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A walkin' frog? [2 sec pause] he stopped. [1 sec pause and mother coughs] no. [music for 4 sec] music. we could dance. [music for 3 sec] care to dance? [music for 2 sec] mhm. wanna dance? [music for 8 sec, mother hums with music, music for 13 sec, and child laughs] music. [music for 1 sec] I wanna. I know. can you make him go? [4 sec pause] let's wind him this way. [toy noises for 14 sec] uh. [toy noises for 3 sec] whoa. [mother laughs] that was a funny sound. [9 sec pause] want me to wind him up? [6 sec pause]
no. [1 sec pause] doing doing. [toy noises for 2 sec] doing. [mother laughs and 8 sec pause] doing doing. [1 sec pause] what? what do you want me to do? truck. no. no... you can play with the truck when we're done in here, Martin. let's stay in here and play with the other toys. no Ma. hm? come on. what does this do? no. what does this do? whoa [loud]! Martin, look. watch this. [toy noises for 4 sec and mother laughs] what does that do? push his head down. [3 sec pause] okay. catch him.
catch him [high pitched]. he's gonna run into your feet [high pitched]. [toy noises for 7 sec] you hafta turn him around. yeah. send him over to me. [toy noises for 4 sec] okay, you push his head and send him over here I'll catch him. [2 sec pause] woo! [2 sec pause] woo there he goes. go get him. go get him [high pitched]. [4 sec pause] here. peww. [3 sec pause] crash [whispering]. [2 sec pause, mother exhales, and 3 sec pause] uh. [16 sec pause and toy noises for 8 sec] play. oh, you gonna dance? are you gonna dance? play. pl'. [3 sec pause] chair. chair.
uh. [5 sec pause] open. no, let's play in here. [toy noises for 4 sec] bonk. [4 sec pause] uh. [toy noises for 6 sec] do you wanna talk on the phone. [4 sec pause mother laughs.] oh, Martin look. [toy noises for 6 sec] yeah. can you pull it around the room? [5 sec pause] aw [laughing]. [5 sec pause] pull it around the room. [6 sec pause] oh, look his eyes go. up and down up and down. [toy noises for 4 sec] up and down. [5 sec pause] he was chasin' you. [6 sec pause] where ya goin'? [toy noises for 4 sec] you're goin' all the way around.
around. [4 sec pause] uh. [4 sec pause] he went around. [7 sec pause] ball. [toy noises for 16 sec] what is that doin'? hm? more. more? you want him to go some more? he'll come see you. [6 sec pause] chair. he's on the chair. there he goes. he's dancing. do ya want me give him some music to dance to? give him some music. [3 sec pause] eh. [toy noises for 1 sec mother hums] loud. is it loud? [music for 1 sec] can you dance? you wanna dance? [music for 16 sec]
thank you. more. more. [toy noises for 11 sec] he's dancin'. [toy noises for 13 sec] loud. mhm. [toy noises for 3 sec] that's loud. [music for 9 sec] there's a kitty. [music for 3 sec] a kitty. and a dog. [toy noises for 8 sec] touch. no. touch. [music for 5 sec] hm hm. what else is in here? here's a butterfly. cat. mhm. dog. cat [whispering]. here comes the dog. here's a heart. and a star.
uh. broom. [3 sec pause] vroom. vroom. [3 sec pause] vroom. can you go up on the road? [block noises for 1 sec] vroom vroom. vroom. [3 sec pause.] we could build home for a bunny. do you wanna build home for a bunny. bunny. vroom vroom. vroom vroom vroom vroom. vroom vroom vroom. this looks like a little chick. he goes peck peck. peck peck. uh. [6 sec pause] do ya wanna build a tower? where ya goin'? [8 sec pause] ya wanna build a tower? table. move. move the chair?
you wanna move the chair? move Mommy. oh, you wanna sit there. plea'. where do you want... you want me to sit over here? you can't sit in two chairs. you... two chairs. you can't sit in two chairs. two chair'. [2 sec pause] no more chairs [high pitched]. more chairs. more chairs? we don't need more than two chairs. look, I made a tower [whispering]. [3 sec pause] a tur. [block noises for 4 sec] oh no [whispering]. oh no. oh no. oh no. oh no. aw. did it fall off? here they go. [4 sec pause] oh boy.
[2 sec pause mother sniffs] you found if? thanks Martin. thank you. uhuh. [4 sec pause] tower. tower. do ya wanna build a tower? [1 sec pause] well, it's little [whispering]. it's behind you. behind your chair. eh. there. uh. I want chairs. you want chairs? why do you always want chairs? [2 sec pause.] want chair. [child breathes deeply] eh. uh. eh. do you want a purple tower? uh. so big look how tall it is [whispering]. uh. look how tall it is.
eh. oh my gosh. uh. oh no [high pitched] [block noises]! oh no [high pitched]. oh no [high pitched]. no [high pitched]. uh. oh no [high pitched]. fall down. tourc. two two two two [high pitched] two. two blocks. [child cries out] cheep cheep. peck peck. [child and mother laugh] little chick goes peck peck. [child continues laughing] peck peck. peck peck woo. more. more blocks. we need more. little chick come peck it down. peck peck. mm. peck peck. more. [child exhales 8 sec pause]
whoa that looks wobbly. that looks kinda wobbly. [child laughs] ya think we can make it taller? whoa. whoa. oh! crash. [child laughs mother laughs] block. crash. crash. [child exhales] woo. [3 sec pause] tower. tower. you're making a tall tower [whispering]. eh. more. more? here's one. more. here's one. [3 sec pause] vroom. oh! vroom vroom. crash. vroom vroom vroom vroom.
tower. now we can make a tower with blue blocks. now I can make a tower. [mother sniffs 11 sec pause] oh no. [3 sec pause] more. more what? more... sound. it doesn't make a sound. you just push it. it's a driving kind of car. more. [2 sec pause] fast. let me see. it has a guy. [3 sec pause] uh. huh! we could make him sit. we could make him a chair. uh. oh. ouch. truck. here's a part. [5 sec pause] guy.
guys. guys. oh no. uh no. I know what happened. chair. he doesn't ride on the bottom. he rides on the seat. that's backwards. [3 sec pause] oh no. oh no. [5 sec pause] on [loud]. in. there he's on. vroom. [5 sec pause] here. thank you. vroom. 'round. going around. he's going around to the bunny. [2 sec pause] hello bunny. goodbye bunny. see ya later. vroom. around again.
bye. bye. peck peck peck peck. hello bunny [child squeals]. hilo. hello. [2 sec pause] hello bunny friend. hello. [3 sec pause] eh. 'round. can he scoot? scoot. scoot. bye. bye bunny. peck peck. [3 sec pause] 'round. 'round. can you make it go around? vroom. can you make him go? no. no? vroom. [high pitched] oh no. whoa.
oh no. hi. cheep cheep cheep. [child and mother laugh] cheep cheep. he's gonna come back to you [high pitched]. he's gonna tickle your neck [high pitched]. he's gonna tickle your tummy [high pitched]. vroom. peck peck peck peck. he's peckin' behind your ear. vroom vroom. vroom vroom. vroom. vroom vroom vroom. [2 sec pause] no. uh. do you wanna rub noses with the bunny? no no. doodoodoo. no. around. xxx 'round. another around? vroom vroom. [child laughs] to. can you get him off? [3 sec pause]
you hafta [whispering]... take his hands off the handlebars. see? take his hands off nice [whispering]. now you can take the guy off. there. [9 sec pause] uh. hm? sound. [5 sec pause] there. truck. uh. it's a motorcycle. [2 sec pause] it's called a motorcycle. oh no. truck. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Tardif/e03.cha = = = boy boy mommy! what honey? mommy! what sweetheart? boy? [3 second pause.] what [whisper]? did you hear [laughing] somebody talking? hm?
[3 second pause.] what's this for [whisper]? what are these honey? what's that? naunau nau to baby. what honey? xxx, read it. you wanna read it? [5 second pause.] okay, you can do it. [4 second pause.] what is in there? can you look at the picture? uh, I don't want you to pull that apart though sweetheart, okay? nah, un te nah [protest]. that's difficult isn't it? hm? umdino umnah. we can't pull that apart though 'cause we don't want it to fall apart. let's go through and see... it's a lion. rah. rah, what's that? bote. ball, that's right, what's that? bal'. what's that? bosh. that's a pan that's what mommy cooks with. a bal'.
a ball, that's right. let's look at all of them honey. apple. apple that's right, what's this? a pretty blue butterfly. boy? [laughs] she went back there, she'll be back in a little bit. what's this? a dinosaur [whispers, roars]. look, what's this way down here? [2.5 second pause.] aye! his tail that's his tail. look at this sweetie, what's this little girl doing? she's laughing with this kitty cat. what's a kitty cat say? meow. mhm, is she petting the kitty cat? aye, dat ting? it's a turtle. rah. turtle. rah. that's what a tiger say grr. rah. boy! it's a little boy, that's right. what's that on his wrist? a watch mommy doesn't have her watch on does she? [4 second pause.]
should we look at some more pictures? you wanna look at them? [2 second pause.] what's that? ribbit, ribbit. [4 second pause.] where you gonna go? [3 second pause.] you don't wanna look at that book? [6 second pause.] why don't you bring it over here and we'll look at it? no. how come? out. you don't wanna look at it right now? no. how come? you wanna look at the pictures with mommy? no. no? well, why don't you bring it back over here on the table? so that when Leah comes back we can give it to her. okay? [2 second pause.] tha'. thank you, honey. thank you, sweetheart. so when she comes back, we can give it back to her alright? [sound of cupboard door opening.] don't fall!
wanna see if there's anything. oh, what is that? you had those on the other day. you and Lauren were playing with them gloves and a hat. no! whatr you wanna do it by yourself? [quick breath] there's yer... what is that? daddy! it's your moo. ga. cow. [3 second pause.] what is that? ka. it's a car! oh look at that, what is that? daddy! nitz a mouse. mowse? ware daddy? duck. duck. what's that? big tractor. daddy. daddy [echoing], daddy has a tractor, yes he does. [2 second pause.] you're right, he does. daddy hum.
daddy's at home. owakey. it's a watch. watch? mhm. aye gaddy? that's the nnlion again, honey. what is this that you and Lind Lauren had on? na [protest]! gloves. babye. where you gonna putchyer book? owtsigh. hm? [3.5 second pause.] what happens when Leah comes back to get the book? should we put it back on our table? no. no? [2 second pause.] I think you better go getchyer book, honey. mommy read it. mommy read it? okay. [sound of book on table.] mommy will read it, thank you. oh look it, there's a chair, too. did we find an apple in here somewhere? where did we see an apple in this book sweetheart? should we look?
is that an apple? [2 second pause.] uh [protest]! no [quick breath] who's that? that's a doll like Annie? boy. that's a girl, honey. b, boy! that's not a boy, I'll show you a boy, thatza boy and thatza boy. [2 second pause.] okay? oh boy a boy. mhm. no! let's find that apple. should we find it? aye know. I don't know where. there's a carrot! look it there's a pair of shoes. I know we saw an apple, there's that teddy bear. [1.5 second pause.] look it, there's one, two, three, four things on that page. bye! be careful, sweetheart! turn around I don't want you to fall. daddy! that's a mouse. mowse. there's a comb.
you can comb your hair? you can comb mommy's hair? [2 second pause.] car, what's this little boy doing? mama. he's playing in the sandbox. he's playing in the sand. don't fall sweetheart, please. [2 secound pause.] [quick breath] there it is! appal. apple and what is this over here? ino in. inoba gaggy. nnitz a umbrella so you don't get wet. [sound of microphone being moved.] nah. okay let's just leave that alone, sweetheart Leah will take that from mama, too okay? aye ba? it has a wire, too. [quick breath]. what is this? a birga. birdie, that's right, it it... what is this over here, Lindz? eah go? that's a kite. gite. kite that's right. [2 second pause.]
oh, here you go now you know what this is sweetheart, what's this right here? a daggy. that's right, where's his tail? show mama where his tail is? aye da. right where's his nose? very good. does he have legs? [1.5 second pause.] yes, where's his feet? they're called paws. how many does he have? one... two, fee! four. daggy. thatza doggie, what is this over here that daddy uses? [2 second pause.] hammer. [1.5 second pause.] is it a hammer? [2 second pause.] hammer. oh, what's that? mama daggy. mama see the doggie again? there's the doggie. that's a pretty doggie. [2 second pause.] what's this sweetie pie?
yellow. it's not yellow, it's green it's a tree. mommy [distant]. where you going? you wanta sit on mama's lap? no! huh, no okay you sit in your own chair then. be careful you don't fall, honey. uh. where. where you gonna go? uh. [crashing noise in the background.] uh oh. [2.5 second pause.] you gonna sit on this side? I don't know if they want you to sit over there, sweetheart. let me bring it back around here, okay? thank you. bring it back to where it was. uh, ah. good girl thank you. [sound of chair bumping against the table for 4 seconds.] okay. can you sit up in your chair? find mommy the doggie, will you please? [3 second pause.] can you find the dog for me? [2 second pause.] aye daggy?
where did he go? aye daggy? turn the pages. [2 seconds of page turning.] he's a turtle. look that way a little bit honey. there you go. there's shoes and a carrot and two carrots. [3 second pause.] you'll find him. there's a frog. a hat and glove. go back this way a little bit, honey. you want me to help ya? there's... uh! no you can't go in there now, we'll wait for Leah to come through there, okay? here's a pencil. we didn't see that did we? [2 second pause.] oh, what's that? daggy! ruffruffruffruff. there's a big you know what that is, it's up in the sky. oohooh. air plane. [2 second pause.] here's some mushrooms and there's a chair like you chair that you're on. [1.5 second pause.] it's like your chair?
[1.5 second pause.] there's a doll. there's that tree. now let's see if I can find the dog. [quick breath]. a daggy! there he is. careful honey. sit down there okay? thank you. boy! you wanna find the boy? okay. nah no. you wanna to look at the dog? you like that dog. [2 second pause.] nice. [laughs] nice dog. nice. nice. mommy talk mommy. mommy's chair? that's ri. mine. Lindsey's chair, that's right. daddy! daddy's chair, daddy has a chair at home. here's that little boy playing in the sandbox. [1.5 second pause.]
abple. apple. do you like apples? make him move there ya go, good girl. [toy frog being wound.] very good, honey now set him down. watch, he'll move. pick him up so he's straight. [1.5 seconds of frog sounds.] watch him. [6 seconds of frog sounds.] he funny? [2 seconds of frog sounds.] what is he? [sound of frog being wound.] frog. there he goes. [4.5 seconds of frog moving.] there's a frog. what's this? ow. here [quietly]. [frog sounds in background of last 4 comments and dinosaur noise.] he's gonna crawl towards you. no, nah [crying]! that's okay okay, okay. [dinosaur roar in background of last 3 comments.] we don't hafta turn him on if you don't want. I want on. you want him on.
[mother winds toy frog.] please. pease. good girl. uh, go on. [frog starts to move.] push his head down if that's what you want. [mother is referring to the rolling dinosaur; frog sounds continue.] push his head down honey. push his head down and watch he'll move. [sounds of frog and rolling dinosaur.] whoa [laughing]! he came all the way to mam, here he comes. [sound of dinosaur moving across the table; frog in background.] [laughing]. bye bye! a bye! you what? [frog sounds in background of last 3 comments.] ah. what did you do with your other toy? [2.5 second pause.] turn it honey. [4.5 seconds of frog being wound.] mommy do it. mommy do it please. please. [3 seconds of frog being wound.] a eye. eyes what are these?
Ideknow? [frog begins to move.] uh, aye, uh [protesting]. there ya go. what is that, what is this you have? [frog continues for 4 seconds.] anow. whatr you talk... who called you? who's on the phone? bapa. papa. [4.5 second pause; frog stops moving.] you can pull this, honey. uh, on. put on. hm? put on. you want this on again? [6 seconds of frog being wound and moving.] I put uh on. okay, you turn it thatza girl. [4.5 seconds of child winding the frog.] mommy do it. [mother winds frog and lets it go.] what is this honey, do we have one of these at home? [2 seconds of frog sounds.] can you turn that on? [2 second pause; frog stops.] yeah.
what's it gonna do? [sound of bouncing dinosaur.] oh! [2 seconds of bouncing dinosaur.] [laughing]. okay, pick it up honey so it stops. [1.5 second pause, bouncing dinosaur continues.] pick it up sweetheart. [3 second pause, dinosaur continues.] pick it up thatza girl. [1.5 seconds of dinosaur sounds.] get it! [3 seconds of dinosaur sounds.] you wanna turn it off? [3 seconds of dinosaur then turned off.] what is that you have in your hand? Ideknow? it's a little telephone. [winding of frog for 2 seconds.] you wanna sit down? [2 seconds of chair bumping against the table.] let's call grandma. [3 second pause.] bapa. papa? okay. [2 second pause.] does this pull out? [2 second pause; antenna on car phone pulled out.] [quick breath].
there ya go. [sound of antenna.] can you dial push the buttons. push the numbers, honey. [sound of antenna and 3 second pause.] say hello Papa. hello Bapa. [laughing]. [2 second pause.] push that right there [quietly]. [5 seconds of child playing with radio; music starts.] [quick breath]. ha [laughing]. that made it sing. [2 second pause; music stops.] push that down again honey, push the red knob down. [6 seconds of radio bumping on table and music.] hello bapa hello dye. hello dye xxx dye. [4 second pause, music continues.] what do these do? [toy sounds.] they go up and down? [toy sounds.] the blue one? [toy sounds.] is that a doggie? [3 seconds of toy sounds.] a daggy boy. here's a doggie here [quietly].
boy! push the red button down again. b boy. boy go? that's not a boy, honey, that's a lady. [2 second pause.] she'll be back in a little bit. what is this? [squeak sound.] we don't have anything like this. mysh. [2 seconds of toy clatter.] can you press those red buttons and see what they do? [4 second pause, toy sounds.] press these buttons honey and see what it does. [4 second pause.] let's see if we can get it to make a noise. [2 seconds of toy sounds.] nope. [toy noise again.] it just goes back and forth. [3 seconds of toy sounds.] what are those in there? little balls? hm? [5 seconds of rattle noise.] are they rolling around in there? [1.5 second pause.] hm? [4 second pause.]
daddy go? daddy's at home with Lauren, honey. that's where daddy is. [1.5 second pause.] daddy go? daddy's at home with Lauren, sweetheart. whare daddy go? that's where he is, honey. [2 second pause.] I wan' on un uh on. you wanna turn it on? yep! okay, now remember it's going to make loud noise. [mechanical dinosaur starts to roar.] uh, uh [crying]. [dinosaur roar stops.] you don't hafta have it on honey. [2 second pause.] whatz that [whisper]? [2 second pause.] robut on! you turn it on by pushing that button over. no! okay honey we don't hafta play with that. we'll just leave it right over here so the lady can take it back, okay? what is this? [sound of toy on table.] na [protest]! here you pull it. pull it towards you.
pull it. [sound of telephone rolling across table.] watch his eyes. [3 seconds of telephone rolling.] [laughing]. here you pull it again from way back here. [2 seconds of telephone rolling.] see his eyes. [phone rolls off the table.] uh oh! [3 seconds of phone banging.] okay let's do it again. [17 seconds of phone rolling back and forth across the table.] 'ello ba! who go gonna talk to this time? dial the phone. [2 second pause.] hel' bapa. mommy dowal bapa. mommy talk to papa? hi papa how are you? you wanna talk to Lindsey? okay. yeah. you can talk to Lindsey. it's papa. hello papa. [3 second pause.] hello papa. [child sets the receiver down.]
he's not there? no. okay. you wanna dial the phone? [6 seconds of phone dialing.] no more up no yet, no yet. not yet? [4.5 second pause.] dat. wha dat on, on! uh you want mama to turn that on again? no! okay then I won't. [2 second pause.] if you don't want me to. boy go? it's a lady honey and she'll be back in a little bit. [5 second pause and 4 seconds of toy music.] here honey. here's your frog. [sneezes]. bless you. oh, uh, uh, uh. [music in background of last four comments.] don't eat that, give that to mama. it's a cheerio. wha? no, no, no, no, no, no thank you. we'll throw that in the garbage, okay? mama put it in her pocket.
put on ang put on. turn it on? [4 seconds of frog being wound.] here you go sweetheart. [frog starts to move.] frog. [7 second pause; frog continues.] can you turn that? [3 second pause; frog continues and mother laughs; frog stops.] can you turn that knob? [1.5 second pause.] mommy do it. okay. I'll help you. [3 seconds of frog being wound.] okay, here he goes. [2 seconds of frog moving.] he goes sideways. [2 second pause; frog continues.] he walks sideways. [4 second pause; frog continues.] look at his feet move. oh honey, be careful. sit down sweetie. [6 second pause; frog continues.] stand him up straight honey. [frog stops movingand is wound.] good job there you go, you did it. [3 second pause; frog starts moving.] he's looking at mommy now.
[frog stops and is wound for 6 sec.] be careful you don't fall. mama do wal. okay. mommy do it. okay. [4 seconds of frog being wound.] watch. [frog starts to move.] he'll come sideways he'll come all the way over here to mommy. [6 seconds of frog moving.] he's cute, isn't he? [2 second pause, frog stops.] careful you don't fall, sweetheart. go ahead honey. you want mommy to make a tower? yeah. [sounds of blocks on table in background of child's comment.] let's put one this way and then you wanna do it? put this one here. what's that [whispering]? that one's kinda big, honey. [sound of block falling on the table.] uh! uh! uh! uh oh! [sound of block falling again.] uh! uh oh.
[2 second pause.] that's very good. [1.5 second pause.] hm. [2 second pause] Ahney purple. [child is refering to Barney, the purple dinosaur.] which one's Barney purple? rrr awr! which one is, is this one Barney purple? Ahney. do you want mommy? you set it up there. uh. try it again. [sound of block on the table] what is this? ducky arahraq. [child is trying to make a quacking sound] quack, quack, quack. quack, quack, quack [softer]. you want some more blocks? [sound of block hitting the table while mother speaks.] what is this, honey? [1.5 second pause.] moo! that's not a moo, that's a rabbit. rye. thatza rabbit okay? uh [protesting]!
[3 second pause; block sounds.] okay, you gonna pile 'em up make a big tower for mommy. ah huh [laughing]. that's good [laughing]. what color are his eyes? Bahney purple. no those are blue. wah. thatza wire but we'll just leave that alone, okay? [3 second pause; sound of block sliding across table.] thatza green one. oh [quick breath] look at how tall you're getting it! good girl. [2.5 second pause.] you wanna put some more up there? [2 second pause.] good job, Lindz. [Lindz refers to the child, Lindsey.] hee ach. good job. me hash. where go? where'd everybody go? [1.5 second pause.] she'll be back out in a little bit. [mother is refering to the experimenter; 2.5 second pause.] faa! go ahead and let it go. no. that's very good, honey.
yeah! [sound of mother clapping her hands.] good job look at how tall you got it. ah! put that purple one up there. [2 second pause; sound of block falling.] oh. that's okay. good girl. Ma! which one would you like the orange one? oranch. [2 second pause.] you like those blocks, don't ya? Bahney purple. that's Barney purple. mommy! you want mommy to do it? okay. [1.5 second pause.] now Lindsey do it. mommy... you want me to do it? do it! okay. Lindsey. no! now it's Lindsey's turn good girl. [3 second pause then sound of blocks falling.] that was good honey.
uh! [blocks falling for 2 seconds.] uh oh! [more blocks falling.] you gonna start over? [block sound for 1.5 seconds.] hm? [1.5 seconds blocks.] what is this? uh no. it's like a bike. a bach? yeah, it's like a bike but it's called a motorcycle. see it has wheels they turn. [sound of wheels turning.] that's a girl. ah girl? she'll be back in a little bit. [1.5 second pause.] see, it goes this [whispers]. it goes like this. vroom [quiet]. where ya going? [distant] [1.5 second pause.] you gonna move over? [slight crashing noise.] uh oh! be careful honey where you gonna go? I don't know if they want you to move that chair around.
why don't you put it back here please, okay? no! and mama will help you mnuild a big tower. mommy. you wanna do it okay. where's the purple one? uh [softly]. no that one's green. thatza girl. good job, Lindz! cha? that's a blue one. a square. uh oh! [sound of blocks falling when mother speaks.] uh! [3 second pause.] good girl. [2.5 second pause.] there ya go. look at how tall it is, honey. [1.5 second pause.] uh no. [sound of blocks falling.] uh oh. that's okay. [1.5 second pause.] pick it up. [2.5 second pause.] you gonna try again?
[4 second pause, sound of blocks falling.] uh! [mother laughs] you're doing a good job there's the Barney purple one. [2 second pause.] you want mommy to build something [quietly]? here. I'll build you one over here [quietly]. you gonna knock it over, let mama build it first. [sound of blocks falling.] ah you hafta let mommy build it first. [1.5 seconds pause.] here, can I use your red one please? [3.5 seconds pause.] thank you. I want it on! okay, you put it on yours. [2 seconds pause.] it's getting pretty tall. [sound of blocks falling.] uh! drive the car through here Lindz or the motorcycle. [block sounds for 3 seconds.] take it through the bridge. [block sounds for 4 seconds.] oh. [block sounds for 3 seconds.] take it. you wanna take the car through the bridge? watch.
here it comes. ready? okay push it through to mommy. push it through the hole. [blocks fall.] uh! oh. should we build it again? okay. put this one on top. [2 seconds pause.] no, now put the car through the middle right through here. push it! push it to mommy. good girl. [blocks fall.] ah [softly]. should we try it again? yep! yep here it comes. wu. ga. okay, let's send the bike through. motorcycle. ready. wu. that one doesn't like to roll as well, honey. [2 seconds pause.] push the car through. [blocks fall.]
uh oh! [blocks sounds.] you wanna try it again? put the red one on top. [6 seconds pause with some block sounds.] uh! you gonna build your own? [8 seconds pause with some block sounds.] did you hear somebody laughing? [3.5 second pause.] ha [laughing]. that's okay, she'll come out in a little bit. [4 second pause.] [quick breath] that's good honey look how tall your tower's getting. [blocks fall.] uh! try it again. [blocks fall.] uh wor. you wanna keep on trying it? mah. you wanna sit in your chair again? yeah. okay. [2.5 seconds of chair bumping against the table.] there [groaning] it's stuck honey. there you go okay push it over. [4.5 second pause.] thatza girl. [2 second pause.]
here comes a car honey. wu. [sound of motorcycle falling off the table.] uh oh. w'at dal. can you pick it up for me thank you. [4 second pause.] baoy boy? yeah. boy ga bare. boy? where did the lady go? [blocks fall.] oh! that's okay. what is this? [2 second pause.] ahb duck! it's a car. gcar? it's a little car what's this is a little duck? duck. mhm. raqraq. quack quack mhm. what's this, do you remember? moo! no. [2 second pause.] it's a bunny rabbit.
[2.5 second pause.] bunny rabbit. oaf. a bunny rabbit [laughing]. f. those are his ears. wherez its eyes? [1.5 second pause.] very good does he have a nose? [1.5 second pause.] that's good does he have a tail? where would his tail be? [2 second pause.] wherez his tail? [block hits table.] that's his tail. very good. wha? that's a spot on him. [2 second pause.] like the Dalmations, like the doggies he has a black spot. [3 second puase.] are you gonna make another tower? yep. okay. [3.5 second pause.] thatza girl. [block sounds.] Mama do it. mommy do it.
mommy do it? okay. do you want mommy to make a bridge? okay you put the one on top thatza girl. okay. [block falls.] uh oh put it back up there again honey. it fell down. [4 seconds of block and motorcycle sounds.] okay. [motorcycle sound.] good girl you got it righ' through. [9 seconds of toy sounds.] you gonna put the purple one up there [whisper]? where's the green one [whisper]? [4 second pause.] good girl yeah Lindz! [quick breath]. [blocks fall.] uh! try it again. [2 seconds of blocks falling.] you're doing a good job, honey. mash. hm? mama! uh you'll fall honey don't stand up. what did you wanna get tell mama. uh un. okay get down on your knees at least.
[block sounds.] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Tardif/e26book.cha = = = [book] no. teapot, remember? no. teapot. it's a doll. what's that? chair. mushroom. [3 sec pause] what's that [whisper]? plane. airplane. plane. that's an ape. [2 sec pause] that's a frog. what are those? bugs. remember? bugs. bugs. 'member when you saw bugs? in your book. Winnie the Pooh book. you saw bugs. Winnie.
it's a glove. it's a hat. it's a tractor. right? start over. read your book from the beginning again. start over from the beginning. wow, what is that? tractor. mitten. hat. frog. bugs. ladybugs. the bug. what's that? you know what that is. what is that? well what's this first? what? that's a tree. [3 sec pause] huh, what's that [whisper]? mouse [whisper]. violin. maybe you'll play the violin someday. what do ya think? Yaya wants ya to do piano. what's that? who's that?
[3 sec pause] who is that? is it a boy? what's that? [2 sec pause] it's another boy. what's he have on his hand? what's on his hand right there? what's that? [2 sec pause] don't. it's a watch. where's Mommy's watch? where's Mama's watch? yeah that's the little boy's watch. where's Mommy's watch? where's Mama's watch? that's Mommy's ring. ring. where's Mommy's watch? [3 sec pause] is that Mama's watch? we don't have your watch. your watch is not here. that's a boy. boy. a watch. wha''s that? what's that? [child hiccups and coughs]
what is that? [3 sec pause] remember lion? lion. [5 sec pause] the lion. this the girl. then there's a little flower. flower. ball. flower. where else, what else do you see? open up the pages. open it up. [2 sec pause] lion. that's a lion [whisper]. isn't that a lion? [child hiccups] uh. do you feel okay? got a stomach ache? huh. huh? uh. you trying to go poop? you trying to go poo poo? mhm. okay. oh boy [whisper].
you gotta stop playin' for a couple minutes, huh? stop. yeah, that's a lion. [child hiccups] that hurt your tummy for a few minutes? that's a lion. dinosaur. butterfly. [3 sec pause] huh, wha''s that? wha''s that? [2 sec pause] bear. that's a bear. that's right. no, those are some tools. that's a saw. telephone. hat. what's that? you know what that is. what's that? [2 sec pause] uh [whisper]. what is that? uh. what is it? [child whines] to clear. [2 sec pause]
it's a bear. right? it's a bear. oh [whisper]. bay. the baby's crying. owie. that's okay. it's okay. he just wants to eat maybe. maybe he wants to be held. that's a bird. uh, I guess that's a bulldozer. [4 sec pause] what's that? you know what that is, don't you? what is it? is it a lion? [7 sec pause] it's a lion. it's a doll. shoes. apple. what's that? you know what that is. what is that? [2 sec pause] what is that? tell Mama what that is. you know some of these things.
how come you're pointing and having me point them out to you? you know what they are. what is that? what is this? [3 sec pause] what is that? car. it's a car. what is that? flower. [2 sec pause] doll. apple. shoes. car. flower [whisper]. chair. lion. apple. what's that? shoes. car. flower. bugs. those are bugs. little bugs. bug. bugs. bug. bug...
ball, that's a ball. that's a good girl. ball. it's a ball. those are bugs. [2 sec pause] why don't you turn o, open up the pages and identify some things for Mama. can you open up the pages and show Mama. [5 sec pause] that's a good girl. are you gonna sit down? sit down on the chair like a good girl. yeah. dinosaur. butterfly. [3 sec pause] what's that. the boy. what's the boy have on his wrist. what's, where's the boy's watch? show Mama where the boy's watch is. there's the watch. where's the boys eyes? yeah that's a good girl. good gir... wha''s that? the boys hair. where's your hair? yeah there's your hair. there's your hair.
huh, is that your mouth? let me see your mouth. let me see. [2 sec pause] I wanna see your mouth. I know [high pitched] let me see. [2 sec pause] oh, that's nothing to worry about. let me see. show Mommy where your eye... where are your eyes? where's Christine's eyes? that's your hair. where's your eyes? that's a girl. is that [laughing] your mouth? [mother laughs and child makes slurping sound] huh, yeah that's your mouth? where is it? where's your ears? where are your ears [whisper]? good girl. Mama? mhm. wanna give me a hug? can I have a hug? I guess you're right. that's a xxx. [child and mother laugh] comere and give me a hug.
Christine, could I have a hug? give Mama a hug. comere. [mother makes kissing sound] let's blow kisses. no? [5 sec pause] does that chair look more interesting? [5 sec pause] okay. [1 sec pause] plane? [mother smacks lips] I can't see from here, but, if you let me see... put the... [break 1?] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/McMillan/sarah.cha = = = [Sarah is looking at a book with her mother] is that a girl? what else is in this book? oh! what else do you see? what that? that's... look. that's the girl, isn't it? dog? dog! dog, that's right, you're a smart girl.
dog dog, dog. 'kay, wanna turn the page when you're ready? dog. 'kay. oh. oh. what else do you see? eh? oh no. you said oh no? yeah, he's taking the stick from the policeman, isn't he? [chi is making effortful sounds as she tries to grab the picture in the book] are you trying to take that from him? oh no. oh no. oh no. hi there. are we ready to go onto another page? yeah [sigh]. 'kay. yeah. oh no! is she playing peekaboo? what? peekaboo? baby. baby? baby. baby. 'kay, what else do you see?
a baby. yeah, you see a baby? a baby. there is a baby? a baby? mhm. what about the moon? where's the moon? look back on this page. do you see a moon? moon? moon? where's the dog? the dog. dog! a dog. that's right. where's the house? dog. what's that called? hau. what's that called? ahga. ga. 'kay. more. more? look a ma'. that's a man, that's right. hm?
what's that? what's that? that's a girl. that? that's a lion. lion. what's a lion say? rar. what's he got? that... that's a shoe. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/McMillan/rachel.cha = = = [Rachel is looking at a book with her mother] that? mhm. she playing peekaboo? ball. what else do you see? a nap. in a nap. yep, she's taking a nap. now what's he doing? what do you see on this page? having a snack. yeah, he's eating, isn't he? what's going on now? no! no, you're right, he shouldn't be taking the money, should he? no!
bad guy. she brushing his hair? she brushing his fur? huh, you like to do that... yeah! yes. dogs. dogs, lots of dogs. dog. that's right, that one's Clifford, huh? ready to read now? [nod]. okay... I'm Emily Elizabeth. what's that? those are socks. and I have a dog. that! that's a leash. my dog is a big red dog. some dog, kids I know have dogs too. no! no? we're done? okay, some are re. dog! yes, that's a... dog! that's a dog. what's a dog say?
dog. what's he say? what's that? flowers. some dogs are red, but I have the... this is my dog Clifford. we have fun together. we play games. I throw a stick, and he brings it back to me [noise]. are we done with the book? hm? you wanna play on the big red ball? do you wanna play on the big red ball? no, no! no? what do you wanna do? you're gonna read the book to me? do you wanna come back up here? 'kay, co' on. this is the page you wanna start on? okay. what's that? those are cupcakes. it's not easy to keep Clifford. he eats and drinks a lot. his house was a problem too. where's Clifford's house? but he's a very that's right, that's Clifford's house. but he's a very good watchdog. bad boys don't come around any more.
one day I gave Clifford a bath. do you like baths? I combed his hair, I took him to the dog show. I'd like to say Clifford won first prize. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/McMillan/triplets.cha = = = [Luke, Rachel, and Sarah are sitting at the table getting ice cream from their mother. Their grandma is off-camera, and their grandfather ' has recently left the room.] mom doesn't let us have this stuff very often, Grandma. [laugh] are you ready for more? what's that? ready for more ice cream? whose turn? whose turn is it? whose turn is it for the next bite? you gotta sit, Sarah. Sarah, no no, you gotta sit. no no, not at table, nothing, Rachel. er, Sarah. you you gotta sit, Sarah, if you want ice cream. you gotta sit. there you go, baby, sit. dat? that's a camera. eh? Rachel? more, more. would you like more? more? [sounds of happiness as ice cream approaches] mm?
you think that Poppa's gonna come back? where's Poppa at? where's Poppa? hah. [laugh]. okay, who's next? oh no? [tracing tabletop] who's next? who wants more? oh no. more? more? oh no. who drew on the table? where's Poppa? Sarah, did you draw on the table? where are Poppa? poppa's gone. did you draw on the table? no? Rachel, did you draw on the table? [nod]. [laugh]. oh no. where are Poppa? [laugh]. you didn't answer my question, Rachel. where our Poppa? where Poppa?
where? where Poppa? where is our Poppa? Rachel, did you hear my question? who drew on the table? [laugh]. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/12037.cha = = = see my shoes? they have a little rainbow. oh my goodness. when the light's on it permanently makes rainbow. it permanently makes a rainbow? yeah see. wow those are... and the same thing on the other side. those sure are cool shoes. yeah. and see the bottom. wow. they all have the same bottom. the same bottoms my goodness. the same things on the shoe. see. this thing has this. hey those shoes don't have any laces. hmhunh. one. they're called slipons. two three...
oh slipons. four. one two three four. are those a lot easier than shoe laces? mhm. all you do is slip them on. oh just slip them on. I gotcha. now Childsname can you tell me do you go to school? yeah. you do. now your mom said that you started kindergarten. mhm. can you tell me about kindergarten? yeah and we have nap time after lunch and recess before nap time. recess before we go. recess and play time after nap. we have art. and we have bus order and I ride a green frog. and I have a new friend. new teacher. new friends. a lot of new friends. one's name is Childsname. another Joseph and another one named Childsname. uhhuh. she goes she can't talk with us. and let me think. uh three recesses. three recesses?
yeah. how do you have enough to do on three recesses? oh I don't know. I come back in this afternoon. and today was super soaker day [makes noise]. wow. so what did you do for recess today? recess is a playground where we get to play and stuff... mhm. what kind of games do you play at recess? I used to play on a swingset when I would have recess. I play on a playground. and somebody had a gun. it goes [makes gun noise]. and I have a friend named Childsname and if somebody kills me he does a single touch and I'm alive again. because uh usually I get away fast enough. but sometimes I don't. sometimes you don't get away fast. and that's all I can remember. oh that's all you can remember from school. now we just had the summer didn't we? mhm. I went on vacation this summer. can you tell me about your summer? uh we went on vacation too before school started. oh where did you go? Fish Creek. and I got this bad owie. a bad owie that looks like you got cut on your chin. it's an owie and a cut.
an owie and a cut my goodness. I did [makes noise]. [child demonstrates hitting his chin.] tell me how that happened. when we were playing in a big outside pool. it had two pool. the hotel we were at. and I was swimming in the xxx and this thing that [makes noise]. it was little and uh we were running and jumping off it. and I was doing a twist and turned around and was like [makes sound]. pretend this is my hand over it. I did this. so what did you hit your chin on? uh a metal thing uh... [child is crying in background] that's just your sister. you've heard her before. oh you're looking at your chin. mhm. and I had to have stitches. oh. first xxx and... I bet it bled a little bit. it bleded a lot. it did? and you were in the water. did the water get all red? no. my dad came diving in. oh yeah and he helped you?
yeah. so that was a big adventure at uh... Fish Creek. at Fis Creek huh? Fisk Creek. oh Fisk Creek. Fish. Fisk Creek? Fish. oh Fis. it's not fish. oh I gotcha. Fish Creek. I gotcha. boy it sounds like it's a cool place but you've gotta be careful when you're swimming huh? yeah. so uh do you have a new teacher at school? yeah. do you know her name? yeah. what is it? Mrs Teachersname. oh tell me about her. she's nice and we have this red green and yellow thing. the one is green and two is yellow and three is green. what's that for? is that for... three is red and has these clothes pins with our names on. if you're too loud you go to a number one. if you're too loud again go to number two.
too loud again go to number three. do it again that's too much. more than three is too much. so we need to sit and miss play time. oh that's no fun missing play time. hmhunh. so do you ever play games inside your classroom? yeah we have games. you've got games. oh you're so lucky. tell me about the games. uh Connect. I've never played them though. you've never played the games. oh no. no. so you you've never played those games inside your school huh? so what's your favorite thing to do at home when you're not in school? oh go in the hot tub. a hot tub. yeah. you've got a hot tub? now I've been in a swimming pool but I've never been in a hot tub. know why it's called a hot tub? why? because it's hot and that's why it's called hot tub because it's hot and there's jets. jets? uhhuh. like the kind that fly in the sky? no there's these jets that make big bumps.
and they come up and they go [makes water jet noises]. oh. and those jets make the water really bumpy. oh I see. what's this tape on here for? I don't know. it's kind of sticky isn't it? mhm. that tape is sticky. I got some off there. so can you swim for a long time in a hot tub? it's really short. oh it's short. mhm. I see. now do you have any pets Childsname? yeah three cats. three cats. mhm. well we only have one to always to keep and two to not always keep. oh where where does the one you don't always keep stay? they stay with my aunt. are they... they're my aunt's cats. are they nice kitty cats? yeah except one named Tanner. except when they do what? one named Tanner and another one is nice named Angel. oh so one's named Tanner and one's named Angel. yes and you said Tanner and it's Sandra.
oh. Sandra. Sandra? Sandra. oh okay. Sandra. I gotcha. do they get along together? yeah. Childsname thinks they're uh a a kid and a dad. Tanner's the dad and uh she thinks Angel is her daughter. that's what she thinks. oh that's good thinking. so do you have a bike at home? yes. you do? I've got a bike it doesn't go very fast though. mine does. your bike goes fast? mhm. well how do you get it to go so fast? I peddle really hard and then as I peddle real hard it starts going faster and faster. peddling makes you go faster. oh. when you peddle faster the bike goes faster. I should peddle when I ride my bike then huh? mhm. I've just been sitting on it. that's what the peddles are for. now I don't like riding bikes up hills that's kind of hard.
yeah. but it's fun going down hills. yeah. one time we went up a really steep hill. oh yeah. and I made it. you made it all the way to the top? yeah and then I was like [cheers]. oh I bet it was fun going down that hill. [child continues to cheer.] I bet it was fun going down that hill. yeah because it was very bumpy. oh bumpy. [child demonstrates how he rode his bike down the hill.] wow. alright. how can they see us through that mirror? I don't know. it's a tricky kind of mirror isn't it? uhhuh. and we can't see them. I know it's funny how that works. we can hear them though can't we? mhm. I wonder what they are doing in there? mhm me too. I saw a dollhouse. you think your mom was playing with that dollhouse? uhhuh. I can't hear a thing.
you can't? hmhunh. okay Childsname. well I think we're just about all done. is there... I can see through there and it's dark. you... it's dark. it's nice and light in here. yeah it's dark in there. oh I see. okay well I'm going to turn this off. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/12008.cha = = = okay so now we're gonna talk for about ten minutes. is that long? it's like this much long. like do you ever watch a tv show? mhm. what's your favorite tv show? Arthur. Arthur's your favorite. well if you watched not even a part of Arthur just a little bit of Arthur... I have a little bit of Spiderman. that's as long as ten minutes is. it's just like a short amount of time. so we're gonna talk for a little bit here. and then we're all done? and then we're all done and you get your surprises. what are you gonna give me?
well it wouldn't be a surprise if I told you would it? no. no so let's... is it a whole bunch of things? there's two things. for me? yeah just for you. I got money. well so I guess you get three things. you get the money and then I've got two surprises. I know if I do a good job I get money. yeah yeah. what do you think you would buy with your money? the whole xxx of Toys R Us. the whole stadium of Toys R Us. the whole store? yeah. do you think you could buy the whole store for ten dollars? you think. ten dollars is a lot. it's a lot of money but I think it would cost lots and lots of ten dollars to buy the whole store. I'll get a hundred and fifty five cents. what do you think you would buy? what are your favorite kinds of toys to look at at Toys R Us? hm I don't know. uh squeeze please. what's that? uh that is a playtoy where you squeeze and it comes out. and it's called squeeze please? oh.
what do you do with it? I don't have it. oh so you don't know. but I saw big one. oh so that might be what you buy. what else do you think you might buy? me? mhm. I can buy me? no I don't think you're for sale. I don't think your mom is selling you. no I could buy myself. what do you think you would get at Toys R Us if you could buy anything? ah a room I could build. oh really. a room? and what would you put in your room? you would build it yourself? wow. does your dad like to build things? I know how to build. you do? I have a tool. you do what kind of tool do you have? me. hm? I'm a screwdriver. do you have a screwdriver? wow. no.
no. do you have any tools? mhm. you do? a knife is one of mine. what do you do with your knife? I carve. I carve trees. really? trees. wow. and cut some trees off. who taught you how to carve? no one. you just did it yourself? I already knew it. I have a knife that can carve. wow. don't you know I have one from my uncle. he doesn't have it of carving. uhhuh. find a pumpkin I cut the vine off and then I... the vine was prickly. the vine was prickly. did you carve your own pumpkin this year for halloween? I don't have it anymore. yeah but when you did did you make a spooky scary face or a happy face? a happy vampire. oh a happy vampire. did he have long sharp teeth?
so what else do you do with your knife besides carve trees? anything else? I cut trees. you cut trees? uhoh. no I cut little branches. oh okay. it would be hard. it would be hard to cut down a tree with a little pocket knife wouldn't it? but you could carve a little off. mhm as long as you don't hurt the tree right? I'm carving. hm? I can carve today. you think? I hafta go look in my toolbox. oh so you have a toolbox? well tell me about that. it's orange. oh. and you've got what in there? things. mhm like? I lost one of my tools. mhm. do you have a hammer? no. do you have a screwdriver? no. do you have a wrench?
yeah. wrench do they connect on two screws and you tighten it? mhm. I have one of those. oh cool. so when do you use your tools? well I help my dad with them. oh do you and your dad do projects? you do. tell me about a project you did with your dad. I made a castle out of wood. a castle out of wood? and he has this one thing and you can lay screws in it. there's like a button he press it down. and it goes [makes tool noise]. it's loud. really. and what did that do? it it makes a screw come out. a screw or was it a nail? a nail. so it was like a nail gun? mhm. oh and that's how you built your castle? was it a great big castle that you play in or was it a little one? kind of little. and then did you paint or did you do anything else to it? I painted it. oh what color? one is silver and one is gold and I don't know what else.
I got blue yellow hm... it's all different colors? yellow. mhm. do you have any people for your castle or how do play with it? what do you do with it? I take some guys and I put them on. do you have a king in your castle? no. no is there a queen or a princess? no. so who lives in the castle? you. I live in the castle? no I don't think so. excuse me. so Josh tell me about school. what's kindergarten like? uh not fun. it's not fun. oh I'm sorry to hear that. why isn't it fun? it not very fun. what don't you like about it? you hafta do all these things and it's not fun. oh do you hafta work a lot? do you hafta listen a lot? yeah. do you hafta sit still? oh is that hard sometimes?
yeah. my belly hurts. does it? you had all that juice and all those crackers and your tummy has been growling. are you okay? mhm. do you wanna stop or can we keep talking? I wanna stop. you wanna stop? do you? let's see how long we've been talking. oh we've been talking about... you know what can we talk for three more minutes? no. you're tummy really hurts? mhm. okay we'll stop. do you need to go to the bathroom? no. no okay. so we were talking about school you were telling me it wasn't fun. mhm. is there anything that's fun about school? no. do you have recess? mhm. well is that fun? yeah. oh it is. what do you like to do at recess?
nothing. I bet you can think of one thing. not play. hm? I hate ↫re↫recess you know. I do. you do? I sit on bench. do you really? there's a bench out there. do you sit by yourself or do you sit with friends? um me and my friends xxx. mhm. we hate recess. you do. what about music? your mom said you do music at church? oh tell me about that. I don't like that. what kind of songs do you sing? mm uhuh. are you learning christmas songs? no. church songs? yeah. okay gotcha. so uh you told me about your tools and you told me you didn't like school. let's see um... I have a fourwheeler. you do?
wow. tell me about that. I have a motor that goes fast. I go full speed everytime. I believe it. do you wear a helmet? yeah. do you? a motorcycle helmet is regular and this one you can even wear goggles. mhm. really cool. so where do you go four wheeling? um around my house. oh. but there's this really hard place at my house that you... there's a hill that you hafta go up. but we can't. we don't hafta. you can't because with the... but you can go down it. oh so if you can't go up it but you can go down it how do go up it? well it's hard. uhhuh. it's a hard thing. gotcha. so do you go four wheeling with anybody? well nobody can go on the back because it's not big enough. mhm. it's a little kid one. do you just have one fourwheeler?
mhm. does your dad have one? yeah. does he go with you too sometimes? um no I drive by myself. do you? what happens when it snows? well I never even did it when it was snowing. mhm. because it must be slippery. hm. but I can slide around with his car. with his car? really? tell me about that. today he did it. your dad did? yeah. you know what I think we did about two minutes I think you're done. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/22120.cha = = = I was thinking maybe we could talk for a little bit. and how about if you tell me what you've been doing this summer? uh um I can't remember anything I did this summer. well this summer I went on a trip. have you been on any trips? yeah. really? a lot of them. oh well good.
I'd like to hear about them. which one was your favorite? uh going up to Yellowstone. to Yellowstone. I've never ever been there. did you go in a car or did you take an airplane? go in a car. wow was that a long car ride? yeah. so what did you do the whole time when you were in the car? um we brought the whole bin of d v d. oh so you watched movies? yup. so what movies did you watch? Harry Potter one. mhm. Pizza Pizza. Ice Age. mhm. oh what else? lots of movies huh? yeah. that's cool. do you have a van? or a truck? we have a suburban. oh. with a... and so the d v d player's in the suburban? yeah.
cool. so you took your suburban out to Yellowstone. was it fun going in the car for that long? yeah. was it hard to sit for that long? yeah. did you take breaks and stuff? yeah. yeah. while watching d v d. uhhuh. d v d. so what was Yellowstone like? um we... I've never been there. what is it? what is Yellowstone? um it's a place where they have yellow stones everywhere. really? yup. is it a park? there was a lot of bugs where we camped. oh. because we camped near a lake. so there was a lot of bugs. a lot of bugs. like mosquitos or other kinds of bugs? um there was just mosquitos. hm. so did they bite you?
yeah. so you camped there. yeah. huh were you there for a couple nights? we were there for five days. wow that's a long time. what did you do all day? uh we we didn't go out anywhere when we ate breakfast. mhm. we just stayed at our camp site. mhm. what kinds of things did you do during the day? could you swim there or could you go fishing there? or did you walk around or what did you do? we just walked around at our camp site. we didn't go fishing or swimming. mhm. and we threw rocks though. you threw rocks. yeah. at what? um at the water. oh okay. so um did you have your lunch and your supper at your camp site too? yup. oh wow. that sounds like lots of fun. so you went to Yellowstone. where else have you been this summer? oh ah I haven't been to Wyoming yet.
do you wanna go there? uh we already have went. oh. I can't remember any other states we've been to. that's okay. did you go anywhere else this summer like to any waterparks or anybody's cabin? yeah. we went to some cabin. really? yeah. was it friend's or? friends of ours. oh what did you do at the cabin? uh we um I can't remember what we did there. did you swim or fish or go in a boat? oh yeah. we swam. we saw a few crayfish. really? yeah. did you pick them out of the water? no. but we put one of them... it was like this big. wow that's pretty big. yup. I spotted him out. mhm. then we put him in the bucket. oh.
and then what did you do with him? we put a stick in there and see what he did. mhm. and he bit the stick in half. really? yeah. wow with his claws? yeah. those crayfish... he only had one claw. really? yeah. what do you think happened to the other one? I don't know. hm. must have fell off of him. hm. so he had big sharp claws that could break sticks. yeah. what did you do with him then? oh we put him back in the water after we were done looking at it. mhm. so you made sure you knew where he was so you didn't swim by him though right? yup. did you have a boat up there when you were by the cabin? yeah. did you go tubing or skiing or anything? tubing. really. and skiing.
do you know how... and wake boarding. do you know how to do all those things? nope. do you know how to waterski? no. who went waterskiing? um the the adults went waterskiing and wake boarding. that sounds like fun. and you went tubing? yeah. now... I just went tubing. now when you went tubing did you go by yourself on the tube or was someone else with you? sometimes I went by myself. really. so what's the trick to being good at tubing? so you don't fall out in the water. what do you hafta do? I fell out one time. did you? yeah. some people fell out. mhm that happens sometimes when the waves get big. did you hold on really tight? no. I was to far forward. oh and then you went falling out. was it fun to fall? did you like to fall or not?
no. no? did you get a lot of water? yeah. yeah. got my head wet too. uhoh. you had your life vest on though right? yeah. so you were floating. you were okay in the water. well that sounds like a lot of fun. you have bugs all over your shirt. pictures of bugs. do you like bugs? uh yeah. do you ever go collecting bugs? yeah. we have bug catchers. you do? what have you caught in your bug catchers? we've caught mosquitos. mhm. we've caught bees. wow. and we've caught some spiders. wow. but not black widows. no good idea. because those are dangerous aren't they?
yeah. what about bees? how would you catch a bee? I don't know that I would wanna catch a bee. um we just put it on the ground and put one marshmallow in it. mhm. and then the bee came and we shut it up. uhhuh. oh. that's how we caught a bee. well that's a good idea. so then what did you do with the bee after you caught it? we just dumped it out. mhm. and he wasn't mad? nope. well that's good. we just threw it in the water. you threw the bee in the water? wow. so you've got a couple weeks left of summer and then are you gonna be in kindergarten? yeah. that sounds like fun. do you know the name of your school? Madison Country Day School. wow. wow have you been there before? yup. when I took prekindergarten. oh is that where you had prekindergarten?
yeah. so what's that school like? I've never been to that one before. I don't know what it's like. do they have nice teachers? we always have a special. we always have a special on the end of our day. what's a special? where we have something special. it's like music spanish or um gym. did you say spanish? yeah. you know spanish? but I can't speak it right now. you don't hafta. that's okay. because if you did I wouldn't understand you anyway. so you get spanish at your school and music and art. yeah. those sound like really cool things. and gym. and gym that sounds good. so your going to go to kindergarten there and then are you going to do any sports? I'm gonna be a full day and I'm going to have after school. oh wow. oh okay. so you go after school there and then will you take a bus home? or was your mom gonna pick you up? yeah. my mom picks you up.
oh that's kind of cool. yup. so um let's see. I was going to ask you something else about school. so do they have hot lunch at your school or do you hafta bring your lunch? um when are we gonna be done? one minute. one minute is that okay? yup. so what are you gonna do for lunch at your school? do they have lunch there or do you hafta bring it? we hafta bring it. oh gotcha. okay. what's your favorite lunch? uh I don't know. I don't have a favorite lunch yet. just whatever your mom makes. yeah. well that's good. well you know what? my clock says that you're all done. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/22118.cha = = = now you told me that today you went on a field trip. tell me about your field trip. um there were turkeys in the woods but we didn't see them. there were what? there were turkeys in the woods and we didn't see them. how did you know there were turkeys in the woods?
people told us. oh. where were the woods? in Owen park. oh. okay. it's close to my house. is it? have you been to that park before then? it's not a park. it's a woods that's a park. oh. gotcha. so you went there with your class. what school do you go to? Stephen's. oh. Gwen Stephen's. mhm. the same school as my brother. oh really. and what grade is your brother in? um third grade. wow. that's right. you told me he's nine. yep. and you're five. so um I was just thinking about something. let's see.
so you went to the forest. what did you see in the forest? um part of a dam that Name and me made. and Name's all her whole family except her dad and my family except my dad. did what? made a dam? yeah. how did you do that? first we did leaves and logs. mhm. okay. and log is really heavy. mhm. and then everybody had to pick it up. and then we got it there. wow. but they put all the leaves away and also some of the um sticks away. mhm. and then they put this little board across our thing. mhm. who do you think did that? I don't know. probably the person that lives next to it. oh. and who did you do this with? Name's big sister and also Name and also my big brother. oh. Name? yeah. is that a boy or a girl?
girl. oh that's a neat name. I haven't heard that name before. well her first name's Name but one of her name is Name. oh gotcha. so you guys built a dam. that's pretty exciting. did you stop the water? I don't want to say the dam the wrong way. that's okay. because then it will make it a swear word. yeah. you know about that already too huh. that's what happens when you have an older brother. you learn all sorts of things from him. so you went to the forest. they told you turkeys were there but you didn't see any. what else were you supposed to be doing in the forest? walking. mhm. we had a trip from the xxx. that's what we're supposed to do. hm. do you walk to school or take a bus or does your mom or dad take you? mom and dad. well that's pretty nice. do they pick you up too? yeah. cool. so when you get to school in the morning what's the first thing that you do?
have morning meeting. and pick out the room... and she has the room helper clues. when everybody is sitting down except one person. she is the room helper. if he's the room helper or she... the room what? the room helper. the room helper. and then she comes up and she controls the meeting. and then she controls the math meeting and also she controls math. and also she brings this thing to the office. wow and is the helper a kid in your class? yeah. and every day it changes? yeah. so have you gotten to be the helper? but sometimes... yeah. I've been the room helper the most. I've been the room helper five times. how did you get to be the room helper that many times? I don't know. but I wasn't the first person to be the room helper the first day of school. wow. Name was. oh. and what's the math meeting. it's like a meeting. I don't know.