P038A5 Clip Notes
| Notes:n:nn | by Analyst transcribed: 2/5/2026; 5/2/25 |
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| Video Clip: | Context |
| Setting,Props | Cedar Hall, Family Room: standard objects in the playpen |
| Actors,Aims | Peggy: Object Ejections; Bob on camera. |
| Actions: | Transcribed as Text Episodes |
| Episode A: 00.04 |
Peggy: [throws LH medium rod from playpen] NVV ~=”dose” [gestures RH through bars toward the rod; an imperfect pointB: ] Bob: You see it down there?… There it is. |
| Episode B: 00.13 |
Peggy: NVV [raspberries] NVV [reaching RH for the medium cup, she bites open edge, pushes it between bars and drops it] NVV [she watches as the cup rolls under the raised playpen] Bob: Where did it go, huh?… It rolled all the way under, didn’t it?… |
| Episode C: 00:41 |
Peggy: NVVs [turns to other objects; she bats the starred ball; vocalizing, she purposefully knocks it out and watches it roll off] |
| Episode D: 00:54 |
[after gesturing LH at the small block, she turns to the tennis ball, picks up the plastic ball, mouths it, pushes her arm through the bars, looks up at Camera / Bob] Bob: That’s OK, sweetie. Peggy: [releases the plastic ball and watches it bounce off] |
| Episode E: 01:32 |
[returning to the tennis ball, she knocks and moves away 2 cups] [focusing on the small cup, she bites the open edge and pushes it out between bars] [While pushing the large cup, she flips aside the tennis ball; it rolls near the pen edge; noticing its position, she rises up, pulling the blanket, which dislodges the tennis ball; she watches it roll away] |
| Episode F: 02:15 |
Bob: Well, I think it just about ended the experiment, Peggy. We got just about everything outside, almost…. Peggy: [Pushes the large cup to the bars, reorients it to fit, then through the bars] Bob: There it goes…. Goodbye. [End 02:37] |
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| Actions: | Traced in More Detail |
| Trace: | of collated sensory and motor details (as available) |
| AI Summary: | as Contents List – Peggy throws a medium rod out of the playpen and gestures toward it; Bob points it out below. – She vocalizes (raspberries/other NVVs), bites the rim of a medium cup, pushes it through the bars, and watches it roll under the raised playpen. – Bob narrates that the cup rolled all the way underneath. – Peggy purposefully bats a starred ball out, watching it roll away while vocalizing. – She handles multiple objects: gestures to a small block, picks up a plastic ball, mouths it, and extends her arm through the bars, seeking acknowledgment. – After Bob reassures her, she releases the plastic ball and watches it bounce away. – Returning to the tennis ball, she moves two cups aside to access objects. – She bites the rim of a small cup and pushes it out between the bars. – While pushing a large cup, she dislodges the tennis ball (via flipping and pulling the blanket), watches it roll away; Bob remarks the experiment is nearly over. – Peggy reorients and pushes the large cup through the bars; Bob comments “There it goes… Goodbye.” |
| AI Narrative: | In a brief observational scene, a young child named Peggy explores a small array of objects from inside a playpen while an adult, Bob, watches and occasionally comments. The environment is simple: a few cups of varying sizes, a plastic ball, a tennis ball, a small block, and a starred ball are within reach. The playpen’s bars and a raised edge create an immediate boundary and a visible challenge—objects can be pushed through and roll away out of reach. The camera captures Peggy’s shifting attention as she engages each item in turn, testing what each will do when nudged, bitten, or pushed through the bars. Peggy begins by tossing a rod out, then reaches toward it through the bars as Bob gently narrates its disappearance from view. She soon turns to a medium cup, manipulates it with her mouth and hands, and drops it through the bars, pausing to watch as it rolls out under the raised edge of the pen. Bob acknowledges the outcome, underscoring the cause-and-effect of her actions. Peggy then turns to other objects, batting a starred ball and purposefully knocking it out, tracking its movement as it rolls away. Her attention shifts fluidly: she gestures toward a small block, then picks up a plastic ball, briefly mouths it, and extends her arm through the bars before releasing it to bounce off. The pattern is consistent—select an object, act on it, observe its movement and final position. Returning to the cluster, she clears cups from around the tennis ball, then focuses on a small cup, biting its rim and pushing it through the bars, repeating the now-familiar sequence of action and observation. As she moves the larger cup, Peggy inadvertently flips the tennis ball aside. Noticing where it comes to rest near the pen’s edge, she adjusts her posture, tugs at a blanket, and dislodges the ball, watching as it rolls away. The interplay of obstacles, tools, and outcomes becomes more layered here: the blanket serves as an indirect means to affect the ball’s position. Bob marks the moment with a light remark that the “experiment” is nearly over, as most of the objects have now been sent outside the playpen. In the final moments, Peggy aligns the large cup to fit it through the bars and pushes it out, completing the sequence. Bob’s closing “There it goes… Goodbye” frames a clear end point to her series of trials. Across the scene, the focus remains steady and neutral: a child explores objects, boundaries, and motion, with simple narration noting what goes where and how. The result is a compact portrait of early exploration—hands, mouth, eyes, and environment working together as Peggy discovers what happens when things are pushed past the limits of her immediate space. |
| Link Index | Panel P038, Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions |
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