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They will talk to you all day and go silent with anyone else. Questions from other people get a shrug.

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  • A kid across a table holding a thing up and waiting, with the things already said lined up on the near side.

    My Turn

    60s

    A kid stands across the table holding a thing.

    Also being understood · back-and-forth · more words

    Finishes without speaking

  • A pup halfway up a ladder, put there by the word written underneath it.

    One More

    75s

    Something happens on its own -- bubbles blow, a pup gets a leg up the ladder, somebody knocks -- and then it stops and nothing else happens.

    Also back-and-forth · putting words together · more words

    Finishes without speaking

  • A letter beside a picture of something that starts with it, asking for just that first sound rather than the whole word.

    Starts With

    30s

    Very early expressive level.

    Also back-and-forth · more words

  • A shopkeeper, three things on the counter to ask for by name, and the one a child asked for politely marked as handed over.

    The Shop

    90s

    Traders want things.

    Also back-and-forth · putting words together

  • Two pictures of a before and an after, the question they raise underneath, and a sentence with its middle left blank to fill in.

    Uh Oh!

    90s

    Something has gone wrong off-screen and a character who did not see it needs to be told.

    Also back-and-forth · putting words together

  • A riddle across the top, three pictures to choose between by saying which one it is, the right one ringed, and a line underneath saying the case is closed.

    Who Is It?

    90s

    A character has lost something and gives clues.

    Also back-and-forth · listening and following · putting words together

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