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

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

After supper and my somewhat unsuccessful explanation of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to attempt to find a video that might help my daughters better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I discovered this cute and brief music video about onomatopoeia. Ill warn you, the tune is kind of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..