one of those?
't's a truck!
big truck?
is that what it looked like on the mass pike this morning?
it did, didn't it?
the end.
that's a book about trucks.
okay!
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oh, another book?
okay.
this book is about numbers.
one, three, eight.
six, nine, five what is that?
baseball!
that's a boy!
how many are there?
that's a hat; it looks like a ball [laughs], but it's his hat.
and how many boys are there?
okay, and what are these?
they're puppies!
and what are those?
and how many kitties?
that's right!
and what are these?
and how many butterflies are there?
that's right!
and what are these?
you missed one, sorry, here's one.
what are these?
yeah, but what are they?
that's good [whisper]!
six what?
that's a blue chair...
uh huh!
what color's that one?
yes!
you know that color!
okay.
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what kind of chair is that?
what has it got on the bottom?
um wood!
okay.
it's a wood rocking chair.
and there are...
there they are!
that's your favorite number!
okay, you got pretty pretty far along there.
it's seven.
seven duckies.
very good!
there're eight balloons there.
an' what are these?
what kind of flowers?
that is a rose there are nine roses.
and what are these?
crayons.
you were right the first time.
an' there're ten.
ten crayons.
an' what are those?
seven!
you say seven for me?
okay, you're doing real well with your numbers, Cindy.
you're an awfully smart little kid.
another book?
you're gonna run out of books!
what's this book?
and those are your friends Paul and Judy!
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do you remember Paul and Judy?
Paul and Judy Paul and Judy play with the bunny.
what are ya doing to the bunny?
do you pat bunnies often?
did you get to pat a bunny yesterday?
oh.
peekaboo!
this is Paul.
he's playing with Judy.
he's playing a little game that you just played peekaboo!
what's Paul doing?
what is Paul doing?
he's smelling flowers!
can you?
oh!
nice!
they smell good, don't they?
mm!
and Judy looks in the mirror.
what do you see in the mirror?
oh, really?
okay!
Judy's reading her book!
can you read a book?
how big is bunny?
bunny's real big.
now bunny, what's bunny?
doing there?
good night bunny [whisper].
no, not quite the end.
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there's another part.
Paul puts his finger through the ring.
you can put your finger through the ring and that's all!
now it's the end.
they say “good bye”, Cindy.
okay, what's this book about?
it's about mealtimes!
little boy's eating his toast...
he looks like he's going to eat, looks like coffee [laughs]!
what's this thing?
do you wear one of these?
do you wear one?
and what is she doing?
what's the little girl doing?
that's right!
she likes to drink her milk!
it's good.
now what does she have?
what is that?
you have one of these at home you put your food in it.
cake; it's not really cake.
it's got all steam coming off of it it's hot and it's liquid...
it's soup!
you know soup ["soup" with same intonation as Chi]!
you've eaten lots of soup.
what's this?
and you eat your soup with that or, you eat whatever you have with it.
no, you don't needta eat cookies with a spoon!
an' there's another wh' is this?
you know what it is!
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looks like a pear!
it's an apple.
an orange.
apple.
take a big bite; it's good.
an' you'll get a good big bite of yours.
you have that book at grandma's, don't you?
not this one, but the one on the back.
that book!
okay, what else would you like?
I think we've gotten all the books!
would you like to play with our little friend?
that book [laugh, whisper]!
what can you do with him?
good.
you can help him get dressed!
go ahead, and you can zip it down...
go 'head.
ah!
see how good you are?
okay, zip it up.
go ahead.
ah!
look at that; you're doing very well.
you did it!
your daipi on?
peter [laughs]?
good!
know what this is?
snap.
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can you snap it?
snap it off!
whoops!
go ahead y' can give it a pull...
you're done with him?
alright, now what would ya like?
you wanna talk to daddy?
okay.
call him up!
what'd you do today?
what d' ya do today?
tell daddy what you did today.
and what did you do when you saw Nan?
what did you do when you saw Nan?
what did you do here?
okay, okay, you got him...
okay...
bye, dad.
what else would you like?
what is that...
blocks?
sit back down; sit back down and I'll get them for you...
wait a second.
there's three...
there's four...
there'' five...
and there's six!
there would be seven after six...
whoops!
there're too many!
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okay.
put 'm away.
would ya like the doggie?
alright.
this dog never got a name, did he?
what would you call this dog?
looks like Tonga?
no?
who does he look like?
alright, well, tata!
you can comb Tata's hair.
and brush Tata's hair.
that's very good!
eat that food!
what is it?
would you like it?
there's an alphabet on here.
you can find d.
what's this letter?
that's right!
and what's it for?
well, who's eating the food?
that's right.
and what's that?
what's the letter?
that's right.
and it is an owl what's that letter?
what's n for?
what's that little animal?
oh, he's eating an apple?
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he's a mouse; he's eating part of the m...
the m is red.
see?
there he is again.
what's this letter?
that's right!
d for daddy!
what's that letter?
an' what's this letter?
c for what?
that's right!
what's b?
that's right, boo boo.
know what that is?
't's a funny looking cow [laughs]!
it is, it's a cow!
looks like a horse!
what's that?
looks like a strawberry it's an apple!
apple!
okay.
what's that letter?
i.
it's for eye...
I, I, me!
okay, what's this letter, Cindy?
do you recognize this one?
it's the letter okay...
mommy, what?
what are you doing?
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okay you're stacking very well!
oops!
'kay way up there way up there [higher].
oops!
way up on top, okay!
now what are we gonna do with them?
okay.
put them away!
put them back!
go 'head.
put 'm back in the box.
all you hafta do is throw them over the side!
like that!
that's right throw some more c'n ya put puppy back in his house?
okay thank you, Cindy.
peter pan?
is that peter pan?
okay...
and threw them books back do ya like books?
wan' put the dragon?
see, this dragon's really been through a workout!
there he is!
can you open the door?
can ya open it [higher and softer]?
this is how it opens, up here.
hi, Cindy [whisper].
hi, Cindy!
what's this?
that's the dragi's mouth!
got a big tongue okay, put him back in!
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okay.
let go!
harder dragon, okay.
you want dragon to come back out?
okay.
no dragon.
how 'bout what?
you're really...
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[third session, mother/child play session]
wanna look at the book, Baby?
you show me the book [whisper] What do you see?
a bug, yes.
I see a bug.
what else do you see?
a block, yeah, a bug is on a block.
[9w said very precisely]
block.
what is that?
ʌmʌ aɷ.
it is a kitty.
and what's that?
quack!
no, that's not a kitty.
quack, quack What is it [whisper]?
it's a duck.
it's a duck [whisper].
let's look at some more of this book.
I think it's a pretty one.
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oh [laugh].
what's this?
oh woo, woo woo woo woo doggie.
what do they have in their mouths?
see that right there?
what is that in their mouth?
a boy.
what's in his hand?
it's not yours.
is it yours?
you wanna make it.
wanna take it.
it's a hat for his hair.
it's a hat.
shoes.
shoes like Alice has.
shoes.
I want this.
here's his shoes and then his what?
socks.
sock Oh and look at what the kitty's playing with.
oh, is that your kitty?
mommy.
mommy's here.
you like mommy's pretty, yeah?
what's that?
butterfly?
bug.
oh!
an what's that?
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mm.
for juice, huh?
what's this?
you know that word.
what is that?
sit.
in a chair.
you said chair before.
chair.
chair!
very good!
chair!
oh!
balloon [exaggerated]!
oh lots of balloons.
oh, and what's this right here?
come here.
what does this say?
it's a chick?
okay, it's a chick.
cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep...
flowers!
you wanna smell them?
do they smell?
are those for Mommy?
I see, Darling [laugh].
did ya count all of them?
oh, and you gave...
him a kiss so nice [whisper].
kiss the kitty.
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kitties like kisses, I think.
a chickie, yeah!
that's another chick, very good!
haɩk ji.
hi, kitty!
oh, did he fall down?
bi bu.
he went boom.
no, he didn't.
oh, okay.
oh, the ball?
you mean ball?
ball.
I don't know if she said he fell down and went boom...
%add: nan
he did have a ball, but it was on his back.
and there's a boy with his...
want something else?
woof!
oh, I wanna give you a kiss, Alexis.
what about this?
you wanna see that?
you want him to bite?
we have a new puppy.
%add: nan
that's where that word came from.
if puppy bites, puppy gets spanked!
I know what we can do.
no?
ya want the closed?
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[3. missing noun]
okay.
that still scares her.
%add: nan
you can open it if you want.
I'll take my hand out.
you can open and close it if you wish.
it can't move.
mommy doesn't have her hand in there.
poke.
it won't bite you.
mommy doesn't have her hand in it.
you can spank it if it bites you.
wan' close it?
okay.
oh.
was your finger in there?
'kay.
oh!
it's nice isn't it?
oh y' closed its tongue in the door Where's your tongue?
lemme see.
that's right [laughs].
oh look.
inside it's xxx.
yeah.
where's its nose?
oh, blah.
there's its tongue.
you can close it, um hum [softly].
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close it down...
well, we have...
open it a little bit.
twaɩ haɩ.
what?
I see you!
wait, let's don't close the tongue completely out.
kinda loose [laugh].
d' ya wan' ta put your hand in there?
look at that, Alice Look at what you can do!
yeah.
look in there.
and see, you make him move when you do that.
isn't that interesting.
you want him to bite?
can you make him bite?
here.
make him bite mommy.
you stick your hand in there You think he'll bite mommy?
bite?
bite.
[1w imitates CHI intonation]
wait.
don't pull it.
let's pull it down like that.
okay.
no?
bite.
oh, his poor tongue.
let's stuff his tongue in there.
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okay.
there.
good girl.
you're very careful.
well, this kinda bites too, doesn't it.
see, this bites down [bite].
chomp.
oh.
nothing out there's interesting.
look Hello Alice...
my name is uh what is his name Oh Dapper Dan.
%add: 5w-11w mot
dapper.
put your suspenders on.
button [exaggerated]...
button.
now.
we'll just put him over there for a minute, okay?
maybe Dapper Dan wants to go in there, wha' do ya think should I put Dapper Dan in with the dragon?
let's see if they wanna play.
hi, Dapper Dan [funny voice].
hello, dragon [normal voice] [! kissing noises].
ya wanna kiss?
look my teeth look my tongue [funny voice] I give you a kiss?
oh!
okay.
okay I won't make him come out through the bars.
I'm sorry [laughing].
wo wo.
hello [funny voice] I'm friendly.
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I'm nice.
where's my tongue?
peekaboo [laugh].
where's my tongue?
peekaboo.
oh, you wanna put it in?
alright.
where's my tongue?
Alice, say peekaboo [falsetto].
no, not under his eye, say peekaboo [normal] and his tongue'll come out.
say peekaboo.
there's a tongue...
no, okay.
wait a minute Sit down!
pick something.
what d' ya want?
oh blocks and books.
want the other blocks?
look.
what's that?
what's that say?
just like your red shoes!
ah The telephone!
oh...
it's Daddy?
tell him whatcha doin' Oh, you need some space there?
okay.
now you've got a good space.
hello?
who's this?
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oh, hi Da Are you Dada, or are you talking to Data?
no?
is it mommy?
oh!
okay.
I'll talk on my telephone.
hello, Alice.
do you wanna go swimming when we get home?
no you do too!
bye!
see who's on the telephone.
hello.
baba bada.
what about Dada?
dada wants to play with the blocks?
mhm.
boom!
dada bwaɩ dada baɩ dada a.
dada bye?
dada is bye, yes.
he's at work.
dada is byebye.
bye, dada far away.
gon eat the phone?
Alice look what I saw.
oh!
apple.
yeah I couldn't believe it, this is a new book, isn't it?
you know that one.
chair, yeah.
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hi?
oh, so pretty and soft!
mm mm.
oh!
yeah, here're the flowers.
da mami ki.
key [laughing].
yeah.
and there there's orange.
orange [softly] 'n' there are your shoes.
hi?
oh!
book.
you wanna see a new book?
I think I know that this one 's...
new.
wan' look at this book?
okay.
what do you see?
hey, I see a telephone, I think.
yeah!
same.
oh Look what that boy has!
what's that right there?
don't clobber the boy!
look at this You know the big bl bugs that we have at our house?
boy has some bugs.
there's the boy and there're the bugs.
mhm.
oh, the bug's gonna get on him, isn't it.
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oh, meow?
meow says the kitty.
is that what she says?
is that what Chico says?
what does Chico say.
meow...
oɷ ʌm baɩ go bai.
oh, bye.
eating [exaggerated].
I could go for that.
what?
the block?
did the block go boom?
yeah.
there's the block.
mommy'll get it for ya.
let's see what else we have in this book [under breath].
oh, I see two things you know in this.
meow kitty, and what about this?
what's that?
a kitty.
do you know what this is?
oh...
it's not what I thought it was.
I thought it was ice cream.
tell what I've got on the brain...
meow, that is a kitty's face.
do you know what this is?
that looks just like Ginger's face doesn't it?
what do you think that animal looks...
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Gigi, yeah.
Gigi's mouth.
what's that?
do you know what that is?
can you look at that and tell what that is?
what is that right there?
a nose?
it is a moo cow's nose.
right there is a moo cow's nose.
good girl.
I don't think you know any of those things Oh.
see anything on this page ya know?
there's some children.
there's a girl, and a girl, and a boy.
what?
mm hm.
and this boy's putting on his shirt.
oh, look.
he's got...
what is that...
up here.
shoes?
mm.
there's ice cream.
ya like ice cream?
no!
I know you hate it.
and there's our vacuum cleaner I know you don't like...
wow!
what do you see?
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Mommy.
[conversation with Alice's voice over it]
where're ya gonna go?
do you want this book back?
I think I see another book.
oh...
is this this guy I really like?
oh.
you look at it.
I think you can tell me what you really like better than I can show you.
upside down, but you can look at it Here.
apple, Yeah!
juice, yeah, and a cup.
juice in the cup.
there ya go.
oh.
the little child has on a bib!
well, I think there are some more pages we didn't see...
if you have time between phone calls Oohh soup!
mm!
look.
what's that?
spoon.
shpoon [exaggerated]...
spoon and the baby is eating.
'n' there's the baby is drinking.
some juice.
bebi njæ aɩdododo dada bye.
now the baby's eating What?
apple.
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dada bye, that's right.
where ya goin'?
wait a minute.
wan' ta see another book?
wanna see...
this one?
shoes that's right.
oh, I'm sorry.
did you have a call?
oh!
goodness!
I love how you hold the phone, Alice.
couldn't possibly be because your mother's had a phone attached to her ear for a month...
all gone.
Alice Alice all gone.
everything all gone?
are you sleepy?
block.
it is a block.
I don't know if you should eat it honey.
you might rip it.
can you do that.
bang 'em.
oh, that's kinda big for your hands, aren't they.
oh bum bum...
block.
did it fall down go boom?
here's another block.
boom.
block go boom!
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yeah, that's all of them.
mommy got all of them.
lookee!
woof.
wan' take the doggie out of his house?
can you get him out?
without opening the door!
there he goes!
oh!
mommy see!
I know!
wanna brush his hair?
and here's some food, for later.
yeah.
you can brush your hair.
you hungry?
you could give it to the doggie, too.
give the doggie a bite.
gon put it in his house?
are you tired, Alice?
how silly of me.
you're just gonna eat?
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bernstein/Children/Alice/010100.cha = = =
[first session, mother/child play session]
she's really into books right now.
%add: nan
you wanna see the book?
oh, look there's a boy with his hat.
and a doggie.
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oh, you wanna look at this?
w' look at this?
have a drink.
okay now.
oh what's this?
what's that?
what is it, huh?
oh.
look can you take it out?
take it out.
you want it in?
put that on.
can you xxx it?
that.
yes.
okay.
oh.
open it up.
take the doggie out.
I think it will come out.
let's see.
yeah.
pull it out.
oh what's it?
look look [squeal] what's that?
get it.
is that for the doggie?
can you feed it to the doggie?
feed it...
oh put it in Okay.
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okay.
what are you gonna do?
I'll let her play with this for a while.
%add: nan
what?
what's this?
a smile, it has a smile [laugh].
give him a kiss, Okay, come on.
yeah [laugh].
what is it, a ball?
oh, look at the book.
look What's this?
what's this?
what's that?
that!
oh, what a nice doggie.
yeah, Yeah.
[alex coos in background]
wh this a butterfly?
oh.
what's that?
[whisper]
what's that?
for milk?
you don't know what these things are...
oh What's that?
a balloon?
can you say balloon?
what do you say?
oh.
|
what's that?
what is it?
can you say kitty?
that's a kitty, huh?
wanna look at another book?
this's a touching book.
hah a boy...
't's a bunny bunny.
feel bunny.
[whisper]
hah!
look!
there's Alice!
peek a boo!
oh!
ah!
[funny noises]
Wh what's in the house?
oh Oh.
that.
can you feed it to the doggie?
doggie's hungry.
feed it to the doggie?
oh, I'll open the door, Okay.
[under breath]
there you go.
[whisper]
there.
[whisper]
oh brush your hair.
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brush your hair.
sit down.
let's tr she might talk more if she hadta tell me what she wants.
%add: nan
oh.
why don't we try this?
does this ring?
say hello.
hello!
that's right.
who's on the telephone, Alice?
hi?
yeah, hi!
hi, dada.
say hi dada.
hello?
hello dada?
is it Daddy on the phone?
press the button.
there you go!
say hello, dada.
hello, dada.
let the boy talk on the phone.
hello, Alice [falsetto].
hello.
Alice, how are you [falsetto].
Alice, how are you?
[laughs].
[almost to herself]
not gonna do it, huh?
|
what's in there?
what?
look!
what is it?
woo!
can you get it?
boo!
oh!
[to herself]
I just realized how it works!
ay!
can you get him?
hello Alice, hello [funny voice] 'rr...
can you get him?
pull this up grr!
oh!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, baby.
I'm sorry I didn't think that would scare you...
I didn't think it would.
hello.
I'm sorry I scared you [funny voice] I'm really nice [! falsetto].
you wanna touch me [funny voice]?
touch me I'm lonesome.
okay.
[mother ragains normal voice]
I'm sorry, Alice.
I'm sorry.
I'll put it away.
goodbye!
[reassuring voice]
|
it's away, it's away.
what can you do with this?
[quickly changes subject]
what's this?
block?
it's away.
look, it's over here.
it's over here.
hello [funny voice].
it's away.
look!
what about the blocks?
[gutteral whisper]
peek a boo!
[funny noises]
boo [laugh]!
you can't get me can ya?
peek a boo!
ya just gonna eat the c comb and that's all?
here.
oh.
what's that?
a doggie [whisper]?
uh huh.
open.
there are so many toys!
oh, mama too many toys!
okay.
was that good [funny eating noise]?
do these squeak?
|
no.
there.
build 'em up.
okay.
what?
take them down.
what?
oh, boom [laugh]!
yeah!
boom [laugh].
where's daddy?
daddy not here.
daddy's not here.
pretty, pretty here.
oh [laugh]!
what?
boom!
daddy!
[same intonation contour as Alexis]
boom!
where did it go?
boom.
you want that one?
okay, daddy.
I'll go get your block!
this's a block.
say mommy block!
here.
okay.
now what?
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Alice [whisper] ready [laugh].
is this a block?
oh Wha!
okay.
hit the blocks!
oh!
good [laugh].
ah.
wait a second I'm get this u oh!
you're a monkey!
okay.
now wait lemme get 'em built up.
ah [laugh].
Alice block.
block.
get the block.
say mama get the block.
oh, oh [laughing] Go wild, Alice.
okay.
oh, oh.
Daddy.
[they both laugh]
okay.
oh oh...
what's that, Alice?
what's that, a block?
that.
that's a telephone.
that's the phone.
huh!
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say oh hello...
you wanna speak to Alexis?
say hello?
wha''s you hafta tell me block?
you want the blocks?
say block!
can you [whisper]?
block?
oh phoo [laugh].
yeah that!
daddy, this's a daddy?
okay [laugh].
daddy!
okay.
okay [whisper].
say block.
s' thank you for a block.
lemme show you something.
look.
can you brush the doggie's hair?
ho!
look how soft!
can you do that?
wanna?
here.
's a brush.
oh!
brush Alice's hair!
is that what a doggie says, wo wo wo wo wo wo?
r'member when Shena [family dog] says wo wo wo wo xxx.
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oh, what a soft ear feel [softly].
what that?
hello?
oh yes, that's right!
that's a good girl.
oh.
oh was it daddy?
answer the phone.
hi?
that's what Loren says on the...
hi?
who's that?
oh wee!
is he sweet!
kisses on your face.
do you see something you want?
what?
what do you want?
this?
the boy?
that!
okay.
ah.
what a nice hug for the baby.
oh Fall down.
do you want this?
oh a nice kiss.
jʌwʌblublublujujæwæ wæjawe.
[almost singing]
boom!
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think you could brush the dolly's hair, too.
oh, sleepy?
look, you could brush the dolly's hair, too.
okay xxx.
or your own hair.
d' ya wanna look at the book again?
you look at it.
mhm.
oh, it smells good too [under breath].
look Alice!
look!
peek a boo!
can you do that?
oh, there's what smells good.
oh, look, smell.
k's smell good?
that's a wicked laugh, you monkey [gutteral voice].
oh look here's something to touch.
feel that.
um hm.
what's that?
that's t' see yourself.
look There you are.
there's the baby!
oh give Alice a kiss.
[hard to understand]
yeah.
okay [gulping noise].
are you licking it?
yes!
|
yes.
does that feel good to your tongue?
here!
uh huh it's okay.
that Alice in the picture?
got your fingers [gulping noise].
tickle me.
tickle tickle tickle!
what's that?
uh!
mhm.
these are daddy's.
ah, Alice, mommy knocked them down.
w' gonna do?
there.
you like the blocks!
say blocks.
w's th's Alice?
a block, a block.
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bernstein/Children/Alice/010300.cha = = =
[second session, mother/child play session]
look at that dolly!
what d' ya think of that dolly?
yeah?
%add: nan
now I hafta ask you Do you want me to...
try to get her to talk or just kind of be as natural as possible?
because I don't feel very much like talking to her today.
I have not talked to her a lot today, and we've been on each other's nerves today, so...
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[some discussion about tape session goals]
that 's an interesting toy, but it scared her last time, so I 'm gonna kind of go easy on it it might be kind of interesting to see what happens now, yeah, you 're right...
%add: nan
we bought some blocks like this, I was w' abu cloth covered ones.
after I saw them here, I really liked them.
yeah, I needta be out pretty as fast as I can [giggles].
[some more discussion partially obscured by movement]
now, do you want her in here?
Alice, come here [kiss].
oh!
a better one!
one that will flap in the breeze.
come here, I want you to sit up here for just a minute [fry].
yeah, it 's kind of like her high chair, but not really.
I wanna show you somethin'.
look.
do you remember this?
here 's a puppet [high and soft].
hello, Alice [back of throat high voice].
how are you?
[pretending to be puppet]
wanna pet me?
[pretending to be puppet]
oh, you do n't like it.
okay.
call daddy on the telephone.
you do that.
that 's right!
now pick up the telephone and say hello hello, Daddy?
[obscured by telephone noises]
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yeah good.
uh what 's that?
that 's a little toy dolly.
look, he 's got a zipper, Alice...
there we go!
call Daddy!
okay, now look.
this is a zipper.
this zipper 's a little bit hard.
y' wanna try it?
you try it.
yeah.
now watch this.
can you untie this?
look it.
mommy 's gonna tie it and you untie it.
that's right.
go ahead.
pull this one.
no not like that.
you like the telephone.
[some discussion here between M. and N. about removing Alice's shoes to cut down on noise]
what 's that?
that.
there you go.
I bet you could rattle that table about any way I put you.
yeah You got it, kiddo.
let 's sit up here.
does the chair part flatten it out?
%add: 1w nan
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no, it does n't.
okay [softly] You sit there, and I 'll put your shoes back on.
hi, baby.
give the baby a kiss, y' wanna?
ya wanna get to these toys, do n't ya?
okay, let's get down and get to these toys [last part gutteral].
go to it, kid [gutteral].
oh, look, Alice, remember.
this?
what 's in there?
what is it?
oh, you know about that!
what is that?
can you pull it out?
get it.
what is it?
what 's that?
ah!
what is it?
come here [soft whisper] Is it a doggie?
what d's a doggie say, Alice?
what does this doggie say?
ahhah, ahhah, ahhah, ahhah [pants like a dog] What else does he say?
woa, woa, woa, woa, woa.
[repeats a number of times.]
here 's a brush for his hair.
'kay.
wanna brush it?
look [softly] quack [laugh]!
oh, is it good to eat, alright.
|
oh, give the doggie some.
oh, brush him.
yeah, he 'll like that [laugh].
are you not going to talk at all [laugh]?
I think she said one word.
come here.
I 'll tell you what.
let 's look at this book.
look at the book, Oh.
there 's a bunny in this book [gets soft] hm nothing you can really talk about, though.
touch this, Look.
see how it is?
soft.
w.
e.
c.
ah!
where's the boy?
peekaboo!
you do it.
yeah!
peekaboo boy!
where is he.
where is he?
peekaboo [laugh]!
what else ya see?
oh look.
a boy an a girl.
I bet you can smell this smell.
um.
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would you look oh!
look.
there 's the baby.
do n't smell the baby.
look at the baby.
look it.
there 's Alice!
let 's see.
oh feel this.
now what 's that?
that baby?
there 's the bunny sleeping.
nightie-night.
daddy?
a kitty do you think it 's a kitty?
you can think it 's a kitty.
is that a kitty?
here, kitty kitty [high, soft] Sleeping kitty.
look, you can stick your finger in there.
stick your finger in that hole [whisper] Right!
good girl!
now, let's see [whisper] What 's the baby sayin'?
byebye, Alice!
bye bye bye!
byebye.
Alice!
doggie got a kiss from you!
what does the doggie say, Alice?
waa, woa, woa.
ki, ki, ki, ki, ki.
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come here [extremely soft whisper].
hi, Alice [falsetto] Hi.
[mot attempts to get Alice interested in dragon puppet again]
[laugh] you really hate this thing, don't you?
what is this?
wanna touch it?
wanna pull his tongue?
wanna come out.
look.
you can close the door on his head.
oh!
she really hates it [laughing].
okay, alright.
it's alright.
I put it away.
it 's all gone.
it's all gone.
that's incredible.
I do n't know why she hates it so much.
let's put the doggie in.
goo' bye.
peekaboo!
what 's in there?
oh, there 's a pocket.
daddy?
or doggie?
daddy or doggie, I can't tell [kiss].
where are ya going?
ya want this dolly?
hello!
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you wan' ta talk on the telephone some more?
will you sit up here without kicking?
ya.
%add: sort of to N
tell me if that 's too much kicking.
what is this?
who is it?
hi?
no [laugh].
no what?
where 's our sister, Alice?
where did sissie go?
is she going?
going byebye?
you pick which toy you like.
okay?
I know you like the telephone.
%add: almost to self
and I think you like the blocks.
the doggie.
oh, I got an idea.
you 're into destruction, are n't you, Alice?
here.
what d' ya wanna do with that?
knock it down.
I knew it [laughing].
whee.
[block+knocking spree]
what is that?
can you say block.
|
that 's a block.
I got blocks at home [softly].
okay you 're so nuts.
what d' ya want?
where 's the doggie?
[seeking interpretation of CHI's utterance]
down here.
woof [laugh].
[1u answers]
all gone.
uh.
what do you want?
uh, huh.
tell me?
you 're gonna fall.
sit down.
that 's oh, yeah, that 's a good girl.
what do you want?
hm?
tell Mommy what you want.
a baba?
there 's no baba here.
Alice, what do you want?
ba di?
what 's that?
do n't tear xxx.
okay, what do you want?
jæ jæ.
hm?
sit down [Whispers].
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sit down [louder].
well, you show me, what do you want.
ah i.
what do you want?
you can stand there.
what do you want?
hm?
[they laugh]
what do you want?
woa!
a sassy?
[pacifier]
no way.
do you want this?
kɩ dɩ.
oh.
what is that.
wait a minute.
I saw something you know.
that's a turtle.
let's see if we can find a duck.
oh there's a fishie.
sit down sit.
there's...
a bird.
look at that bird.
look at this.
what's that, Alice?
it's a piggie.
y' know what piggie says...
|
don't hit it.
forget it.
I see a bunny.
I see a bunny on here.
woo!
bunny!
bunny or block, either one.
wha' 's 'at?
what is it?
look at it.
uh Mommy.
is it a kitty?
's it a kitty?
what is a kitty!
okay.
no.
sit down and we'll play a game with these, Okay?
I'll put something behind.
sit down.
[1w distorted]
down.
[repeats]
wait, how'd you get so crazy?
sit down.
Alice, look.
[said so quickly; more like pi.bu; very high pitched]
[repeats.]
sit down.
peekaboo.
Alice, where's the doggie?
|
peekaboo.
they fell down because you knocked them down.
sit down.
dæ sit.
sit.
all gone.
all gone!
what do you want?
Alice, look down there.
tell me what you want.
you're gonna fly?
well, climb up.
here, I'll more these over.
climb up.
wadi [laughs].
[mother imitates intonation contour]
that's good.
that's good [squeal].
there she is.
on mommy's.
lap.
no, you're not leaving.
you've gotta stay close.
why don't we call daddy.
[Alice is upset]
let's call him right now.
what?
okay.
hello, let's talk to daddy.
oh, yes, Alexis is here.
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tell daddy what you're doing.
wait a second.
I'll put everything on here, so you won't hafta get down for anything.
what?
here.
ya want the doghouse?
look.
a mommy.
oh!
oh, what's in there?
eh dɩdi.
well, I don't know.
you look.
don't throw it down.
look, Alice.
look.
pretend [exaggerated] ah what's in there?
sɩ zi.
I don't know.
you find out.
ah Oh, it's so good to eat.
yum, yum, yum.
eat it and go yum, yum, yum.
okay, what else is in there?
sɩ zi.
a sassy is in there?
[pacifier]
oh.
shoes.
yeah, shoes.
|
can you say shoes [very low].
what's that?
Alice, what's that [whisper]?
you're gonna fall on your head [very softly].
aɩa la næn wæn.
[Alice starts singing nonsense syllables and mother joins in.]
baby.
baby!
what's in here [all very softly and very quickly]?
what, what, what [all very softly and very quickly]?
Alice, shoe!
there's something else, though.
I don't know if you saw it.
come here.
what is that?
you're so crazy.
get back in here.
what is that?
is this a ball?
[laugh].
[Alice complains half+heartedly]
ya want me t' leave you alone?
am I being mean to you?
get the doggie.
you get the doggie.
woa!
Alice!
look at that!
woa!
come 'ere.
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that's why we had you restrained.
I knew there was a reason.
come 'ere.
wha' 's zat?
what's that a doggie?
what's that?
look.
what is it?
what's that?
look.
what is it?
what is that?
oh.
what's that?
's that a duck?
yeah?
what's that?
I'm gonna say what's that?
doggie?
what does that doggie say?
forget it, huh?
what's that?
balloon [exaggerated].
balloon?
oh.
smell that.
nothing, huh?
she's sometimes really does talk [laugh].
I'm trying to think um lots of people's names people that we see um...
more animals and animal sounds, uh...
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