After dinner and my rather unsuccessful explanation of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to attempt to find a video that might assist my daughters much better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this adorable and brief music video about onomatopoeia. Ill caution you, the tune is kind of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..

On a related note, Next Vista for Learning hosts an excellent video explanation of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school trainee for one of Next Vistas numerous student video creation contests.

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