P028C Clip Notes
This is complete as an edited transcript, but is preliminary inasmuch as further detail is planned.
| Notes:n:nn | by Analyst, 8/23/2025 |
| Setting,Props | Cedar Hall, Family Room: Objects of the standard set |
| Actors,Aims | Peggy and Miriam; Bob on camera. Focus: Peggy’s use and control of objects |
| Episode A: [00:00:08.29] | Peggy: [at opening holding (LH) a rubber teething ring; mirror behind her] Bob: Is her arm trapped in the lady bug (teething ring)? Mom: But she has her hand through it. Peggy: [raises her right hand above table top] Bob: Can we take the other one away? Mom: [reaching for the rubber teething ring] Can I have this Peggy, please? |
| Episode B: [00:00:36.26] | Miriam: [laughing off stage] Peggy… how do you feel with a teething ring…. This jawbreaker is breaking my jaw (?) Bob: [places a 3-set of “sticks” on the table ] Mom: I think she’s got a really serious set of hiccups there. You want me to (unclear)? Bob: I don’t think that’s necessary, although she is kind-of trapped…. It would be good if we could keep this stuff closer to her so she could reach whatever she wants. Bob: Maybe we should stop and put a little cloth there so things don’t fall so well…. This will do. Okay. I don’t like my stuff. Here we go, Peg [placing cloth under two sticks]…. There. That should keep everything from rolling away. Miriam: [laughing, over following comment] Bob: (unclear phrase), she’s only one left. [background noise?] Miriam: She said, “That’s not… I don’t want it over there.” Bob: And then she’s smiling at you, right, Gretchen? Mom: Yeah. |
| Episode C:[00:02:43.22] | Bob: Miriam, it wasn’t my intention that you should play with Peggy right now…. I’d like you to do that later, though. [camera off; shortly turned on again] Thank you, Miriam…. Bob: Maybe we should take that piece of cloth out of the way since she managed to scoop everything into her lap…. [removes initial cloth covering; puts three sticks and ladybug rattle in sight] Let’s try this one, Peggy…. Peggy: [holding the short stick LH and the medium stick RH, she bangs on the table] Bob: It looks as though she’s looking at the orange one and can’t get to it…. She’s waving the green one. She’s swapping it, that’s a better….Move the other things in closer, that’s fine. Mom: We should buy [her] one of those Irish drums. |
| Episode D: [00:04:33.19] | Bob: Why don’t we give her something that won’t roll so far?… Because my intention was to see if she had any interest at all in trying to poke the sticks through the … the ring here? [reaching for the ladybug ring, displaying it for Peggy] Bob: What do you think of this, Peg?… What do you think of that? Peggy: [drops RH stick, freeing hand, grabbing the ring RH] Bob: Oh, okay…. Earlier this morning, she had both her foot and that teething ring in her mouth, and it looked as though soon she would begin to think about putting her foot inside the teething ring…. Bob: Peggy…. Peggy. Can I trade things with you?… Can I give you this (a large block, letter U) and take away this? (ladybug)? Can I have this? Peggy: [continues holding on to the ring]… Bob: [reaching for the small stick in Peggy’s RH] Can I have this? [he slips it out of her grasp]…. This (the U block) I will put it within in your reach. Peggy: [reaching (for?) the U block, she knocks it away] Bob: Is that too far? [returning it within reach] There you go. [adding a medium block, with letter R] There’s another one. Peggy: [bringing her hand up, the U block escapes her grip, flies away] Bob: Wow. And there’s another one. [putting a small block within reach] Bob: Let me have this [removing the U block from her RH]. |
| Episode E: [00:08:52.11] | [after long speechless interval] What’s still on the clock(tape recorder meter) Peggy: [Looks up, down hearted, defeated?] Bob: What’s the matter, sweetie? Peggy: [her face brightens to a smile, she laughs] Bob: What? Do you have any good ideas? Peggy: [resumes reaching for R block; it exceeds her grasp] [she makes more sounds, cheerful, but can not grasp the block] Bob: What’s going on? You sound You sound like you’re thinking about crying. Mom: I don’t know, that was cheerful. |
| Episode F: [00:09:49.26] | Bob: Do you remember the one in your lap, Peggy? There are two. One’s big and one’s little…. Why don’t you think o’ that?… Bob: Let’s see if I can point out to you where the others are. [trying to point to the blocks in her lap] Peggy, Peggy, look down there. [continuing to point, he move his hand down toward the blocks] Look. Look, Peggy. Peggy, look. Can you see Peggy? Look down in your lap. Look down there. Don’t look at me. Look down there. Look down there, right beside you, Peggy. Can you see? Right down there? No, you can’t see it? Bob: Let me call it to your attention this way, “TaDa!” [lifting the U block onto the table] Peggy: [reaching to the U block, she pulls it within grasping distance]… [but she does not close around the block before knocking it off the table]… It’s gone. Bob: What did you do with the little one, sweetie? I don’t know…. [searching behind her by touch]… No wonder you can’t find it. It’s behind you. [puts it on the table] There’s another one [he puts the U block on the table again] |
| Episode G: [00:11:18.02] | Peggy: [takes the small block LH INTO her mouth; medium in RH;] [brings out the small block LH to the table, then let’s it go and loses it] [while reaching for the Big U block RH with the medium R block in her hand] Bob: Well, she lost the little one again. Bob: Well, I’m sure it’s in the seat beside her Gretchen, if you’re going over to get it…. I think it’s on the other side. Mom: Oops. No, here it is, at the middle. Bob: [when Peggy loses the small block from the table] Well, Peg, |
| Episode H: [00:12:19.17] | Bob: what I’m going to do is give you your cups…. Here. You got all your cups now and all these things. Bob: Let’s put them close enough so that you can get at them. Good bye that one…. Let me take these out of the way. [removing a block and a cup] Peggy: [loses one cup, then purposefully strikes at a second, knocking it off the table.] |
| Episode I: [00:12:43.13] | Bob: Wow, I guess you really don’t want to play with them. [he restores two cups to the table] Peggy: [reaches for, grasps the larger cup by the rim] Bob: Now you got it. Both the things, the cube,… will fit inside the bucket…. end of tape |
| Episode | |
| Summary by AI |
Peggy is seated at a table with family members (Bob, Mom/Gretchen, Miriam) facilitating play. Initial object: Peggy holds a rubber teething ring; discussion about her arm/hand being through a ladybug ring; mention of hiccups. Bob places three “sticks” on the table; adds a cloth to prevent items from rolling, then removes it after Peggy scoops items into her lap. Peggy bangs sticks on the table; shows interest in the orange one while waving the green; Mom jokes about buying an Irish drum. Bob’s goal: see if Peggy will poke sticks through the ring; when shown the ring, Peggy drops a stick and grabs the ring. Transition to blocks: Bob offers large “U” and medium “R” blocks; Peggy repeatedly reaches but often knocks them away or loses grip. Visual guidance: Bob tries to direct Peggy’s attention to blocks in her lap; lifts the U block with a “TaDa!” to cue her; she pulls it close but knocks it off again. Exploration: Peggy briefly puts the small block in her mouth; manages holding multiple items but frequently drops or loses them around the seat. Shift to cups: After repeated drops, Bob introduces stacking cups; Peggy purposefully knocks some off, then successfully grasps the larger cup by the rim. Overall: Session observes Peggy’s reaching, grasping, object preference, and attention cues, with family coaching and light humor; Miriam is asked not to engage mid-session. |
| Narrative by AI |
A family scene unfolds around a low table where a baby, Peggy, explores an assortment of simple objects: a rubber teething ring shaped like a ladybug, three “sticks” of different lengths, lettered wooden blocks, and a set of nesting cups. Adults—identified by voice as Bob, Mom (Gretchen), and Miriam off camera—observe, assist, and occasionally rearrange the setup to keep objects within reach and reduce rolling. The camera captures both Peggy’s actions and the adults’ efforts to create a playful yet manageable environment for her to explore. Early on, the focus is on the teething ring and a small set of sticks. Peggy alternates between holding, waving, and banging, with the adults adjusting the surface (adding and removing a cloth) to prevent items from escaping. There’s a brief experiment proposed by Bob: seeing whether Peggy might try to poke a stick through the ring. While this specific goal doesn’t clearly take hold, the setup prompts several moments of reach-and-grasp attempts, swaps between hands, and eye-hand coordination as objects drift just beyond her immediate control. As the play continues, the attention shifts to lettered blocks—U and R among them—placed strategically near Peggy. She frequently bats them away or loses grip at the moment of contact, leading to a recurring pattern: reach, touch, nudge, and the block falls off the table or slips into her lap. The adults respond by repositioning items, pointing them out, and narrating her options. At one point, Bob tries to direct Peggy’s gaze to blocks resting beside her, calling attention with a playful “TaDa!” when lifting one back onto the table. Peggy intermittently brings a block to her mouth, then returns to reaching for others. Emotional cues weave through the session. Peggy shifts between cheerful vocalizations and brief moments that sound like the edge of frustration, though she quickly brightens with smiles and laughter. The adults modulate their involvement: offering trades, pausing to observe, and gently guiding attention without dominating the activity. This rhythm highlights a common dynamic in early object play—small challenges in locating, grasping, and holding, followed by recovery and renewed engagement. In the final stretch, cups replace blocks as the main objects of interest. Peggy initially knocks them away, then decisively grasps a larger cup by the rim. The adults note that the cube could fit inside the “bucket,” hinting at future nesting or container play. Across the episode, simple materials and subtle adjustments create a micro-landscape of practice: reaching and releasing, tracking and turning, and discovering how differently shaped items behave on a smooth surface. The sequence ends with Peggy actively engaged, having navigated the push and pull between effort, setback, and small success. |
| Link Index | Panel P028, Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions |
| Themes, Interplay |
