On a related note, Next Vista for Learning hosts a fantastic video explanation of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school student for among Next Vistas many student video development contests.

After dinner and my rather not successful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to attempt to find a video that may assist my daughters much better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this adorable and brief video about onomatopoeia. Ill warn you, the tune is sort of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..

Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask all of us sort of interesting questions. Some of them are about things that I have not thought about in a long time. Some of them arent simple to answer in such a way that they can comprehend. And a few of them are a little bit of both. That was case one night last week when my five-year-old asked, “whats onomatopoeia mean?” I did my finest to describe that it is a word like “moo” that is created from the noise that it makes..