P146A: Toys, Legos, Talk 32mb P146A Clip Notes Content remains in process. Notes: 6:55 by Analyst, 10/04/2013 Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Toys, Legos and Talk Actors,Aims Peggy and Bob; GPL on camera. Episode A: Peg: He flyin’ like a birdie. Bob: He’s flying like a birdie. Who’s flying like a birdie? Peg: ?unclear? Bob: …
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P146B: Stories & Telephone 15mb P146B Clip Notes Notes: 3:19 by Analyst, 10/02/2013 Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Stories, Telephone use Actors,Aims Peggy and Bob; GPL on camera. Episode A: Peg: (pushing toys) Push ’em all; put ’em all back. B: (making a noise). Peg: Here’s the turtle, hop a long. Bob: “Hop-a-long Turtle?” Peg: …
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P146C: Grandma Puzzle 14mb P146C Clip Notes Notes:3:00 by Analyst, 10/2/2013 Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Grandma Puzzle Actors,Aims Peggy & Bob; GPL on camera. Episode A: early seconds overlap prior pane; Bob: (putting down the puzzle) “How About this?” …”Do you see the Grandma? (pointing) That’s the Grandma, right there.” (dumps out the puzzle) …
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P146D: Playing with Peggy’s Toys 27mb P146D Clip Notes Notes: 3:09 by Analyst, 10/2/2013 Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Peggy’s Toys Actors,Aims Peggy and Bob; GPL on camera. Episode A: Peg: (pulling toys “on stage”) I play with these toys ’cause they want to be played with. Bob: “Is that right? They want to be …
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P146E: Ring Tower 12mb P146E Clip Notes Notes: 3:12 by Analyst: News, 7/05/2013; P146EdetailsDF, Episodes D-F, 10/10/2013; Meaning, NAY. Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Ring Tower; 3:13 Actors,Aims Peggy and Bob; GPL on camera. Focusing on order. Episode A: Peg: I’m done. Somebody can play with them. (She crosses to shelves to get down standard …
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P146F: Nesting Cups 21mb P146F Clip Notes Notes: 4:38 by Analyst: News, 7/05/2013; P146FdetailsBF 10/12/13; P146FdetailsG 10/12/13; Meaning NAY Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Nesting Cups (all) Actors,Aims Peggy and Bob; GPL on camera. Episode A:at 0:20 Bob: gets “missing” cups for Peg [asks if she can play with ring tower again] Bob: “Or I …
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P146G: Nesting Boxes and Cups 29mb P146G Clip Notes Notes: 6:25 by Analyst: News, 7/03/2013; P146GdetailsA, 10/12/13; P146GdetailsEF, 10/12/13; P146GdetailsH, 10/12/13; Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Nesting Boxes as well as Nesting Cups; Actors,Aims Peggy and Bob; GPL on camera. Episode A: Starts with Peg completing asssembly of nesting cups. Bob: “Good for you! You did …
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IPS Panel P150 (Day 1046, Session 121, Date: 12/06/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: These clips appear to show Peggy distinguishing between objects and symbols and “good toys,” her Fisher-Price people, to whom she can attribute intentions and about whom …
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IPS Panel P156 (Day 1090, Session 127, Date: 1/19/1981) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: Themes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interaction P156A Intro: talk, 2mb P156B Reading, with GPL, 15mb P156C1 Standard Objects, 20mb P156C2 Standard Objects, 19mb P156D1 Cuisenaire …
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IPS Panel P155 (Day 1083, Session 126, Date: 1/12/1981) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: Themes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions P155A Rejecting Bob’s Plan, 4mb P155B Balloon Play, 19mb P155C Counting Sticks, 7mb P155D Shapes Families, 14mb P155E Hanoi …
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IPS Panel P154 (Day 1076, Session 1125, Date: 1/05/1981) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: These clips show extension of objects to social objects (a clock) and puzzles, as well as to quantity related objects Themes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social …
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IPS Panel P153 (Day 1069, Session 124, Date: 12/29/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: Themes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interaction P153A Paper Clock, 10mb P153B Reading Peter Rabbit, 15mb P153C1 “Marbles,” (discrete substance), 16mb P153C2 “Marbles,” (discrete substance), 17mb …
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IPS Panel P152 (Day 1062, Session 123, Date: 12/22/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: Themes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interaction P152A1 Animals and Coins, 17mb P152A2 Animals and Coins, 26mb P152B Letters Desk, 23mb P152C Colored Blocks etc., 16mb …
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IPS Panel P151 (Day 1055, Session 122, Date: 12/15/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: These clips show problem solving, symbol recognition, logic; Peg also sings “The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night” at the end of Clip B2 Themes: …
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IPS Panel P149 (Day 1040, Session 120, Date: 11/30/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: These clips show her significant skill in nesting-cup insertion;alphabet song. Bob seen reading & singing Peggy’s favorite book. Themes: Object Exploration, Reading, Letters P149A 1-1 Correspondence, …
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IPS Panel P148 (Day 1033, Session 119, Date: 11/23/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: Themes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interaction P148A Intro: Talk, 4mb P148B1 Reading, with GPL, 22mb P148B2 Reading, with GPL, 19mb P148C1 Colored Blocks, 20mb P148C2 …
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IPS Panel P147 (Day 1027, Session 118, Date: 11/17/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: These clips comprise a shortened experiment (20 minutes); recording speed slow down reduces voice pitch again. Themes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions P147A1 Puzzle Box, …
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IPS Panel P145 (Day 1012, Session 116, Date: 11/02/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: These clips are flaky (especially panes C and D1), with many dropped frames; it is still possible to follow the action and dialogue, but it is …
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IPS Panel P157 (Day 1097, Session 128, Date: 1/23/1981) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: on Peggy’s Third Birthday, she plays with familiar objects and is offered physical and symbolic challenges. Themes: Order and Containment, Elements of Number, Minimal Word Reading, …
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IPS Panel P146 (Day 1019, Session 117, Date: 11/09/1980) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 Short Notes: Order Triumphs Peggy, early in the Twelfth Quarter Peggy’s performances in these clips, specifically in the three episodes of the Ring Tower, the Nesting Cups, and …
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3V1096.01 Time sensitivity: When vs. Before (1/22/81) Miriam and I got back from Boston around 9 pm. We emptied the car, got off our coats, and all that. I talked with Peggy a while and she told me of her activities earlier in the day. I can’t recall the specific activity, but at one point …
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3V1093.02 Analogy question: [do you ever peel oranges like apples ?] (1/20/81) Peggy spontaneously asked me “Do you ever peel oranges with a peeler, like apples?” When I understood, I replied, “No.” She continued, “You cut them open with knifses?”
3V1093.01 Games: (with doll) this little pig went to market (1/19/81) Peggy was holding a doll (the bath one) and I became aware that she was feeling the toes, in order, and playing “This little pig went to market.” Gretchen
3V1091.01 Breaking up an idiomatic expression: [By Beatrix Potter] (1/17/81) Peggy brought “Peter Rabbit” and “The Flopsy bunnies” to my lap. As I have read them to her in the past, I have moved my finger along the title. Earlier (1/26/80) Peggy recognized “by” in two books as being “the same.” Here when I finished …
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3V1089.03 A trick on Robby (1/15/81) Peggy was sitting in the big chair with Bob when Robby walked in and sat down on the other chair. Peggy suddenly said to him (for no known reason) “I throwed up on the furniture.” Robby looked startled and prepared to leap up, before he realized it was a …
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3V1089.02 Thursday question about experiment on Sunday (1/15/81) When we do the experiment [Sunday] will we play with blocks?” Gretchen
3V1089.01 Explanation by wrong causal inference. [Cold hands. Because the wood is cold.] (1/15/81) Peggy sat before the stove while I loaded some logs in. My hands were cold (perhaps I had recently been outside). The logs were from the living room, and warm. What is striking here is Peggy’s assumption that a causal inference …
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3V108702 Can I read that after you ?” (1/13/81) Miriam was reading a Lucky Luke that Peggy wanted. Peggy asked, “Can I read that after you?” Apropos of something, Peggy remarked, “Robby’s going to come home and be mad. He will take it away and put it back.” Gretchen
3V1087.01 Trip to North Guilford Nursery School (1/13/81) Peggy, Miriam and I drove up to the North Guilford Nursery School to register Peggy for the fall. They have no space for her now. We stood in the hall a few moments waiting for Libby Hollingsworth. Peggy decided to take off her coat and boots. We …
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3V1085.02 Context and two more sentences: [(Negotiating for a cookie. Hiccup). Can I have some ? Hiccups make me hungry.] (1/11/81) Peggy, wanting chocolate chips, asked Robby for some. He refused. She hiccuped then and asked again, “Can I have some ? Hiccups make me hungry.” What does one make of this ? Cause ? …
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3V1084.01 Counting Irregularities (1/10/81) Peggy “counts,” ie. recites the number names in a quasi-standard fashion. (omitting “seven” more often than including it.) Although she has put objects in one to one correspondence, she has not done so successfully in the standard sense. She counted on her fingers today showing no non-standard variations. First she counted …
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3V1077.01 Two Related Sentences (1/3/81) Peggy has proved her good control of her toilet use. She has been happy to empty her potty into the toilet. When she defecates, she is able and happy to wipe herself but she does NOT like to empty the shit into the toilet. Today she said, “I don’t want …
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3V1076.02 Counting Popsicle Sticks: pauses/errors in sequences (1/2/81) Peggy had some in one hand and started transferring them to the other and counted them: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (dropped some).” Picking up the sticks, Peg counted again, “1, 2, 3, , 5, 6, 8…” and then recounted again and again.
3V1076.01 Puzzles at the Library (1/2/81) Peggy joined me at the library. After my books were found, we waited for Gretchen in the Children’s section. I read, keeping my eye on Peggy. She climbed up on the large, raised pedestal and walked around the Christmas tree. She came to some puzzles especially made for children …
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3V1074.01 Counting: for hide and seek (12/31/80) Peggy was playing hide and seek with Robby. He was “it” and after finding her [she didn’t really hide, but stood in another room ready to laugh when he appeared] told her to go into the end of the kitchen (by the basement) and hide her face while …
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3V1073.01 Preposition discrimination: “OUT” and “OF” (12/30/80) Peggy came to Boston with Miriam and me. Overnight, she slept on a sleeping bag, surrounded by her crib bumper — and with her own pillow and afghans for covers. Awakening as Miriam did, she stood up and said “I have to get OUT of my bed. Mimi …
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3V1072.01 Trying to wake up Robby. (12/29/80) Everyone got up early to get Bob, Peggy, and Miriam off to Boston. Robby was still in bed, so Peg went in and called to him “Wake up Robby. time to get up.” Then she came out to the sitting room and said to me, “I woke him …
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3V1071.07 Confronting the illogical: “I’m not here.” (12/28/80) This evening, I retreated upstairs to write while Gretchen read a large collection of library books to Peggy. Later, Peggy called to me “Dad…Are you up there ?” I replied “No. I’m not here.” I heard Peggy go into the living room to look for me there …
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3V1071.06 Reading words (a few days ago): instruction in 1-1 correspondence (12/28/80) A few days ago, Peggy wanted me to read “Babar Saves the Day.” We sat down and looked at the cover. Peggy sort of waved her hand around and said, “Babar Saves the Day.” I repeated the title to each word as I …
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3V1071.05 Holophrastic verbs; also pretending to sleep (12/28/80) (See also under 12/1, 11/20; 11/22; and 12/9; 12/6) Down watching TV on 12/23, Peggy on Bob’s lap. “Snuggle.” Other times, lying down and closing her eyes, “Sleep.” Gretchen
3V1071.04 Diminutives: bookie, cribbie, handie (12/28/80) Bookie (above) Cribie (“I don’t want to go into my cribie.”) Handie Lately, Peggy has been using a diminutive in what seems like every sentence. Gretchen
3V1071.03 Sentences in juxtapositions with implications: [I won’t be hungry any more. The raisens box.] (12/28/80) As I closed the book, Peggy pointed to a white label on the cover. “On the bookie, Mommy.” [I asked,] “Did you put that on there?” [she replied,] “I licked it and I stuck it on it.” As I …
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3V1071.02 Self-reference: [I’m feeding me. I won’t be any hungry more.] (12/28/80) Peggy picked up a box of raisins and remarked. “I’m feeding me. II won’t be hungry more.” Gretchen
3V1071.01 Correcting me: example of reasonably mature speech (12/28/80) Peggy sits in the foyer by the stove, talking, reading to herself. When a pause came on her speech, I asked, “Where’s my toddler ?” She corrected me, “I didn’t say toddler,” I said “What’s going on there?” I consider this an example of reasonably mature …
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3V1070.01 Counting: scrambled eggs super ? (12/27/80) Reading “Scrambled Eggs Super (Dr. Seuss) one page has a line of birds winding back into the distance over a mountain. Peggy spontaneously started counting, at the beginning of the line, ” 1…2…3…4…5…6…[here the line turned and became less detailed]… many birds.” Gretchen
3V1069.03 Her first orthographic word: “by” (very impt) (12/26/80) Especially as we read the titles of Peggy’s many books, Peggy imitates my pointing to words and saying words. After I read “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” she pointed more or less randomly: “The” (for the tale of); “Tale” (for Peter); “of” (Rabbit) “Peter” (by) (Rabbit” …
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3V1069.02 Counting and one-to-one correspondence (12/26/80) Having bought her two of Beatrix Potter’s books for Christmas, I have read them over and over to Peggy. At one point in the story of Peter Rabbit, old Mrs. Rabbit goes to the bakers and buys ‘five current buns.” I decided to see how Peggy would follow or …
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3V1069.01 Planning a trip: to B-A-S-T-G-A-K (12/26/80) Peggy wants very much to go along whenever I go to Boston. She loves to travel anywhere beyond the house , and argues she should go and the older children stay home because “Some kids are too little to be left alone.” I hate to let her overhear …
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3V1067.01 I wonder I’m hungry”: idioms and structure (12/24/80) In chanting recitations very like “I thought I saw a pussy cat,” Peggy has repeated the phrase above, most as noted but with a few variations, e.g., “I wonder I’m sleepy.” This utterance is noteworthy because it is one with the surface structure of a grammatical …
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3V1066.01 Reading letters: new development (12/23/80) Peggy often gives evidence of not distinguishing words from letters. (See especially her play with letters in the past videotaped sessions). Consequently, it was quite surprising today to hear Peggy saying letter names as she poked around in Scurry’s food bag. My best appreciation was that she pointed at …
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