The sketch corpus consists of minimally five hours of annotated and archived data. The first part of our manual provides step-by-step suggestions for collecting, archiving and processing the sketch data.
Key parameters
| Number of children | minimally 2 |
| Ages of children | 5 ages - approx. 2, 2½, 3, 3½, 4 |
| Gender of children | attempt a mix of genders |
| Type of data | preferably natural(istic) interaction with other children and adults |
| Recording schedule | longitudinal, cross-lagged or cross-sectional |
| Amount of data to be recorded | minimally 10 hours (= 60 minutes per child and age) |
| Amount of data to be processed | minimally 5 hours (= 30 minutes per child and age) |