diff --git a/examples/tiles/2_corner_wang_tiles_basic.scad b/examples/tiles/2_corner_wang_tiles_basic.scad
index de65ec0a..4b667547 100644
--- a/examples/tiles/2_corner_wang_tiles_basic.scad
+++ b/examples/tiles/2_corner_wang_tiles_basic.scad
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use <experimental/tile_w2c.scad>;
 use <arc.scad>;
-use <experimental/choose_children.scad>;
 
 size = [15, 10];
 tile_width = 10;
diff --git a/examples/tiles/2_edge_wang_tiles_basic.scad b/examples/tiles/2_edge_wang_tiles_basic.scad
index bb9dc000..30e28053 100644
--- a/examples/tiles/2_edge_wang_tiles_basic.scad
+++ b/examples/tiles/2_edge_wang_tiles_basic.scad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use <experimental/tile_w2e.scad>;
-use <experimental/choose_children.scad>;
+use <experimental/select.scad>;
 use <arc.scad>;
 
 size = [15, 10];
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ module path_tile(n, width) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	choose_children(n) {
+	select(n) {
 		square(width, center = true);
 		tile1();
 		rotate(-90) tile1();
diff --git a/examples/tiles/hitomezashi_stitching.scad b/examples/tiles/hitomezashi_stitching.scad
index 2157f74b..e0358f4f 100644
--- a/examples/tiles/hitomezashi_stitching.scad
+++ b/examples/tiles/hitomezashi_stitching.scad
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use <line2d.scad>;
 use <experimental/tile_hitomezashi.scad>;
-use <experimental/choose_children.scad>;
+use <experimental/select.scad>;
 
 size = [50, 25];
 tile_width = 5;
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ for(tile = tile_hitomezashi(size)) {
     x = tile[0];
 	y = tile[1];
 	i = tile[2];
-	choose_children(i) {
+	
+	translate([x, y] * tile_width) 
+	select(i) {
 		tile00(x, y, tile_width, line_width);
 		tile01(x, y, tile_width, line_width);
 		tile02(x, y, tile_width, line_width);
@@ -24,20 +26,16 @@ module tile00(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
 
 // _ 
 module tile01(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
-    translate([x, y] * tile_width) 
-		line2d([0, 0], [tile_width, 0], line_width);
+    line2d([0, 0], [tile_width, 0], line_width);
 }
 
 // |_
 module tile02(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
-    translate([x, y] * tile_width)
-        line2d([0, 0], [0, tile_width], line_width);
+   line2d([0, 0], [0, tile_width], line_width);
 }
 
 // |
 module tile03(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
-    translate([x, y] * tile_width) {
-        line2d([0, 0], [0, tile_width], line_width);
-		line2d([0, 0], [tile_width, 0], line_width);
-	}
+	line2d([0, 0], [0, tile_width], line_width);
+	line2d([0, 0], [tile_width, 0], line_width);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/tiles/knot_tiles.scad b/examples/tiles/knot_tiles.scad
index ff55a062..a8069df5 100644
--- a/examples/tiles/knot_tiles.scad
+++ b/examples/tiles/knot_tiles.scad
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use <experimental/tile_truchet.scad>;
 use <arc.scad>;
 use <line2d.scad>;
-use <experimental/choose_children.scad>;
+use <experimental/select.scad>;
 
 size = [50, 25];
 tile_width = 5;
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ for(tile = tile_truchet(size)) {
 	y = tile[1];
 	i = tile[2];
 
-	choose_children(i) {
+    translate([x, y] * tile_width)
+	select(i) {
 		tile00(x, y, tile_width, line_width);
 		tile01(x, y, tile_width, line_width);
 		tile02(x, y, tile_width, line_width);
@@ -23,33 +24,28 @@ for(tile = tile_truchet(size)) {
 }
 
 module tile00(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
-	translate([x, y] * tile_width)
-		arc(0.5 * tile_width, [0, 90], line_width);
-	translate([x + 1, y + 1] * tile_width)
+	arc(0.5 * tile_width, [0, 90], line_width);
+	translate([tile_width, tile_width])
 		arc(0.5 * tile_width, [180, 270], line_width);
 }
 
 module tile01(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
-	translate([x, y + 1] * tile_width)
+	translate([0, tile_width])
 		arc(0.5 * tile_width, [270, 360], line_width);
-	translate([x + 1, y] * tile_width)
+	translate([tile_width, 0])
 		arc(0.5 * tile_width, [90, 180], line_width);
 }
 
 module tile02(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
 	half_width = tile_width * 0.5; 
-    translate([x, y] * tile_width) {
-		line2d([half_width, 0], [half_width, tile_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
-		line2d([0, half_width], [half_width - line_width, half_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
-		line2d([half_width + line_width, half_width], [tile_width, half_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
-	}
+	line2d([half_width, 0], [half_width, tile_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
+	line2d([0, half_width], [half_width - line_width, half_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
+	line2d([half_width + line_width, half_width], [tile_width, half_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
 }
 
 module tile03(x, y, tile_width, line_width) {
 	half_width = tile_width * 0.5; 
-    translate([x, y] * tile_width) {
-		line2d([0, half_width], [tile_width, half_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
-		line2d([half_width, 0], [half_width, half_width - line_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
-		line2d([half_width, tile_width], [half_width, half_width + line_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
-	}
+	line2d([0, half_width], [tile_width, half_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
+	line2d([half_width, 0], [half_width, half_width - line_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
+	line2d([half_width, tile_width], [half_width, half_width + line_width], line_width, p1Style = "CAP_BUTT", p2Style = "CAP_BUTT");
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/tiles/random_city.scad b/examples/tiles/random_city.scad
index d804b84e..27dc6042 100644
--- a/examples/tiles/random_city.scad
+++ b/examples/tiles/random_city.scad
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use <arc.scad>;
 use <shear.scad>;
 use <util/rand.scad>;
 use <experimental/tile_w2e.scad>;
-use <experimental/choose_children.scad>;
+use <experimental/select.scad>;
 
 mask = [
     [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0],
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module random_city(rows, columns, mask) {
         y = tile[1];
         i = tile[2];
         translate([x, y] * tile_width)
-        choose_children(i) {
+        select(i) {
             tile00();
             tile01();
             tile02();
diff --git a/examples/tiles/tube_box.scad b/examples/tiles/tube_box.scad
index fb4bfbb9..65e086d5 100644
--- a/examples/tiles/tube_box.scad
+++ b/examples/tiles/tube_box.scad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use <experimental/tile_w2e.scad>;
-use <experimental/choose_children.scad>;
+use <experimental/select.scad>;
 use <box_extrude.scad>;
 
 size = [15, 8];
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ module tube_tile(n, width) {
 		tile5();
 	}
 
-	choose_children(n) {
+	select(n) {
 		tile0();
 		tile1();
 		rotate(-90) tile1();
diff --git a/src/experimental/choose_children.scad b/src/experimental/choose_children.scad
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d138adb..00000000
--- a/src/experimental/choose_children.scad
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module choose_children(n) {
-    children(n);
-}	
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/experimental/select.scad b/src/experimental/select.scad
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f149a6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/experimental/select.scad
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module select(n) {
+    children(n);
+}	
\ No newline at end of file