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what do you do in the meetings? you said morning meeting too. I don't know about that. it's a math meeting. and we also have language workshop. you also have what? language workshop. wow what do you do in language workshop? we hafta like make these books and stuff. mhm. and write these letters down if you're at that table. mhm. that sounds like fun. do you know how to read yet? yeah. really? but I don't know how to read chapter books. well that's okay. you gotta start at the beginning right? uhhuh. that's cool. so are you sure you are in kindergarten? I am. wow. kindergarten sounds very grown up. is kindergarten the first one? do you have meetings? kindergarten's the first one. well some kids go to preschool. well I don't go to preschool.
no. did you go to preschool? yeah. did you. what was your preschool called? um preschool the arts. okay. preschool of the arts. okay. and kindergarten sounds kind of grown up because you have meetings. you've got language workshop. that sounds pretty fancy. you've got room helpers. so do you ever get choice time? yeah. you do? what do you during choice time? you get to pick what you get to play. oh what kinds of things does you teacher have for you to play with in kindergarten? house. hm. and also cars and legos. all sorts of stuff. why don't you get back on your seat. so we don't lose you on the floor again. so what's your favorite thing to do during choice time? play in the house. hm. what do you like to do in the house? play.
well yeah. I know that. but like some kids like to cook in the kitchen. some kids like to take care of the kids or the babies. um I don't like to do any those. just hang out in the house? yeah. I still have fun. do you? now do you go to school for a whole day or half a day? I don't go to school for a whole day. because this isn't night. that's true. but you know some kids only go to school until lunch time and then some kids stay and have lunch and then do stuff after lunch at school. what do you do? after lunch. so you stay for a whole day. you have whole day kindergarten then. that's cool. do you do hot lunch or cold lunch? cold. I never do the hot. why not? it's so good. this is what I hear. but my friend does hot and cold. oh really. how come you don't do hot lunch? because there's lots of bad things in hot lunch that I don't like. like what?
what looked really nasty? like rice I don't like. and hamburgers. you don't like hamburgers? nope. what do you like to eat? candy. well yeah. kids like candy. what kinds of good foods do you like to eat? healthy foods? do you like chicken? uh yeah. do you like... sort of. what's your... I don't know. what's your favorite food? um I don't know. so what do you take in your cold lunch everyday? do you make it or does your mom? mom. bet she makes a good lunch. she doesn't know that I never eat the peanut butter sandwich. she what? but I never eat the peanut butter sandwich. she knows now. but she still makes it for my lunch. how come you don't eat it? because I'm starting to not like it.
oh. well what else could she put in there that you might like? peanut butter and jelly. but you said you don't like that. it's my favorite sandwich. oh but you said you don't eat them. I eat them. oh I thought you said you don't eat them. but I still do. now I'm confused. I still eat them though. oh gotcha. do you like turkey or ham or? uh yeah. tuna. yeah I like tuna. well those... are tunas fish? yup. I heard that on tv. did you? when they were talking about chicken of the sea? did you hear about that? no. on Lilo and Stitch. oh. he... on the cartoon. or on the movie? on the movie.
oh I know what he says. she says all I have is stinking tuna. isn't that what she says? because she hasta give Pudge the fish a peanut butter sandwich. yeah. she talks like this right. and her sister didn't have peanut butter. yeah. and she had tuna. yeah. and Pudge couldn't eat the tuna could he? yeah. no. no that's right. tuna is a fish. so school sounds like fun. what's your favorite thing to do at school? sometimes recess. sometimes choice time. hm. do you get art or music or Phy Ed? we... what's Phy Ed? P E. gym. p [coughs]. or some schools call it Phy Ed. some schools call it gym. some schools call it P E. and gym.
gym. do you have gym class? yeah. is that kind of fun too? yeah gym is gym class. mhm. you're right. you know what? yeah. my clock says that you're all done talking. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/22093.cha = = = so you are five years old now aren't you? what have you been doing this summer? I... what do you do during the day? I don't know. well does your mom go to work in the summer? no. she doesn't? because I don't have school today. yeah so do you get to spend time with your mom? yep. my daddy's gone. is he at work? yeah every day he has go to work. yeah. that's kinda how that works sometimes. but when your dad comes home from work do you get to see him then? yeah.
what kinds of things do you do with him? I don't know. don't know? so when your at home in the summer... here let's move that because that's mine. so when you're home in the summer with your mom what kinds of things do you and your mom do? shopping. shopping do you like to do that? yeah. where do you like to go? I can't remember. well I like to go shopping sometimes at Target. have you ever been to Target? do you ever go to Walmart? do you ever go to the mall? no where do you go shopping? I don't know. you don't know. I have to ask my mom that right now. oh that's okay. that's okay. do you ever you don't... that's okay we can ask her later. she's still in there. maybe she'll knock on the window. she's in there. so you like to go shopping with your mom. yeah. what kinds of things do you buy. I don't know.
come on and have a seat. we'll see your mom in a couple minutes when we're done. huh? okay have a seat. thanks. you know what? I'm gonna give you one more penny. I'm gonna put it by the his hair right here. no. he's gonna have bushy hair I think. no that's not how hair goes. so you were telling me that you go to school sometimes. yeah. what's that like? swimming lessons. swimming lessons. yeah. tell me about swimming lessons. I went there. you hafta wear life jackets. you hafta wear life jackets? because there is a big pool. oh. do you go in the deep water? yeah but I stay afloat. and I wear goggles. when I jumped in I weared my goggles on my eyes and I jump in. wow... and then I do this. then I jump in.
does someone catch you or do you jump in by yourself? jump in myself. wow good for you. and then I float back up. yeah because you're wearing the life jacket right? yep. so what other kinds of things do you learn in swimming? I don't know? do you learn how to do the back float? yeah. do you put your face in the water ever and blow bubbles? yeah I can do it under water. really. with my goggles. oh goggles are cool. tell me about your goggles. what do they look like? I got goggles from the mail. really. yeah and I buyed some goggles. oh what do they look like? I don't know. are they a special color? I can't remember which color they are. oh that's okay. sometimes kids have goggles that look like fish or sharks or mermaids. or they're sparkly. guess what? I got orange um um um um goggles in the mail and then when you put the goggles by the sun you can see a fish and a shark! no way.
yeah. you can see a shark? yeah and a fish. really? how do you get goggles in the mail? the mailman gave me them. wow. um the mailman didn't bring me goggles. yeah because you're not xxx swimming lessons. no that's true. I'm not in swimming lessons. because it's only for kids. oh but my daughter didn't get goggles in the mail and she's five just like you. hm. you must have done something special for those huh? let's leave this here thanks. you know what? you're doing such a great job. ow. sitting on your bottom even too. look so I'm gonna give you another penny. that means you have three left Childsname. so have you gone on any trips this summer. yeah. I went to school and then I went on lots of trips. oh. what was your what was your favorite trip you went on. um the zoo. the zoo. did you go...
I went to my zoo. well which one is your zoo? I will show you but you hafta come to my house. oh you have a zoo at your house? no. it's just so far away from my house. oh. well what was the zoo like? has animals. mhm. what would you... my zoo. and even uh when it's closed you go to the playground. really. that sounds like fun. and your kids can go there too. oh. yeah. okay. so I could bring my kids there? I think we've been there before. but I... my favorite animal at the zoo is the giraffes. I xxx saw the giraffes too. did you? what's your favorite animal? hm. um the um snake. you like snakes? yeah they're there at my zoo in the house.
and they're gonna crawl over you. oh no! they're never can come out. why... because the glass is way up way long. mhm. all the way up. mhm. and they can't come out. no. because they'll hafta crawl on their bodies. mhm. they can't go on the glass because it's slippery. oh yeah. and you can slip the snakes off. have you ever touched a snake before? no because the glass is too high. mhm. and you can't touch them because they're scared. yeah. you can't touch them because the zoo people um work there um um don't let you touch the snakes. because snakes can like bite. oh some snakes bite you right. can you... rattlesnakes can bite too. you know a lot about snakes. wow. you must really like them huh? mhm. sometimes when you go to the zoo on special days they will take the snakes out.
and then you can touch them. but you... and the zookeeper will hold it and you can touch it sometimes. but you can't because there's rules. mhm. get out um the guys hand. mhm. oh. because they're very long. mhm. I got big long ones. yeah. and I don't want them to get out of my zoo. oh. I don't want them out of their glass. okay. because I don't want them too. okay... [ERROR brackets convention misused in a previous speaker line] because in that xxx that's my rules at my zoo. that's the rule at your zoo? do have any other rules at your zoo? yeah there's no running. no running? because. why can't you run? because because you'll run in the gate. that's true. that would hurt. yup because they're bears there.
and they're far away. they won't go over there from here. mhm. any other rules at your zoo? um there's no touching the bears. yeah. because my bears can bite. my bears bite. oh no. because there's a big river and it's very tall. up the wood. mhm. they can't come up. or they can't touches. you're right. they have a pool. do they really? yeah. wow. I can... that sounds like it would be kinda nice to be a bear. I can't say the whole thing. just the rules of my zoo. well those sound like very nice rules. what are the fun things to do at your zoo? well I can't remember. well you see bears and snakes and you go on the playground. is that about it? can you feed any animals at your zoo? no.
because that's inside the rules too. oh. because uh some zoos you can feed animals like goats. you can feed my goats. can't feed your goats? yeah. so you have goats... or or you can pet my goats. you can or you can't? can. can. because they're nice. are they? they're very nice. well it sounds like you have a very nice zoo. hopefully I'll get to go there some time. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/21160.cha = = = and like the ad, he works for that company. he works for commercials. wow. and he's a big golf pro. he's a big what? golf pro. really? mhm. wow. do you ever go golfing with your dad? yeah. you do?
mhm. tell me about that. well my brother comes with him. and he usually does eighteen or he does nine. mhm. and my fairy birthday party um the girls dressed up as fairys. mhm. and they hm... did now did a lady come and bring the costumes to your house or did you have them at your house already? um lady came and she brought a trunk. and she brought all the party stuff. wow. that's pretty nice for your mom. then she didn't hafta do all that huh? yeah. but she did hafta pay. yeah. you gotta pay for it. that's true. so were they were the fairy costumes all different colors? yeah they were all different colors. like fairy colors. yeah colors... so what color were you? I was all violet purple. oh pretty. and my brother he was an elf. mhm. and he was not like Santa's elf. but like a fairy elf.
and um so we had this bubble machine and dad filled it up. mhm. and Jordan was like wild jumping over and over and back and forth just with the fairys. run run leap. boom. run run leap. and then he did like some splits up in the air. really? yeah. splits. he just ran and did [child demonstrates]. so you didn't need any entertainment at your party because you had Jordan huh? uhhuh. Jordan was doing the performing. yup. so you put the fairy costumes on everybody put the fairy costumes on and then what did you do? we went out to the backyard and we did some fairy leaps. and we waited for that woman and then she came. mhm. and then we sat down and did this remember game. oh. remember. I don't think I've ever played that one. how do you play remember? uh well she has this like garden fairy can and she filled it up with garden stuff. mhm. ↫a↫and everyone got a chance to look at it. oh. and then everyone had to tell what was in there. oh and then she hid everything.
yeah. uhhuh. hid everything. and then she took one away. mhm. and you had to guess which one was that. wow. I bet you were pretty good at that game. yeah. I got let's see five right. wow good for you. so you played the remember game. yeah. you leaped around like fairies. mhm. what else did you do? we played musical hoops. and if you don't know what that is it's simple. no I don't know that one either. it's like musical chairs. mhm. um except you have these hula hoops that sparkle. oh. ↫a↫and you leap around in them. mhm. when the music stops you hafta find one. if one doesn't get one they get to turn on the music and get a fairy ring. and I got a pink one. cool. and we got the extra ones.
and Jordan got and I gave him his favorite color for girls is purple. mhm. and we gave him a purple one. oh cool. and there you can um size them big and small. oh. the rings? yeah the rings. oh. so they're adjustable huh? mhm. cool. yeah. that sounds like a wonderful birthday. and mom made this cake and it was so cool. and also for this little candy bracelets... mhm. [ERROR brackets convention misused in a previous speaker line] um when mom was just talking with the lady we went and ate some. mhm. without even making a bracelet. and then Jordan put his in the bathroom door. don't tell Jordan this. um I ate it. did you really? I always sneak into the bathrooms eat it. I eat one bite. did he know? did he find out? no no.
I won't tell him because I probably won't ever see him. and don't tell my mom. I won't. so did what happened? was he just looking for his bracelet and it was gone? no. he forgot all about that birthday party. and I just chowed it. I ate it all gone. and the hard part was to get the one that was tied together. uhhuh. but I ate it. you just bite one end and then the other end falls off. uhhuh. and then you eat that end. they're sugary candy. powder is in there. oh that sounds kind of good. they taste good. like these little loops and you make this bracelet. hardly nobody made those. but you just ate them. yeah. well that sounds pretty good. yeah we almost ate them. I would say two bowls. they weren't full up to the top. but they were like half full. wow. yeah.
and all the girls ate them. and Jordan did not. mhm. and all the girls I said come on let's eat some of those candies. mhm. and then we just went over and ate two bowls full. wow. so tell me about the cake your mom made. what did it what was it like? um well it was kind of like a castle. wow. it had these little turrets made of icecream cones put upside down. wow. and she just made the rest of the cake. and the turrets were white. and the rest of the cake was like white and pink. and there was these flags that had a cursive l. mhm. for me. mhm. and on top of those she lit the candles. and there was four of them. so that was pretty neat. so that was your birthday when you were four? five. five. so there were five candles. yeah. nonono. yeah yeah.
there was one in the middle I think. oh okay. good. that makes sense. because if you were five you would need five candles right? mhm. wow. that's pretty cool. that sounds like a lot of fun. so what do you think you'll do this year for your birthday? what kind of party do you want this year? Jordan's thinking of a football one. mhm. and we donate instead of having presents. that's right. but we still get presents from grandma and grandpa and we have a treasure hunt. and you go up in your bedroom. who ever birthday it is. mhm. and you look around. this is at nighttime. you look around. and the hard thing is well... he has two lights. and we turn on just one light for me because I have just one light. and it's not too bright. mhm. and we just turn on that light. we don't turn on the ceiling light. turn on the not brightest light.
mhm. turn that on. and you hafta look with that on. oh. so it's pretty much hard. and then the rest... and so it's in your room somewhere? yeah. and you get a map but um mom gives these little cards. and you hafta look around where that place is. oh. Jordan kind of helped me. he reads in the corner of north east west or south. mhm. or left or right corner. bottom or up. so when you found your present what was it? I have this highchair set up by my dresser. mhm. and on there was tissue paper. it was white tissue paper. and I unwrapped it. mhm. and there was um two... um on each side there's two of them. there was these plastic diamonds and there was pink. wow. and for Jordan's also I get one. so it doesn't make so unfair to me. and that was a pony for my dollhouses.
it was sugar. cool. sugar is the name of the pony. yeah. cool. and I lost the coat for it. but it goes strap and over. and Jordans got this pony. mhm. it's name whisper. and it's a Mexican pony kind of. mhm. and it has a coat and that's the only coat we have so they share. well that's a good idea. you could also maybe try to make one. yeah. what do you think you could use to make a coat for your pony? I could use pipe cleaner and cut it for the strap. mhm. and then I could just make like a paper for the back like a cape. yeah. that's a good idea. or maybe kleenex. mhm. yeah. that's a good idea. so you have you got a pony stable for christmas right? yeah. now is that part of the dollhouse thing too? no.
it's a part... it's different? yeah. one is kind of like cut down velvet um I would say once. mhm. twice or something like that. and that would be like the pony. for the regular house. and the other one is just like plastic. okay. gotcha. but when you spread out his legs it makes noise. mhm. it like [child demonstrates]. oh. but it does and say like talk it out. uhhuh. but it just makes that noise. and then it also [neigh]. and stuff like that. it's really fun to do. and even to Jordan's. it's quieter on mine because mine is old. and Jordan's is kind of like new. uhhuh. and my other one is just like grow like fur on a real pony. mhm. for the mane and tail. and it's black. it's all black.
and then a tan like a brown saddle. and for comfort instead of just having the saddle hurting on the back. mhm. uh there's a red blanket. oh. and Jordan's is kind of like a Mexican. on Jordan's plastic one it's kind of like a Mexican so type one. mhm. Mexican blanket? yeah. oh cool. wow. so do you guys play with your horses together? yeah. and I have a dollhouse. cool. now I've just gotten like a dog house a cat house and a hamster house. it has these little flowers sticking out and hamsters go in there. really? and an exercise ball that they can go on. for real hamsters? no. no no no no. ↫they↫they're Guniea pigs. okay. and they're teeny-weeny. like smaller than you think. they're like this tiny. very tiny. uhhuh.
and um so that's pretty much like tiny ones. there's two of them. uhhuh. and they have an exercise wheel. and they come like real hamster boxes. uhhuh. of real hamster food. even for like those ones that you see kind of like you can carry easily. mhm. and they're brown. that's how the dog's is. and the small one's for the cat. gotcha. wow. well you told me a lot of things. and now we're all done with the talking. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/12033.cha = = = alright so what do you wanna talk about first? did you wanna tell me about what you did over the summer? oh yeah Noah's Ark water park. oh tell me about... we went down Slidewinders. and we went at um Big Kahuna. Big Kahuna at the end it had big waves. about two of these rooms tall. oh really... or at least one. now is that a waterslide or is that the wave pool? uh the wave pool.
okay. and there's also a little one called Big Wave. mhm. Little Wave... but those waves aren't as big... yeah those waves. it's called The Wave. oh. and there's a octopus right next to it. we went down the slide. they have mostly xxx had to turn an octopus slide. it was little one. uhhuh. we had to keep going down that slide had to turn because it was the fastest. I loved going down that. the octopus one? yeah that's a little slide. oh. but then I got even more scared when we went down Slidewinders. did you? what's that one like? that's a new one I think. um yeah. there's three slides. mhm. and you can go down them um and it like twists around. oh. up : winders. now do you go down by yourself or can you go down with someone in your family? I went down with daddy.
and Childsname went down with mom. and were you in a tube or how did you go down? or do you just slide down it? we just slide down it. whoa... I was on dad. [laughs]. you were on him? yeah. and you slid. is it dark or can you see where you're going? we can see. oh cool. there's no big one. okay so what was your favorite thing at Noah's Ark? my favorite thing was Abangabanga. what was it? Abangabanga. what's that? um that's a slide by Big Kahuna. uhhuh. and um it goes down. vroom vroom. [child emphasizes the speed of the slide.] straight down. it looked like it was um... it goes straight down? no it has lots of turns. oh. you had to walk um up higher than it was supposed to.
mhm. but when you go down into this pool you step right in the pool get on your thing and then they pushed you right down. vroom. wow. off you go. vroom. was it Cowabunga? was it that one? yeah I think. or is that a different one? did you go on dark voyage? no we didn't. xxx dark family ride. and next year we are gonna go with my friend Childsname. and maybe we could go down Dark Thunder. oh. [makes noises]. what's that one like? um that one I'm not sure. I heard the Dark Voyage one you go down in a tube. and it's dark but there's a little bit of light that you can see through... yeah. that would be kinda weird wouldn't it? yeah but there's water falling right on you when you first get in. really? yeah that's what I saw. wow. so did you go on a day when it was really hot so it felt good to be in the water... um um um yeah. it wasn't too much humid.
uhhuh. yeah but... but it felt good to be in the water? yeah it felt good. that's good. and so your favorite ride again was which one? um Slidewinders. oh that sounds like fun. [makes noises]. did you do anything else in Wisconsin Dells or just Noah's Ark? um just Noah's Ark. mhm. oh and on the way um home um we saw lots of waterparks. yeah. like Candyland. and one even had a bucket and was filling water up... mhm. and I think there was a xxx I think. mhm. and then it poured down but it was filling up when I saw it. mhm. and there was also another waterpark we went by but it's inside. and it's also outside it's called Blackwolf. mhm. it used to be called Hatchet's Greatwolf. mhm. but it used to be Blackwolf Lodge. you're right. and did you know that the man who built Noah's Ark is the same man who built that Great Wolf Lodge? no.
yeah his son is a friend of mine. yeah. and he gotta go on all those water slides. wouldn't that be cool? yeah. if your dad built water slides. yeah. yeah sometimes I'm gonna build water slides there. are you... um one it goes tall as xxx Mount everest is. [whistles]. four thousand and then you slide straight down. at the end you turn right over. vroom. wow that would be kinda scary. I don't think I like the ones that go straight down. yeah... I like the ones that turn. what about the plunger? I don't think I like the plunger. I went on it one time. and when I gotta the top I was a little bit scared because you're up so high. yeah. and then you go straight down... um yeah my friend Childsname went on it. did he? yeah xxx... what did he think of it? oh he loved it. did he?
yeah. it's fun but it's a little bit scary at first. vroom. he was xxx like that my dad told me before we went there. yeah because you go down on your tummy. oh I didn't know that I thought you went like whee. I think you go on your tummy. you look straight down and you see straight down. yeah on my ride you go on um this big slide and you're not on a floaty. uhhuh. so it even more scary so you don't hold on. wow. so you just kinda slip and slide all over the place huh? yeah. and it goes straight down mine and then at the end [makes noises] right over [! makes noises]. so did you ride any of the bumper boats there? yeah a kiddie bumper boat. oh did you? yeah. and those you get to drive by yourself don't you? yeah. so do you think there are lots of things to do there for kids who are five and four? yeah there's also a Gogator. what's that? um that's a little rollercoaster. oh. uhhuh but not scary as old Big Dips in um um you know West Virginia. oh. at um um ↫c↫Camden park. you should go there and then you'll see Big Dips or the log ride.
or um um that scary ride it was called the Haunted House. uh I love to go on those rides and Big Dips. um you go in this little tunnel on Big Dips. mhm. vroom. it's dark but then you go straight down for a little hill. and then you go up and then you go turn fly straight down. wow and that's in West Virginia? yeah West Virginia. wow what were you doing in West Virginia? um we were um visiting my mom's um dad. oh. yeah. and you gotta go to an amusement park? yeah. is that what they're called? yeah... and there were lots of rides and a haunted house. yeah a haunted house. it's a xxx... was it scary? yeah it is. and it has a little xxx. mhm. but then there's ones that go xxx [makes noise] a skeleton face pops out. really? yeah and then there's a [makes noise] and then there's a little white thing it shows like a huge monster. it's really scary. wow. it's the scariest ride.
did you scream? no I didn't. I closed my eyes the whole thing once. did you? yeah. does Childsname go on it? yeah once. did she get scared? um yeah but she never went on Big Dips. my mom went on Big Dips. so what's Big Dips like? um Big Dips is um a rollercoaster. uhhuh. and it's the only um scary rollercoaster. oh. it's the only rollercoaster it's scary. did you go on it? yes. but you don't wanna go on it again or do you... no I love to go on it. you'd love to go on it. I wish I would go on it every day. it was that fun huh? yeah that fun. wow so you went to Noah's Ark this summer. did you go to West Virginia this summer or was that a long time ago? I think that was this summer. okay. or a little bit later. it was a while ago huh?
yeah it was a while. and what else have you been doing this summer? um this summer not anything much. but people inviting us to their pools. oh. there's only um two pools that um have noodles. mhm. and um and uh one um didn't allow the noodles um um in the morning. mhm. those things you swim with. mhm. um yeah. those floaty things. yeah but ours popped because Childsname and me had to rent some and we gave them back after. mhm. and we always swim with them. mhm. and the other one allowed noodles the whole time. oh. yeah but not in the little pool. do you remember the pool that let you have a noodle? let you take the noodle in? that one was um... my friend um Childsname um she's a girl and my friend Childsname he's xxx... mhm. oh. he knows how to swim and I don't. but he knows how to swim without a noodle. uhhuh. and he's a lot younger.
and even my friend um Childsname was invited too. oh. he knows how to swim too and he's younger. really. and everyone knows how to pick up me and I know how to pick up my sister. but he's the same age my sister. he weighs so much I can't even pick him up at all. really? yeah. is he bigger than your sister? um yeah. is he. bigger. wow. so... he looks stronger but he isn't. do you think you're gonna... once I planed a wrestling match with him. did you who won? um we didn't play it but we were bouncing on the trampoline so much. we had so much fun with their trampoline we couldn't even stop. but even they have a movie theater in their basement... a movie theater in their basement? yeah. wow. what movie did you watch? um we didn't watch a movie. oh you didn't. um once mom told me about one of her movies she watched at their basement... uhhuh.
Mrs Momsname um who's um the mom um watched a movie... uhhuh. cool. and Childsname and Childsname were fast asleep. were they? yeah. and I bet you were sleeping too. um I think so. I bet you were if your mom gotta watch a movie. I bet you had to be sleeping. yeah. otherwise moms don't get chances to watch movies. yeah we um got babysited by um grandma once. that was this summer. and um grandma and grandpa um um they watched me ride my bike without training wheels. I popped wheelies. so you can ride your bike without training wheels? uhhuh and pop wheelies. and xxx down the curb. wow. wow do you have a driveway that goes kind of down or is yours flat? no mine is flat and then it turns. and then it goes straight down. I love to pedal down the hill so fast. vroom. can you stop then? no I don't. I just keep going sharp turn. [whistles]. and you don't fall off your bike?
never except sometimes. that's good. but you wear your helmet right? yeah also knee pads. knee pads too? yeah. that's a good idea because you can skin your knees... yeah and I even have rollerblades. do you really? yeah. do you like to go rollerblading too? yeah. I have helmet knee pads elbow pads wrist guards and a helmet. um and that's all I have for that. mhm. yeah. that's good though then you don't get hurt when you're rollerblading huh? yeah. looks like you got a bump on your head. oh yeah. what happened? um that one right there with the white mark was stitches... mhm. oh. I had stitches when I was two. oh. and um that one um was um jumping on the bed and hit the metal backboard. oh ow. yeah. so that's why mom says no jumping on the bed huh?
yeah. mhm. and I'm not jumping never again. I know I bet that hurt huh? yeah it hurt. but it looks like it's getting better. and Childsname um um had stitches at same time. she was standing on a stool washing her hands. boom she fell over. oh and hit the sink? um no I think. hm. or maybe the nozzle. and she needed stitches. yeah she needed stitches. it's a little under right there xxx... mhm. white little dot you can't see it too much. oh well that's good. well you know what? I'm looking at the time here and we're all done talking. you talked so much you did a great job... yeah. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/21189.cha = = = so did you have easter at your house? do you celebrate easter? and I celebrate... I went to my grandma's house. really?
that sounds like that was special huh? I got a lot of money from my grandma's house because we went on a easter hunt. and there's money in these eggs. really? and got candies in and it's... there's a little twisters in and then there's stamp them in. wow. so what are you gonna do with all that money? I'm gonna go to buy a American Girl doll and maybe a Barbie fairy tale. there's some at Walmart. oh cool. so an American Girl doll or what's at Walmart? well a fairy. oh. a Barbie fairy. the Barbie fairies? I've seen those. alright. which color of fairy would you get? because they come in different colors don't they? mhm. pink. is pink your favorite? yeah? I have xxx pink xxx. [gestures to dress] yeah. I like that dress you have on. do you wanna just do your talking now? should we just do the talking now?
the talking part now or do you... okay. we can do that now instead. um do you... let's see. so which American Girl doll would you get? Molly. now who's Molly? I don't know about Molly. Molly is a girl that has braids and she has glasses. and she's pretty. mhm. and then when you taked her hair down she looks pretty too. really pretty. so when I take the glasses out her braids are staying in. when I taked her hair out her glasses are staying in. oh okay. because when her braids are in and her glasses are in it looks kind of weird. does it? yep. I like her dress. it's pretty. is it? now do you have a big sister? mhm. I thought so. does she have a Molly doll? no. she goes to get one though. she has Josephina Felicity and who else?
who else? she got a couple of them huh? and Kit. oh okay. and I got Samantha Felicity. uhhuh. that's all I got. so you have a couple of them already. that's cool. and Molly how do you know about Molly if you don't have her yet? is that from the catalog? do you get the catalog in the mail with all the dolls? that's pretty neat. we we made a little thing um uh. [c says sting for thing] we used pieces of paper and we got our Zia's American Girl dolls ones out. mhm. so we can cut stuff out that we want. mhm. I got all the dolls and Zia gots all the heads of the dolls. mhm. and then I got... Zia wanted these dresses of one of the girls. mhm. so I took the girl and are... because I already had one of the dresses that I have. mhm. it's an outfit. [c says outit for outfit] you know the olden day.
okay. and... I got Molly's thing. and then I got coconut. I got half of licorice. do you know who licorice is? mhm? he's a new one. oh. I don't know. it's... licorice? who's that? it's a little cat and it's... is it one of the dolls' cats? yeah. or it could be anybody's cat? xxx I don't know. but it's black and it has a little ball. mhm. and it has a xxx mouth and it has a pink thing uh uh to lay on. and we got half of it because we both wanted it. mhm. so Zia got one half. I got the other. we split it in half. the kitty? yeah. the picture of the kitty. picture.
not the real kitty? no. so which half did you get? I think the right or the left. I don't remember. but um... so you like to cut the catalog apart huh? no. we didn't cut the pages. uhhuh. we just lused most of it. mhm. so there not much in that magazine anymore that we used. gotcha. yeah. I had Kia's babydoll. mhm. and the a baby head of a horse. oh. and and I got all the books of Kia. whose books? Kia. who's that? she's a indian. oh okay. wow. that's right. because the American Girl dolls you buy the doll but then they have books with them too that tell the stories about them right? yeah. I got the Samantha book but I lost it.
oh. but I xxx get the xxx. maybe I did get the xxx but I don't know. but I did got the Samantha book I know. and Samantha and Felicity are your dolls right? yeah. well tell me... Felicity I got from christmas and Samantha I got for birthday. wow. so tell me which one is your favorite? Felicity. tell me about Felicity because I haven't seen that one either. well she has auburn hair and her dress is really pretty. uhhuh. and she has curls in her hair. oh. curls huh? yeah. is her hair curly all over? no. like right here and stuff. she doesn't have bangs like Samantha does. and her dress has flowers on it. oh. pretty. and what's her story? where does she come from? do you know anything about her? um I don't know where she comes from but they're... do you know what?
one thing about Kia. she doesn't smile. she doesn't? how come? because they didn't make her smile. I don't know why. oh. all the rest of the smile. hm. she's more serious it sounds like huh? and... hm. wonder why? I don't know why either. but Felicity she is just really really pretty. oh. and her hair's down. her hair's down. and then what was the other one you have again? I forgot already. Samantha. Samantha. tell me about Samantha. Samantha she she is... she um has these dresses that I got the raincoat. oh. and she has the book of it. Zia has the book of it. mhm. and um she was pretty too.
mhm. um her hair is snarled. [says snared] her hair is brown. yeah brown. no black. kinda blackish brownish. okay. and um how her hair came I think it was in a bow or down. oh. and she weared her outfit that she had. mhm. and I have her xxx dress. her xxx school dress. mhm. and... what's that? it's a xxx school dress and it's pretty. oh okay. so you have lots of american girl doll stuff in your house. do you keep it in a special place because those I know are very special dolls. yeah. I put them in a rocking chair. mhm. and then all the stuff that I have... I have more stuff. mhm. and it's in this bin. oh that's a good idea. and my other dolls that I have?
mhm. one has brown hair and one has blonde hair? mhm. the blonde hair was really messy but my sister made her so pretty xxx. that's nice. how did she do that? because she brushed it. because her hair wasn't that pretty. at first it was but then... it got snarly? yeah. that happens. I xxx get it that snarly. [says snary] uhoh. and then I... my other girl looks kinda pretty. her hair is kinda snarly but not that snarly. uhhuh. have you ever been to the american girl doll store? there's one in Chicago I think. yeah. I been there. really? that's where um some of my stuff that I buyed my stuff. oh. and I... what's it like there? I've never been in there. I've seen it.
it's really cool and has bitty baby stuff. the first time I... oh. bitty babies? yeah. at first I been there the bitty baby stuff is American Girl doll stuff. mhm. and the next time we went there do you know what? we got coconut book and um... and who's coconut again? it's... a little white dog. [says god for dog] dog? yeah. his name's Coconut. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/22141.cha = = = so now you were telling me you go to kindergarten at Schoolsname. well tell me what kindergarten's like. what's it like there? is it a good place to go to school? yeah. is it? what's your teacher's name? Teachersname and Teachersname. you have two teachers? wow. that's pretty cool. so what are some fun things you do in kindergarten?
uh we play. mhm. and we do stuff on rug. you do stuff on the rug? yeah. like what kind of things do you do on the rug? read and stuff. oh. do you know how to read? yeah. wow. that's cool. so do you take hot lunch or cold lunch? or do you eat lunch at school even? I do both. hot lunch and cold lunch. oh. what's your favorite hot lunch? pizza. yeah. that's a good one. what's your favorite thing to bring to school in your cold lunch? um I think it's cookie. a cookie. does your mom pack anything else in your lunch besides a cookie? yeah. I bet she does. so um you don't have school today? yeah. you do?
no I don't. you don't. you're on vacation huh. did you have school yesterday? [nods yes]. oh. but today you got off huh. well that's cool. so what are you going to do on your day off? [shrugs]. you came here huh. yeah. are you going to go anywhere else do you think? there was um trick-or-treating a couple days ago. yeah. did you go trick-or-treating? yeah. oh. tell me about your costume. it was Harry Potter. oh. cool. did you do um any spells for people? no. [laughs]. and where did you go trick-or-treating? at Shorewood Hills. where there any spooky houses? some. really?
only just one. well tell me about it. well I don't remember. what made it so spooky? I don't know. in our neighborhood there was one house that had a coffin outside of it. and inside was a guy. and he said " happy Halloween. " and that kind of scared my daughter. and then there were some houses that were playing spooky music. oh I found one. hm? I found one that played spooky music. did you. did you still go up and get the candy? [nods yes]. good for you. so um what kinds of things did you get trick-or-treating? um lots of chocolates and... chocolates oh. a book. a book? [nods yes]. wow. what kind of book? oh I don't remember. that's pretty neat. did you go with your family or did you go with friends or... I went with friends.
mhm. and how long were you out? a long time? yup. wow. good for you. so you go to kindergarten. you had trick-or-treating already. do you play any sports? you do. and what do you do when you're not in school? well I signed up for golf class and I do some golf. really. where do you do golf class? let's see. I don't remember the name of it. uhhuh. do you have your own golf clubs? uhhuh. cool. so do you ever go with your dad? [nods yes]. do you. where do you go golfing? Tumbleville. oh. I know where that is. and you go on the big golf course? [nods yes]. wow.
good for you. that's really cool. can you hit the ball pretty far? sometimes. I can hit it like four miles. no way. four miles. how would you ever go find your ball? you would hafta get in a car and drive four miles. no my dad does. your dad what? drives the cart. drives the cart. [laughs]. so are you going to be the next Tiger Woods? have you ever watched Tiger Woods play golf? yeah. he's really good isn't he? he can hit it really far. can you hit it as far as him do you think? [shakes head no]. maybe someday huh. so you do golf lessons. I saw on the back of your shirt it looks like there's a hockey player on there. do you play hockey? no? do you ever go iceskating? [nods yes]. do you. that's fun.
winter is coming up. there's gonna... yeah and I have iceskating class. really. and it's indoor. really. that sounds like fun. but maybe it's outdoor and maybe it's indoor. I don't know. yeah. it hasn't started yet? yeah. so are you going to learn just how to iceskate or how to skate for hockey? skate for hockey and iceskate. cool. well that's good. I like to go iceskating when it's winter too. what other kinds of things do you like to do in the winter? [shrugs]. I don't know. do you ever play outside in the snow? last winter we didn't get much snow did we? I don't remember much snow. maybe this winter we'll get a lot of snow then. so we just had Halloween. and Thanksgiving is coming up. and after Thanksgiving there's another big holiday. do you know what it is? does your family celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah? I think it's Valentines.
there's Valentines Day. do you ever do Christmas in your family? [nods yes]. do you? what are you gonna ask for for christmas this year? my own computer. wow. do you think you'll get one? [shrugs]. how do you think Santa would bring that down the chimney? I don't know. that would be pretty big and heavy wouldn't it? yeah. but he can bring it down. you think so. he's pretty strong isn't he. yeah. so what would you do with your own computer? go on Dot coms and stuff. go what? on Dot coms and stuff. like which ones do you like to go on? on Dot coms you said. which ones do you like to go on? cartoons Loonytoons Nickelodeon Pbs Kids. what was the last one? Pbs Kids. Pbs Kids. yup my daughter likes to go on that one too. what's your favorite thing to do on Pbs Kids?
play Cyberchase. oh Cyberchase. that's a cool show isn't it? I haven't seen that one in a while though. what's been going on on Cyberchase? do you ever watch the show? yeah. but I don't know what happened on there. yeah. there's all those different characters. yeah. Mother Board. and who else? who's the bad guy on there? Hacker. Hacker. that's right. he's got like two guys that help him out sometimes. yeah. but I don't know their names. I don't remember their names either. and then there's the kids that always try to beat Hacker... yeah. yeah. that's cool. so you do Pbs Kids. you do Nickelodeon. do you do Nick Junior? yeah. or just Nickelodeon?
sometimes I do Nick Junior. do you ever go on Cartoon Network? that one's cool too. what's your favorite thing to do on there? I think there's um... isn't Scooby on there? yeah. I usually play that... mhm. what is the name of that guy? it's either Darcula... maybe not. yes. Dracula. Drack what? Dracula. Dracula is on there? yeah. no way. yeah. he has this big sword box. mhm. and he has a sword. hm. is he kind of scary? no. no. he just has a white shirt. oh. huh.
I've never seen him. no I haven't... he's cool. is he? so if you had your own computer where would you put it? maybe on my desk or something. oh that's a good idea. does your sister have her own computer? [shakes head no]. does your dad or your mom have a computer? is it one that everybody shares? [nods yes]. so if you wouldn't get a computer for Christmas what would be the next best thing? g i Joe. a g i Joe. do you have any g i Joes already at your house? no. I remember my brothers use to play with g i Joes. what would you do with a g i Joe? what does he do? [shrugs]. I think I need to go potty. you need to go again? okay. well you know what? we're all done with our talking too. you made it ten minutes. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/22140.cha = = = what we are going to do now is we're going to talk for a little bit.
okay? hey I didn't get to see it. you know what? when we are all done part of your surprise you'll be able to see. we're going to do something with the tv. but I'm not going to tell you what yet because I want it to be a surprise. so we're going to talk just for a little bit. just because I don't think when you've come all these times... you know you came when you were two and a half and when you were three and a half and when you were four and a half and now when you're five and a half. and I don't think I ever gotta play the games with you before. do you remember coming here? or anybody you played the games with? do you remember Name? or Name? or Name or Name? Name? is he a boy? he's a boy. did you ever play games with a boy here. no. he was here last year. well anyway. so you're in kindergarten now. and I would love to hear all about kindergarten. well it's not easy. it's not? what's hard about it? you hafta do lots of projects and art. oh. you hafta cut them out.
paint them. tell me about one of the projects you did in art. I paint a cat. oh. how did you make the cat? did you draw it or? paint it. really? it was yellow. we have to paint it black. oh. to make it scary. oh. was it a picture of a cat or was it a... what was it? it... was it on a piece of paper? yeah we drawed it. oh. we drawed it on our own. oh okay. and then you painted it black? oh. all of us had to. mhm. we had no choice. hm. they told you what you had to do. mhm. do you like art class?
kind of. kind of. sometimes Mr C gets kind of funny. does he? what does he do? he does dances really funny. he dances? that's silly. and he's your art teacher? what's your favorite thing to do in kindergarten? do projects with my whole class. not in art. mhm. in my classroom. mhm. that sounds like fun. and what was one of the projects you did? let me see that one. bingo boards. bingo boards? do you play bingo in kindergarten? yeah. only two times we played it. hm. how did you make the bingo boards? well I don't know how we made it. mhm. but but out teacher got it. we don't know how our teacher makes the stuff. hm your teacher had it.
gotcha. so do you ride the bus to school? or do you walk or does mom or someone take you? ride the bus. you do? do you ride with your sister? she get to go on the same bus. what's it like riding a bus to school? fun. is it? you get to open the windows. you do? doesn't it get cold in there then? no. it's not even cold when you have your coat on. oh. now do you get picked up first or kind of in the middle or at the end? at the end. so is the bus pretty full when you get on there? no. are there lots of kids on there or not when you get on there? kind of lots of kids. oh okay. I always see one of my classmates on the bus. who's that? Name. oh. and um one of my friends has a dog named Name. really. a girl named Name and a dog named Name.
that's pretty funny. the boy who has um the dog named Name is Name. oh. is he your favorite friend to play with? or who's your favorite friend to play with? well I have a team. oh. Tyler Alex Jared. mhm. oh let me see. Name. mhm. I have two Names. okay. Name. well two Names I have. what does the team do? what do you guys do on your team? okay. well the girls have a team and the boys have a team. mhm. well the boys get the ball and when the girls get the ball they hafta pass it. and when the boys get the ball and they get tired they hafta pass it to another boy. hm. so you try to keep it away from the girls or do you share with the girls? yeah. you hafta keep it away from the girls. and then what happens when the girls get the ball. um well Name just out of her hand when she's trying to chase us. mhm.
and then we just get the ball. she acts like on our team. oh. she's really not. she's on the girl team. well can a girl be on your team? no. no? why not? because it's a boy team. oh. well do you ever play where you have a mixed team of boys and girls? well once Austin Tyler and me were on the girl team. and I don't know why I did that. oh. it was all because of my plan. your plan? yeah. it was my plan. oh it was your plan. gotcha. oh I got one more boy. hm? his name is Name. is what? Name. Name? he's really smart. he's in soccer with me. wow.
you do soccer? cool. but now I'm done with it. oh yeah because it's... and I still have the highheels and the shin guards. uhhuh. so you wear shin guards when you play soccer? yeah they're like right here. uhhuh. they protect your knees from getting hurted. yeah. did you ever score a goal? well the last one we was um kids against the parents. we won. did you? the parents were so slow. really. so they lost. uhoh. that's not good. I was on the kid team. mhm. so was Name. oh. we made up a plan. did you? to keep it away from the parents. well that was a good plan and it sounds like it worked if you won huh. yeah. we had to switch teams.
we were on the left side and then they were on the right side. then we switched. and then I was on the right side and then they were on the left side. mhm. so um soccer's done now. are you going to do anything like swimming or anything when it's winter or? hm. I just started gymnastics. you did? what are you learning in gymnastics? um cartwheels which I already know. wow. before I started. that's pretty cool. and I don't know. just lots of stuff. um now when you were at school on wednesday on your last day of school before you had vacation. because yesterday you had a vacation day. did you guys have a halloween party at your school or not? you did? what was that like? um okay I'll tell you all my... I was a ninja. mhm. my teacher... do you know Mrs Ditenbock? nope. what school do you go to? Westside. oh nope I don't know any teachers at that school.
um she was a hockey player. mhm. I have two helpers. no three helpers. well two helpers were in their costumes. um um Miss Labinski was a helper and she was dressed up as a bumblebee. that's funny. and what was the other helper dressed up like? do you remember? a packer. really? even though it was a girl. oh well that's okay. it's halloween. you can dress up in whatever you want when it's halloween. and you were a ninja? so did you... and two girls were a princess. Name and Name. hm. who go crazy. they did? yeah. what did they do? no they go crazy. oh. they do go crazy. uhoh. princesses who go crazy. no.
outside they try to chase the ball from me. oh. gotcha. so you guys wore costumes in your classroom what else did you do for your party? play games. mhm. we made witches. you made what? witches. witch. witches. that's a hard one to say. how did you make witches? well it's not easy. you take a toilet paper that's empty. mhm. a toilet paper roll? that... yeah the toilet paper roll. mhm. and then there's like this green doted with black all over it. it's green. and you hafta cut it out. and when you're done you hafta glue it on. mhm. and then put it on the paper roll. and then you take the head. cut it out. mhm. and then you put it on there.
mhm. with glue. then you take the pot and the arms. and the feet. and glue them all on there at once. wow. that's what I did. and that's how you make your witch? did you make a nice witch or a scary witch or a mean witch or... they're all going this. that seems kind of nice. that doesn't seem too scary does it? and one thing. can you get my arms out of here? uhoh are you stuck? Batman is stuck. uhoh. are you gonna be Batman tonight for trick-or-treating? who are you gonna be when you trick-or-treat? ninja. oh. so this is just your day time costume huh. yeah. I hafta wear that on halloween otherwise my mom um will give it back to the owner. oh. well it wasn't an owner. we had to um check it out on the computer and then we ordered it. oh gotcha. came in the mailbox. mhm.
my brother Name is a ninja. mhm. oh how old is Name? he's ten. wow. so he's your big brother. and you have Name. she's gonna be her many. and Childsname. that's you. do you have any other brothers or sisters? my sister... that's a pretty nice family though. do you like being the youngest? uhhuh. do ya? what's a good thing about being the youngest one? get to play play station all you want. no way. I boss my dad around to do it. really? he lets you do that. no. he plays it for me. I go like dad. oh you bug him about it. yeah. the easy parts I do and the hard parts he does. oh cool. and everytime he dies he goes [screams].
you know what? you got the very last three pennies Childsname. you did awesome. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/11013.cha = = = kindergarten is a place where I like to learn stuff. my teacher's name is Name. uhhuh. and I got some friends that I know there. and some are brand new and some I already know. and there's someone in the morning who's my best friend. mhm. her name's Name. hm. and there's this boy named Name who has a big sister named Name. really? uhhuh. wow. I'm not kidding. I didn't think you were kidding. so Name's your best friend in kindergarten? mhm. what do you and Name do together? oh Name is a morning kindergartener. oh so she's not in your same class. no I'm in the afternoon. so when do you see Name? when I sometimes go over to her house and sometimes she comes [vocalization] to my house. oh that's nice. so what kinds of things do you learn in kindergarten?
oh lots of different stuff. like what? learn how to count. oh. learn how to draw pictures slowly and take your time. mhm. and draw pretty pictures. mhm. I think that's all I know. what kinds of things are you learning about? oh lots of different stuff. because I know sometimes kindergarteners in the fall talk about apples or... oh I talked about apples weeks ago! did you? what did you learn about apples? all different stuff. like what? do you remember? I forget. hm and sometimes in the fall kindergarteners talk about butterflies and caterpillars and um what else? did you talk about fire safety yet? uh yes. you did what did you learn? oh I forget it. so when you get to kindergarten what's the first thing you get to do at the beginning of the day? draw pictures or look at a book I think. oh and then what happens? tell me about a day at kindergarten. okay Name picks a helper. can you sit up tall in your chair like a big five year old?
because I can't hear you and see your pretty face when you're down there. what does your teacher do? uh [clears throat] I didn't say anything about my teacher. oh I'm sorry. she picks a helper and then the helper does the calendar! oh how does she pick a helper? oh she's got these sticks with the names written on 'em. popsicle sticks. oh okay and what does the helper get to do with the calendar? oh picks a number that the day is. mm okay. bus smiley face but now it's pumpkin sunflower. oh so you're doing a pattern. so the first one was smiley faces? bus smiley face pumpkin sunflower now. oh bus smiley face. oh. so is today a pumpkin or a sunflower day? [child shrugs shoulders] don't remember? that's okay. so you have calendar time then what do you do? oh I don't know. do you want to talk about something different other than kindergarten? no I forget everything that I remember. you do? mhm. oh. what's your favorite thing to do when you're at school? hm recess.
oh tell me about recess. I play with my friends. mhm. do you have special games you play? sometimes I play with Carolyn my friend. we play horses. I think you need to sharpen that pencil. do I? yeah. you play horses? mhm. how do you do that? oh you run around and neigh like a horse. oh you pretend like you're a horse. that's kind of a silly game. does everyone pretend they're a horse? not everybody. well just the people playing? yeah. okay. so recess is your favorite time at school. do you have music class or gym class? oh all the time at different times. gym class art all different times. music. my music teacher is Name. oh. do you like music class? mhm. that sounds like fun.
now have you gone on any field trips yet this year? oh to the pumpkin patch. oh you went to the pumpkin patch. tell me about that. oh I picked a pumpkin. it was big and heavy. that's all I can remember. could you carry it? yeah. have you carved it yet? no. oh. and farmer Gene read us a story. uhhuh who's farmer Gene? oh the pumpkin patch. the pumpkin patch lady? mhm. she read you a story. what was the story about? the little lady that wasn't scared of anything. oh what was that story about? shoes pants shirt gloves hat pumpkin head. what about those things? they did different noise. the shoes went clunk clunk. oh. clunk clunk. so she heard a noise and was afraid of it and then found out it was shoes? no she wasn't afraid of it. no?
and pants that went wiggle wiggle shirt shake shake and the gloves clap clap. gotcha. and the hat went nod nod and the pumpkin head go boo boo! that's kind of silly. so Childsname what's your favorite thing to do when you're not at school? sometimes take a naps or have a little snack. mhm what's your favorite snack? uh pancakes but I never have them sometimes. but that's your favorite. how do you make pancakes? oh I tell ingredients but I forget them. do you ever help your mom make them? my dad or my momma. I sometimes make waffles. oh. they've got this waffle maker. oh that sounds like fun. so you were telling me earlier your dad made you a cake for your birthday with an a on it. no it was an apple pie. oh it was an apple pie? yeah. wow and that was for your birthday? no. just for a pie? yeah and then he had a name on the top. cool. and he made an apple pie. was it good? we didn't eat it yet you silly. well I didn't know you didn't tell me.
you... and we're going to Name's house. oh what are you gonna do at Name's house? we're gonna celebrate his birthday. oh does he get the apple pie? uh all of us. oh but it's for his birthday? mhm. that's why your dad made it? mhm I helped him. he's gonna like that your grandpa. mhm I picked the seeds out of the apples. oh. yuck we don't like seeds [spits]. no that wouldn't be good in pie. that wouldn't be good. so are you gonna take your grandpa any other presents? all different presents. I don't know any. maybe you can make him a picture? [laughs] look at me. you're kind of silly right now. I know I always like to be goofy sometimes. do you? mhm. so that's Princess Adda. tell me about her. when did you get her? well she was made in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight. how do you know that?
she's got a scarf that says it. mhm. and my grandma and grandpa gave it to me. oh. my... is that your special doll? mhm she's really special. do you take her everywhere? sometimes and sometimes I leave her at home. oh okay. I like her a lot. well she looks like she's in pretty good shape if you take her all those places or play with her so much. mhm. she looks very clean. I know. so we talked about kindergarten now you're going to Grandpa Bob's birthday party. does he live close by you or does he live far away? he lives far away so we hafta drive there. oh do you do any fun games when you're in the car driving or anything special when you're in the car? oh sometimes. I sometimes color my coloring books of Lilo and Stitch and Monsters Inc. oh are those your coloring books? those were good movies weren't they? yeah I didn't see Lilo and Stich a long time ago. I seen Monsters Inc two times. two times. and there's Mike's New Car. that's at the end of the video isn't it? uhhuh I've got the diskette though. oh you have the d v d?
mhm and I've got two disc. one's Mike's New Car. mhm. gotcha. that was funny. and did you see Mike's new car in that movie? yup I did. I did too. because we have that video at our house too. it's fun. it's pretty silly isn't it? uhhuh. what's your favorite part in Monsters Inc? uh let me think. do you have a favorite part...? when Mike got his foot in the toilet. when he got his foot in the toilet? yeah when he put it in there that was so funny. that was your favorite part? yeah. Mike is pretty silly isn't he? yeah. he has one eye. yeah one eye right in the middle of his head doesn't he? yeah he does. it's a big eye. yeah. yeah those monsters are pretty silly looking. yeah. what did you think of Randall?
did you think he was scary? no sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. mhm. and one part of Randall was funny. what part of Randall was funny? when Boo hit him with the bat on his head and he changed. that was so funny. I think that was my favorite part when he kept changing colors. yeah me too. yeah that was kind of silly. so when you're heading to Grandpa Bob's house you're gonna be coloring in your coloring books. and then you're gonna get there... no I'm not gonna be coloring in my coloring books. only when we're going there. yeah in the car. and then when you get there then what are you gonna do? I don't know. [vocalizations]. do they have special toys for you or games or things? they don't have no toys for me. they don't. so what do you do there? hm. do you play? not really I don't know any games. I like sometimes go outside and play. oh well that sounds like fun. well you know what? our talking time is done.
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/11006.cha = = = so you went to school today? not today. oh when did you go? do you wanna turn this way a little bit? I went in the other year. oh you did? I thought you started kindergarten today? did you... I was started it the other day. I went and saw her today. you did? I went to her house today and started school that day. oh wow. tell me about it. um well I can't remember my school day but I was at her house. this cat was like taller than me. there was a cat. it was taller than me. it was this high. that's how big the cat was. I didn't even wanna pet it. wow that's a huge cat. um she put her cat in her cage. the cage was outside because the cage wouldn't fit in the house. and the dog was taller than the cat. it was this big. oh my goodness. it's about as big as the dog just four more steps and then that's how big the dog was. the cat was um as tall as the bones.
wow. those are some big animals. and she was in a different world. the sun was the moon. and the moon was the sun. hm. the birds were butterflies. the butterflies were birds. [laughs] that's a strange world. the rainbows were red. the sky was a rainbow. hm that sounds pretty. um the ladybugs were black. the flowers were red. they were? wow that sounds kind of like poetry. that's pretty. so what did you do this summer? saw um eighteen dogs. eighteen dogs? tell me a little about that. um they were snow dogs and they ran faster than me. I was trying to pet one but they barked and barked. bit me right here. oh. wow you saw snow dogs. was it the movie? no. because they bit me. oh.
what happened? um they bit me and I ran away from them. I was trying to pet them. ran into the forest and I was lost. and my mom found me and she brang me back home. well that's good. was when we were in old house. when I was only one. you were only one and you were in an old house? hm. wow so did you go to school? have you been to school at all? no. oh. what do you think it's gonna be like? I think it's gonna be scary. why? because I don't know what it's gonna be like. I wonder if you'll play games or... have you been to kindergarten in Schoolname? no not there. I went to kindergarten somewhere else. what was your school named? I can't even remember. because I'm pretty old so I can't remember. how old are you? thirty four. so that was a long time ago. and you're already five. wow.
five and a half. you're gonna be six. what are you gonna do for your birthday? what would you like to do? I don't know. okay. so what's your favorite thing to do? paint... with your friends. what? paint. paint oh tell me a little bit about painting. painting is when um I don't put on a smock. and I go outside and I pick some flowers. I put them in paint and then I print them on my picture and it makes a flower shape. wow that's pretty. what else do you paint? with a paint brush. uhhuh. and I draw the stem. when I get home I'm gonna ask mom if I can paint. oh that'll be fun. and then I'll come back here and bring it to you. oh that would be so nice. hm I wonder what you would paint for me. what kind of picture. I don't know yet. I don't think I can do that though. I would hafta bring my paint paper here to do it. okay.
well that's nice of you to think of me like that. do you have any pets? a mouse. oh tell me about the mouse. it's name is cocoa. really. because it's black and white. oh. and I was thinking it's nickname is zebra. and it's last nickname is vacuum. how did it get the name vacuum? so tell me what the mouse does or what you do when you play with him. um sits and walks and speaks. and that's... and poops and pees. [laughs.] and that's about it huh? wow that's pretty funny. and bites. oh. nibbles just to taste us. uhoh. I like to do that in gymnastics. oh you do gymnastics. what do you do in gymnastics? I'm out of it now but I still know my moves. oh. what kinds of things did you do when you went? I can't remember. oh.
I was um only four then. okay. what do you do now for fun? I can't remember. do you play with friends. yes. tell me about your friends. um I remember one day Name was playing with um babydolls to play with them with her friends. but mostly um she went to the bathroom and her friends were spying on her. oh dear. and the boys spied on her too. and one day we spied on a boy. you did? going to the bathroom. wow what'd you think? good. and I had to type something on the computer quick. oh you type on the computer. what do you type? um I type things about spies because I'm in spy class. oh really. I was thinking about being a spy. what do you hafta do to be a spy? um set up camp and find a hiding place and kind of spy on people like look when you're not supposed to. oh. hey Childsname we just have a couple more minutes and then we're gonna put in your tape okay? okay so maybe on your tape what would you like to talk about? like being a spy maybe or... um I like to be spies because... um I play spies and what we hafta do is click off my computer and it really does print.
cool. and the buttons to put on the numbers... it's electronic and it's a toy computer. I use it if I want to type when mommy's on the computer. and I have a toy phone that's real phone. it's any number I push it just goes to one of my friends. like if I say calling Joe. Joe's not real but if I have a friend like calling Joe I just say calling Joe on my phone. and then I press the buttons and then boom Joe's there. wow. and I call Cassy someday. who's Cassy? she's a dragon. a dragon. a Dragon Tales. oh. she's real. hm. what are you gonna say to Cassy? well I don't know. I wanna go home and paint now. you do? okay. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/21116.cha = = = so tell me about kindergarten at your school. um. what's your teacher's name? Mrs xxx. Mrs?
oh. and what kinds of things does she have you do in kindergarten? do projects. oh. that sounds like fun. we get rest time. mhm. we take rest. mhm. we eat lunch. we have snack. story and snack. wow. you do lots of fun things. well we get to go out for recess. really? what's your favorite thing about kindergarten? free choice. what do you do during free choice? play house. well we used to have the butterflies. what tell me about the butterflies. I've never been to your classroom. Monarchs. Monarch butterflies? what did you do with them? did they hatch from their cocoons? they were caterpillars. uhhuh. and then did they make a cocoon?
[nods head.] and then they became butterflies? yeah. the first one was so strong. that was the girl butterfly. we kept her in the cage too long and the other one had to walk on her hands. really? that sounds really fun. wow! kindergarten sounds great! now do you walk to school or ride a bus. or does your mom or dad take you? ride a bus. or sometimes I think my mom will take me. what's that like riding a bus? you get lots of kids. are there lots of kids? do you get on first? or do you get on towards the middle? or do you get on towards the end? well we get towards on the second. okay. the second people. you're the second people on the... sometimes we're the first. really? so then is it a long bus ride to school? [nods head.] yeah? what do you do on the bus?
we talk. mhm. do you have friends on the bus? yeah. our neighborhood. oh. during xxx. mostly in our neighborhood wasn't mostly there because uh the new busdriver um didn't beep. oh. came twice. uhoh. so when the bus driver beeps, what does that mean? that the bus is there? yeah. if they don't come out they beep the second time and then... um Bobby wasn't there and then the other one bus driver so there was a new one. mhm. she didn't beep in our neighborhood. uhoh. mhm. she had to beep two times. but she didn't. mhm. because if the first time if she didn't beep if they didn't come. if the second time they didn't come she just goes. oh. so they missed the bus? yeah. that's not good. but you didn't miss the bus huh?
almost we did. really? now do you have any brothers or sisters that are in your house? a sister. how old is your sister? seven. oh. so you get to ride the bus with her too? yeah. oh that's cool. and my friend Teresa. but she wasn't there two times because her mom took her to school. oh. how old is Teresa? six. oh. and how old you said your sister is... seven. and what's her name? Rachel. Rachel. okay. so you and Rachel and Teresa ride the bus to school. now when you are... and Sierra. and Sierra? and Madison and Holly. and Eric and Brad. you know lots of kids on the bus. that's cool.
and... I only know those people. that's okay. that's a lot of people to know. now when you have lunch at school do you take cold lunch or do you take hot lunch? I take cold and hot. mm. what's your favorite hot lunch? where do we xxx? [said under her breath] chicken nuggets. oh. those are pretty good. and what's your favorite... that was the last thing we had. is that what you had yesterday at school? I... we weren't there yesterday. you weren't there yesterday? oh yeah. we were. [e laughs] but not today. and not tomorrow. uhuh. you get two days of vacation. that's pretty cool. we get vacation xxx. mhm. so um what's your favorite thing to take for your cold lunch?
Fruit Rollups. oh. those are good. so do you make... applesauce. mhm. sandwich. what kind of sandwich? peanut butter and jelly. yum. that's a good kind. so um let's see now. Pringles. tomorrow is a it's gonna be a fun day. what's tomorrow? halloween. are you gonna go trick-or-treating? yeah. I'm not scared. well that's good. because you shouldn't be scared because it's just people dressed up right? doing silly things on halloween. and uh... what are you gonna be for halloween? uh um a cat. oh. so tell me about your costume. it has fuzz. mhm. it has ears.
uhhuh. it has a tail. sounds like a cat. are you gonna do you hafta wear makeup on your face? uhuh. no? there's uh gloves. oh. with nails. with nails? where did you find a costume like that? Walgreens. really? well that's a good place to find costumes. what's your sister gonna be? cheerleader. oh. wow. so did you have any special partys yesterday at school because it was getting close to halloween? well there was a parade. what? parade. a parade? in your school? in it. in your school? well. tell me about that. I wish I could of seen that. saw a lot of people.
oh. xxx xxx. did you dress up and walk to different rooms? no we... or how did you do it? they were all out in the hallway and I saw uh Rachel my sister Bailey Gallagher. mhm. and I saw Shian. mhm. I know a lot more but I forget their names. [ERROR brackets convention misused in a previous speaker line] so do the big kids do the parade or did you get to do the parade too? the big kids and the um littler kids were the four yearolds and three yearolds. mhm. they were the early child. okay. the early childhood class? yeah. they xxx supposed to xxx. so did you get to... so these two rooms connect? yeah. because I see that little hole right through xxx room. you're right. there's a microphone on there. and so then when your mom is in the other room she can hear us talking. where's the microphone? it's on the floor over there. it looks like one of these. this?
yeah. I see mommy's room. [e laughs] we'll you know what? we've got two minutes left. and then you get your surprises. yeah. so are you gonna go trick-or-treating tomorrow? are there special places you go trick-or-treating? well I go to different houses but they don't know what my mom and dad do. gotcha. are there any spooky houses by you? [nods head.] are there? there's just my neighbors. did your do they have like all sorts of decorations and stuff? yeah. we're getting ready for halloween. yeah. that sounds like fun. what else are you gonna do on your vacation? trick-or-treat. we're going to a movie today. you're going to a movie? what movie are you gonna go see? don't know. my mom doesn't know either. oh. hm. that'll be fun though.
so xxx going... that dog got that room. nope. it's right there. because I can tell by the mirror. can you see the reflection in the mirror? how come there's reflection? because a mirror bounces light off of it and that is what a reflection is. so I can see that one right there and like I can see... just like the rainbow you can see in the mirror but you can also see it on the wall. and I can see my mom. [e laughs] and you can see Blues Clues and I can see rainbow. and I can see a cat and a smily face. yeah. and a three boy xxx smiley face. do you see your mom? she's putting her face right up to the mirror? [c laughs] that's pretty funny. well you know what? we're done with our talking. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/EllisWeismer/TD/66conv/12050.cha = = = you said you go to school. so what do you like about school? I like to have free play. what do you do during free play? play at the art center. oh tell me a little bit about that.