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Emily. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Weist/Emily/030012.cha = = = not very chewy. they're not? no, they're not. I thought Gummy Bears were really chewy. no, they're not. they're not very chewy. oh. Mom said. oh. Mom said they're not very chewy. okay. what are you doing right now? Mommy said Gummy Bears are not...
what was? I watched it. what? it's over now I watched it. what were you watching? come here, stay by the recorder. I spilled juice on that. on what? this. [Emily pointed to the tape recorder and said she spilled juice on it. She didn't really spill juice on it, but I think she wants to pretend to clean it.] yo...
what is that? how do you get that on your shirt? I don't remember. how you get that on your shirt? a long time ago I got a stain on it. how do you do that? I spilled something on it. water or somethin'? I don't know what it is, I think it's hair dye. hair dye? yeah. oh. who do you have on your shirt? how c...
you do? yeah. you're not hung'? I gave you your first pickle, remember? you did? I did, when you were little. I gave the necklace to you when it was your birthday. [Emily did not give me a necklace for my birthday.] whose birthday? your birthday. my birthday? [my birthday was on November eleventh.] yeah, I ga...
you had what? I had one with the rainbow. uhhuh. what did we do at your birthday party? dance. what else? what did Aunt Carey give you? hm. Grandma and my, Grandma and my Poppa gave me Playdoh. mm hm. what else, did I give you? no, what did I give you? you gave me Playdoh, and then Grandpa and Grand' Grandm...
xxx Spiderman xxx. what did we do with your Dora that I gave you for your birthday? you gave me Bath Busy Dora, then my mommy and daddy gave me Pooh ones. oh, I didn't give you Bath Bubble Dora. I gave you the pinata. remember? yeah. what did we do to that pinata? brea' her open. uhhuh, what did we break her o...
no, Ni' is the other boy. Ni' is the other boy. Nate is who? Ni' is the other boy. yeah, he likes to spend times with his daddy. he likes to spend times with daddy. oh he does? yeah, yeah. and then, what happened when you hit it, and it broke open? what happened? you hit it too. yeah, but what happened when ...
spinny top. yeah, it's a spinny top. so, what do you do with spinny tops? spin, spin, spin. mm hm, with your hand, you spin it. and it goes round and round. but what else was in there, what other kinds of toys? hm. do you remember? very juicy. yeah, your pickles are juicy. [Emily is eating a pickle.] yeah. ...
it was just hadta do it. what? hey, where's James? James is at work. well will he come home soon? he'll be here in a little bit. yeah? yeah. what? [Emily is laughing.] Bailey's layin' down li' a idiot. [Bailey is my cat.] like what? he's layin' down li' a idiot. like an idiot? yeah. where'd you learn that...
yeah. me, and Tik', and Bailey are lumps. yeah, all of you are lumps. all of us are lumps? mm hm. all of us people are lumps? all of us people are lumps. even Tiki and Bailey. yeah. what'd you do this weekend? I didn't get to see you. the monster had big, round eyes. what monster? on Dave the Brave. [Dave...
what is he moving? he moves like a monster. oh. it's a monster. does he fly with wings? yeah. or arms? arms. arms not wings? no. oh. it flies only with, he flies with this little arm. oh, okay. he flies with this, with arms. cool. is he a scary monster? no, I like monsters. you do? yeah. there's a ro...
I laugh at you. yeah. you're funny. I laugh at you. what'd you just do to me? I laugh at you. are you pointing at me? yeah. you're so pretty. yeah. [kisses] I love you. he's sleepin' with the chocolate milk. what about the chocolate milk? sleepin' with that chocolate milk. sleeping with it? no, he's xxx....
what are you cleaning it with? cleaning with, I'm cleaning all the buttons. get those up. [she wants me to push the play and record buttons, so they pop up.] I hafta wash 'em. oh we can't, 'cause then it wouldn't be recording you. you can wash them down, there. good girl. have you made anything with your kitchen...
his mommy was at hot froggy lake! hot froggy lake? yeah, he wants his mommy and daddy. he probably did didn't he? yeah. he hopped away there, then he saw his mommy and daddy way over there. he did? yeah. and he was so happy I bet. yeah, he was so happy to see them. yeah, he loves his mommy and daddy probably....
uhhuh. it was bleedin'. what'd you do this time? I scratched myself on my leg. you did? yeah. but what did you do to Tiki? that one wasn't bleedin'. what'd you do to Tiki to get that? I spanked Tiki, Tiki tried to lick me on the hand, and I spanked her on the lip. [Emily seems to have misconstrued "spanking" ...
xxx I spilled juice on my shirt. you did? I spilled juice on that, all over. what kind of juice? uh, pi'le juice. xxx spilt xxx all over. next to... did you go to hockey yesterday? yeah. what happened? don't drop those. ow. what'd you do at hockey? ow. ow what? I just bumped myself on that. oh, here I'l...
aw, thank you. I love you. you're such a good girl, huh? how old are you now? three. three years old. yeah. you're so big. three. even I got a scratch on that one too. yeah, on that what? what is that? that's my finger. mm hm. I got a scratch on it. I need a bandaid. you do? there's three of them. oh,...
I love cherry. I love cherries! you do? they're not very chewy either. no. apples are not very chewy either. apples aren't very chewy. here, sit up. they're very chewy, we crunch 'em. crunch. they're very chewy, we crunch 'em. hey. I remember. what did you get um... I remember when I first got that pack. ...
I don't say that. that's okay. there's a pen inside Dora. yeah? yeah. hey, who gave you um something with Cat in the Hat on it? a suitcase! [Emily got a suitcase for her birthday.] yeah. I go to school! [Emily pretends to go to school in her room. She usually does this with her friends, and takes her suitcase....
mm hm. we eat lots of stuff. mm hm. and we drink lots of stuff. you do? what kinds of things do you eat and drink? hm? Care'! you can't do that. sure I can. you don't do that. I raspberried you. you don't do that. I'm just getting the boogies out. what? I'm just getting the boogies out. getting the boog...
I packed juice for you, and I packed lunch for you. you packed juice and lunch for me? yeah, and I packed juice and lunch for me. do it over here. here, I'll help you. there, what are you doing? now we both have a picnic. yeah. now we both have a picnic. you're 'posed to stay by it. you are too. will you tel...
he holds a green, blue shirt. what's he holding it from, or by? his mouth. yeah. I xxx. silly Clifford. so what's happening in this page? they're they're yellin' and their pants, and their shirts go awayed. from what? from the wind. yeah. the leaves! what are the leaves doing? where are 'ey? hm? where ar...
uh yeah! did you? we made one. when? since it was Christmas. yeah? we made a little one like that. oh. we just made a little one like that. I made a snowman like that. yes you did. I made one like that. I made one like that! have you been sledding yet? but no. no. I went sledding down the hill. what hi...
you're funny. what's this girl doing? do you know? skatin'. what'd she do though? she skates very longly. very what? very longly. longly? yeah, with the other guys. did she fall down? no, she falled down. yeah, she did. right on her butt, huh? she got a boo boo. what are these people doing? sayin' hi to...
he's gonna melt huh? there he lives, right there. put him in the snow. I can't forget, you melt him, he's freezin'. [mumbles] xxx snowman. he wants his mommy and daddy. he doesn't have one on this page. there's his mommy and daddy. the dogs? yeah, there's his mommy and daddy. I put him in. there... there's....
mm hm. what makes a rainbow? whe' you mix colors up, there's a rainbow. oh, okay. when you mix colors up, it's a rainbow. I could get you another color. there. yay! they want their mommy and daddy too. the sun and the tree do? yeah. look at these, they want their mommy and daddy. let's put those back in the...
he wants his mommy and daddy! hey, talk to me. where do you go swimming? aw, here's his mommy and daddy. okay, thank you. [Emily showed me the snowman's parents.] right over the sun. wait, Emily, you needta talk to me, there. Clifford wears a hat in the rain. okay. what do you do at swimming now? I swim all b...
got more juice for you. can you tell me what you do at swimming? I got it in your cup, and I got that in a cup, that balloons right there, and that I got ones right there. two hands. [Emily wants me to hold the pretend cup with two hands so I don't spill.] did someone give you a pizza for Christmas? two two hands ...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/jim.cha = = = my turn to play with him. is that what your house looks like? you play with me? I'm going to play with you. what are you doing now? build building a door. [mumble.] look woo woo do do need dis dis one. we don't need this one. no. what are you doing now? those the boa...
let's make. let's make a big. let's. what whergs oneundo these? do you need another one of these? yeah. here. you make another one of these. look! see. like that. wha'? wada wa wone I need one of these. you can put that in there. okay go. here's one of tha doose. yeah. what about the sail? what? what about the sail? on...
yeah. how are you going to load the cars on it. dis one. dese ones. come out... where da cars go? on that big one there. where does we put da sail? right on that little one. and where we put this one? right dere. wo wo don't need this one. okay? no. where's dis one go? what is that? is that a chimney? wha'? he doesn't ...
where these goes? uh oh. wo wo need wo woy gonna make somebody to sat. woo woo gonna make somebody else to sit. woo gonna put dis right here. wo woo gonna put this one here? wo woo don't don't need these. we don't need those? no. what about people? shouldn't there be people on the boat? yeah. here's one people. is that...
right here. wish he'd said. I'd like to know. what's your girlfriend's name? put dis in a car. wa wa where other horsie? under your shoe. you're sitting on the horse. where's dis one go? it seems sorta crowded. couldn't we make the boat larger? wha'? could we make the boat bigger? yeah. people fall down. dere is. who w...
do you need this? yeah. where's that one go? in there? dat one goes in dere. that one goes on side. yeah. what about those other pieces? what? do you need them? no. wo you don't need them. look. there's one over there. oh. can you make it higher? n no. we can't. da boy's driving it. the boy's driving it. what are the g...
I uh got a brickcase back da. a briefcase and a motorbike. those sound like fun things. wa where's your car? ober deere. that's my car. your car. where's your car? daddy took it. why didn't Daddy take the motorbike? and went ober da lelloe, and 'lue, and red, and lellow, 'lue and red and lellow. [Nat is talking about h...
run around. fall down like this. and trip on the blanket. why are you doing that? ah huh! that's a good one! that ones faster. is that fun? you look like an airplane. are you pretending to be an airplane? you driving? it? [airplane noises as he flies around the room] look the airplane go. where are you going in your ai...
oh he he he he www. [just singing sounds] tell Jim and Debbie who else we see when we're at Grandma's? who else? Toozie. Andy. enimy. Kevin. Zacky. who was at Grandma's house? are they fun to play with? doose are my husbands. those are your husbands? yeah. are they older than you? [g says he doesn't know older] what's ...
[climbing on couch] haha. I going going going go go. why don't you go get one of your monkey books? mama wh which monkey book? which ever on you want. what about the fireman? fireman. [Nat goes to get book] he's getting sillier and sillier as the day progresses. read the book to Jim. wha'? read the book to Jim. is that...
sit up here. look at the book and see what's wrong with it. is that upside down? no. [as Nat turns it right side up] eee it's not. is. that's not up upside down. that's right. wha'? that's right. is not. what's this? a seagull. that's right. I I useta have a glass like that [R's glassess]. you did? no noj no I don't. I...
he got alllll do doose lones. and wind blowin' and way up in the air. and little people. and the beelones. those are balloons. yeah. that's ballon and that's beloones and beloones. tell Jim the colors of the balloons. what colors are they? dat a red lone and a green lone and a red loone. that's red? no green. no. 'lue....
a what? ephanent! an elephant? do you know any of the other animals? what oner animals? what's that? I don't know. what's dat? you know what that is. turtle. yeah. what's that? do you know what that one is? calabin. that's a rhino... nosoranous. heh Nat. you getting tired? Nathaniel? = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/...
that big. that big. he's sitting on his airplane. what? he has his airplane with him. what? do you know what an airplane is? what is an airplane? oh. you know what an airplane is. goes in the sky. yeah. yeah. what's the name of your book? dat Curious Deorge. [that's George] okay. you going to read to me? yeah. is this ...
and the lellow hat to go away. and. there's a monkey in the book. yeah. yeah. was. he standin' his hed. he's standing on his head? yeah. can you stand on your head? yeah. you can? yeah. can I see you stand on your head? no! no. I have no ball. [monkey in book was standing on his head while on a ball] oh. you don't have...
a dat a winning pool. and there's bunnies in there. took one out of he house. and why he put it down and let it go away. did the bunny rabbit run away from him? yeah. oh no. do you think he's going to be able to find it? no. no he can't find it. what's this that keeps popping up in the picture? birdie! a birdie? he mus...
and. bu' bu' bunny runs away. why does he put him down and goes away. what happened. pages skipped there. what? you're rereading it. you started at the beginning again. what? that's okay. go ahead. go ahead. I'm sorry. looks over wall. he can see somethin' funny. what is that something funny? there it is! what? there's...
he looks like he's all wet. he no' all wet. oh. he's not all wet. okay. that's a kite. uhoh. that was in cree. hyee. he getting kite down from [? for] Ba Byll. is that Bill? that Bill. oh. that's Bill. [turning pages] me ah in a helicopter. and man pull him in hellcopter. an' man pull him in helicop' helicopter. uhhuh....
and. and wan' 'a go under that bridge and. and. he took it home and gave it da big big carrot. gave the carrot to the big big rabbit. that was a good story. yead another story? is this your blanket? yeah. that's a nice blanket. I useta have a blanket like this. mine was green. I had a big green blanket that I took ever...
a rat. who gave it to you? Nanny. grandma. zoosie. Susie gave it to you. does Susie play with you when she comes to visit? [Nat runs and jumps on recorder's lap] hi Nat. you you you got a 'lue shirt on [blue shirt on]. what? do you have a blue shirt on? yeah. I have a blue shirt on. you have a blue shirt, too. and gree...
why don't you put your blanket back in your room because it's getting dirty. no? uhhuh. tell Debbie what kind of sheets you have. Snoopy s'eets. Snoopy sheets. you must like Snoopy. I have Snoopy sheets. you do? do they have a picture of Snoopy on it? yeah. what is Debbie doing? she's playing with your blocks. I'm play...
think we should do it like this? yeah mm yeah. uhoh woo need one right here. okay. can you put one there? which one I can put there. there's one. huh. let's put one on top of there. on top? yeah. okay put one on top. what? can I put one on top? tyee yeah. whe' where's big one ta put on top? big one? turn around. behind...
there can be the door. that's a good idea. what where's dis goes? I don't think we need that one. how about this? where dat one go? let's see. we could put that one on the top. what? right there and make it look like a roof the top of the house. here the roof. oh. that's the roof. okay. whe' it this one go? we don't ne...
going to put the horsie on the top too? amazing! look at that one. that's really pretty. wa where does dis one goes? um why don't we put it over here? over dere. horsie fell. the horsie fell off. there. what what we. should we park the car next to the house? yeah. got two cars. what? let's put this. here's a car and he...
what are we going to do with this? woo woo don't need dat one. oh. put that one over there. where do dat one go? [where does that one go?] we can put it here. okay. what where's one of dese? I don't see another one. I think we don't have anymore. what woo have one of dese? that'll do. well. that looks nice. do you have...
where dat one goes? better put it here. what about this one? dis one you can take... dis one. okay. we'll make a place for it. what? where do we wanna put it? right here. can we put this one on top of it? yeah. okay. what what where do we put this one? maybe it'll fit on the side? what no no woo woo woo keep dat one. b...
can't go in it. he here's some people to go in it. here's a person. wh where's da udder person? oh! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/noel.cha = = = what do you do with that? [indicating tricycle outside] I ride it. can you ride it well? yes. where did you learn to do that? and went to thej bunny's house and he to...
[indicating characters in the in the book] who are these people here? no I can do it. what kind of animal is that? seal. [very loudly] have you ever seen a seal? and the mommy, and the daddy. [pointing to pictures of seals] how do you know that's mommy? how do you know? what dat. mommy and Nathaniel going in water and ...
what's this? that's the water. what is it? water! [loudly] water. have you ever seen the water like this? he xxx got over in to the water. h h he wa w w w swim back to Mommy and Daddy. he went back to his Mommy and Daddy? were they worried about him do you think? and th that's his daddy. [mrs bagley said Nat didn't und...
she is? yup. [g explained that Nat had singled out the mommy, daddy and baby seal without any prompting from her Nat went over to say something to his mother, and then left the room, returning with another book.] where's firemen? what have you got over there. another one? yep! [loudly.] the fireman one [even louder]. [...
I don't know. what do you like for lunch Nat? what do yo wanna have for lunch today? p'nut butter san'wich. are you hungry Nat? yes. we're don't have any bananas. we don't have any bananas, Nathaniel. you don't get any. where is your Daddy today, Nat? wa a a a my daddy's w w work. where does he work. do you know? where...
huh? yuh! what's your Mommy doing over there now? knit making, knitting! doing what? knitting! what is she making. do you know? my, my sweater. for you? yeah. why? are you feeling cold now? no. [Nat goes over to talk to his mother, who gives him two puppets] how about you show Noel your puppets. I don't... I'm a kitty ...
no. [noel and others laugh] do you have any other puppets. or is that it? I'm kitty cat, meow! [holding up cat+puppet.] I'm puppy woof woof. [screech screech!] I'm puppy woof. you can you can have two puppets [still squeaking]. you you can have this [offering puppet to Noel]. thank you. okay. I have two puppets [Nat sc...
where did you get that? where did you get Snoopy? thank you. look at all the toys over her. I'm xxx this is xxx. this is Snoopy? yeah. is he a little dog also? is he a puppy also? a a i i i e e have these. I have em. [Nat runs over to his mother, and screams] tell Noel what that does. Nat. quiet down. nobody can hear y...
oh he is. going to get a live one? [says no] I can't find my olden puppy. [returns, however, carrying a toy dog] oh. you've got your puppy. what other animals have you got? anything else, or is this it? you've got a puppy, a rat... where's monkey? [Nat leaves the room, calling "monkey, monkey"] monkey, monkey, monkey m...
the monk. hand. his hand. ogenge hand. and what is this [indicating the tail]? t t th t tail! don't pull it. do you know what a monkey uses his tail for? [Nat starts playing with an extension cord] why does a monkey have a tail? Nathaniel, don't play with the electric cod. that's it. bring it over here for Ruth. tell N...
like this? [imitating Nat] yeah. okay. and get monkey [indicating to noel to hold the monkey toy in his upraised hand]. can you get it this high, Nat? what? can you put your hand up this high? no. do you want me to pick you up there like th' monkey? do you wanna go up there like the monkey? y'ah. [this apparently does ...
Snoopy can jump like you too. isn't that what you do all the time? [noel hides monkey behind his back] y y where monkey. here's monkey. here. hiding. he hiding! where's the monkey gone? [Nat laughs, and starts piling all his toys up behind noel's back] [Nat hides it behind his back again] where is he Nat? Snoopy going ...
can I see that one? [asking Nat for the book] you gonna show that one to Tom? %add: asks Nat yeah. you remember what my name is don't ya? %add: asks Nat Tom. right. what's this one about [The book]. do you know? Otto. [very loud] Otto? where is Otto? Otto right here. [points] is Otto a dog? yeah. where is he living? is...
yeah. don't you remember? we got that from Mrs Thompson. th th the this is wh wh what we got up. [loud, asking where he should put it] ba back is right here. you can put it wherever you want it. let's start [the book]. okay. let's start. is this where it starts? and yeah. de de this starts. okay. what is that. a big ol...
yeah. how come he's bigger than all the people? ah ah na and where's a Duke mommy? [duke is the man] %add: turns to mother he's up in the building. momma. momma right over here's the Duke. what's happening there? is he bigger than the trains? no. no? he's running down the next to for supper and he wag his tail and he's...
stone Mountain? yep. that's the best way to look at it. [being stone mountain] and they're going to Africa. yeah. and let's see where else he goes after he goes to Africa. he's coming across the water. cross. [moves his hand slowly across the page] and now he's in Africa. right? here's Africa. [point] right. oo oo ah a...
where are the people? where the pee pee people are? yeah. they're all standing around. momma. what ah these are. these are? are those the bad people? no. thoses soldiers? yes. and Otto run around. ah run a way way round. yeah. and he turns everyone around in the air. ah and remember the camels? yeah. he turned all the ...
now everyone likes him for what he did. see? yeah. all the good people like him and they're his friend. and what are these mommy? those are soldiers. soldiers. and these are soldiers. ah and what are these? those are soldiers too. soldier. what's Otto doing with his tail? he he he don't know. you don't know what he's d...
this one to... is that a good one? you like that one? wh wh which I I I read it to? %add: ask mother Tom again? you can read it to me. you can show it to me. you wanna read it to Tom? yeah. okay. when I all finished I get another one an an. you gonna read me another one? yeah. okay. let's see what this one's about. de ...
yeah that's a bridge. actually that's a dock. momma he son't fall in the water th th this time? no. not this time. on a different bridge. does he fall in on a different picture? what's that he's playing with? a ball ah and... you got some balls to play with? no. no? what's he doing there. do you know what he's doing th...
no. he doesn't see nothin'? I I and and. oh he goes fishing. does he catch anything? fell in the water. [quickly turns the pages] [laughs] uh oh. what's he gonna do now that he fell in the water? see Bill. he's all wet. he he and Bill take the water out and I glad he. is that Bill over there? this one is Bill. [points]...
what's um? you remember his name? you're you're you're. member his name. that's Noell. Noell? you you're name no Noell. that's right. who's he? you remember his name? member his name? what's his name? [refering to Bob] Bob? right and what's my name? Tom. right. wh wh what's th th that le le lady's name? [refering to Ru...
I don't know where the mail truck is. let me see. maybe it's up further. I don't see a mail truck. I see a garbage truck. what's the name of this puppy. do you know? what's the name of this puppy? rusty. rusty. rusty. rusty. rusty didn't like anybody, did he? no. so what did they do? and they got a cat. yeah. the cat l...
Christopher. Christopher. that's Christopher. wh' what what's the little yellow dog's name? that's a big dog really. yellow. that's a yellow dog. wh what's the little yellow dog? I don't know. does it say in the book? yeah. it says Mr Murphy's dog. I guess it doesn't have a name. Mr Murphy. is that the ice cream truck?...
where did you see him? Okefenokee. Okefenokee. you went to Okefenokee Swamp? yeah. when? whe' when when Linda was there. when did you go? when we went there we got there. did it take a real long time to get there? yeah. yeah. where are you going, honey? to get another book. I got I got I got. another book. what is it? ...
get some longer ones than these. are we gonna try to make a house? a big high house. this is gonna be the the the the people. this is gonna be the doorway. let's the doorway. that's the door. huh? yeah. a red door. yeah a door. what's that. a window? can that be a window? yeah that can be a window. that's right. how ab...
let's make some. where's this go? where can that fit? there you go. I think we've used every one. I don't think there's any more to use. yeah here's one. there's one. the red thing is a tunnel. a tunnel. where's the tunnel go to? right there. all the way down. no it doesn't. where does it go to? I guess on top. it goes...
daddy. he did? where's Daddy now? is he at work? yeah. funny helicopter. sounds like a helicopter doesn't it. that's what a helicopter sounds like. who rides in a helicopter? grandma. grandma rides in a helicopter. from where to where? where does she go in the helicopter? funny helicopter [makes noise, laughs]. that's ...
hold it in your hand [makes helicopter noises]. can we make another one? nope there's not enough. we can't make another one. what? we can't make another one. what else can you make? can you make a boat with that? out of those things? can you make a boat? that's a boat. that's a boat. make me a boat, Nat. I need another...
that's a man. you know what that looks like now. a tank. no. it isn't a tank. it looks like one. this is the paddle. there goes the paddle. hold on to the green thing. I gonna make another boat. another little yellow one. what kind of a little one do you want? another one. who gave you those blocks, Nat? Santa Claus ga...
there. it's a barge. you can put that on top. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/doug.cha = = = [we are trying to start conversation, Nat plays with some toys in the living room and builds with cardboard blocks. Doug is Target Adult] you can show them Snoopy. where Snoopy? under the table. you're sposta talk, not j...
what are you doing now? play with my. how 'bout build build, build, build bridges. that's a good idea. build a big bridge. ah. that looks like a bridge. what are you going to do with it when you are finished? jump on it? [Nat is jumping on the bridge] if he keeps jumping the house is going to fall down. you can play to...
a bridge. a big bridge. okay. here. you tell me where to put the blocks and I'll help you build it. okay? put blocks right here. okay. how do you want it? here. you tell me and I'll help you put them there. okay? right here. right here. okay. where do you want this one? right right here. right here. okay. where do you ...
what are you going to do with this now? read a book. read a book? yeah. what kind of book is it? oh. I see. you could read it to Doug. [expletive deleted] [worse expletive deleted] we're going to make a better table. uh. chair broke. there table table is. [Nat has built a table and chair with his cardboard blocks] ther...
what color is there in that truck? and what color, that one. it's green, right? what is the color of that car? you tell them. green. green. right. what is the color of that car? you say. purple. what color is that car? red. red and black. that's good. what dose. horse, chickens, and pigs. and now children go to school....
coal in the hole. cowboys and and and and the Indians, and the cowboys and trailer and car. and. what's this? mailbox. and and and this is mail. and got money in his hand and he is giving it to the man and then the man give the boys some ice cream. and this is the bus because I like to go to the grandma's house. that w...
what are they doing? what does the rooster say? cock a doodle doo. what baby chickens say? what does the little chicken say? peep, peep, peep, peep. and, uh, and mommy bear and baby bear. giraffe runs. [Nat runs around like a giraffe] is that how a giraffe runs? that what they do. oh. okay. that's good. these are the f...
that one's yours and and and that one's yours. what are those, Nat? monkeys, swinging. there's Mommy and Daddy and Daddy and Nathaniel. and you. that one's me? yeah. oh. okay. what are they doing here? they're swinging and, swing like that and these kanga'oos riding in Mommy's pocket. and these are eagles! you like the...
mommy bear, Daddy bear, little boy bear, Mommy bear, baby bear. I got this one to read. why don't you make up a story. about what the bears are doing and tell it to us while you read us the book. okay? mommy bear. and you you you you hold it. okay. you tell us what the bears are doing. they're on a walk, in woods. okay...
and Mommy bear close that door. so it won't be cold. hold this and he's chopping with ax. daddy got one and he chop. what he doing? he chop down trees. what's he chopping down the tree for? he making a big bed. oh. what's he making the bed for? and they making of the bed. and that them walking through the woods. daddy ...
what is Sara reading? she's reading the other book. is that okay? that's a puppy and a elephant. what's the elephant doing. can you see it? turn it back one Sara. Sara show Nathaniel the elephant. what's he doing? he's stepping on eggs. yeah he is. you see his trunk? yeah. what's he he his trunk? that's what an elephan...
the The Count and and and birdie? tell us who some of the other people are. and and and and they play Sesame Street. where is Sara going going get it? I don't know what Sara is going to get. this is probably another book. probably another book. yeah and that's a count and a birdie. oh. three pigs and what's that that s...
mama I help you? Sara. that's all. that's all. okay. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/john.cha = = = okay. you tell me. what's school. what about school? yeah. okay. what about it? did you go to school? are you ready to go to school? how old are you? [Nat scratching bottom of shoe jack joins in, jack and Nat laug...
look at me. yeah. he's asked is that a new game to play. oh. what's your favorite book? what? why don't you get a book and read it to jack? what is your favorite book? I'll get it. [all laugh and Nat runs out of room to get book. friends who were visiting were leaving and everyone talked at once. Nat brings book back a...
good. he lives in Africa. he was very happy but he has one fault. he was too curious. an he was on a swing, swing. yup. that's right. and he was eating banana. right. [turn page] and she was swinging. yup. one day George saw a man. he had on a large yellow straw hat. the man saw George too. do you know where Africa is?...
he put his hat on the ground and of course George was curious. he came down from the tree to look at the large yellow hat. what's he doing there? can he read this? %add: to gwen he'll tell you about it. oh. tell me about it. he doesn't read. [all laugh] tell me about it. tell me what's happening. tell jack. read the bo...