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Vocabulary – Fast mapping

• In the video, the child sits at the table with the teacher and other children and plays with colored plastic puzzle pieces. The teacher holds up different pieces and asks the children what colors they are, and the child repeats the colors with the group. The teacher also shows her shirt and the young girl’s shirt and talks about what color they are.
• “Learning a word after one exposure is called fast mapping because, rather than figuring out the exact definition after hearing a word in several contexts, children hear a word once and quickly stick it into a category in their mental language grid.”

For the purpose of this observation, you will be observing the girl in the blue/grey tennis shoes, black pants and peach t-shirt.

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