Abstract
In this article we describe methods for observing, identifying, and analyzing explanations as they arise in everyday discourse between young children and their parents. By studying these explanations, our research addresses two questions about children's developing understanding of the world: (a) How do children develop skill in producing and understanding explanations in conversation? and (b) How do children use these skills to learn about causal events in the world? Our aims in this article are to describe the methodological challenges we face in this research, to discuss ways that we have tried to meet those challenges, and to provide some examples of the conclusions we have been able to draw using this methodology.
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