After supper and my rather unsuccessful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to search for a video that might assist my children better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this brief and charming video about onomatopoeia. Ill caution you, the song is sort of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..

On an associated note, Next Vista for Learning hosts a fantastic video description of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school student for one of Next Vistas lots of trainee video production contests.

Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask us all kinds of intriguing concerns. Some of them are about things that I havent thought about in a long time. Some of them arent easy to respond to in a way that they can comprehend.