After supper and my somewhat unsuccessful explanation of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to look for a video that may help my children much better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I discovered this brief and adorable video about onomatopoeia. Ill caution you, the song is type of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..

On a related note, Next Vista for Learning hosts a terrific video description of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school student for one of Next Vistas numerous student video production contests.

Every night my children (ages 4 and 5) ask us all type of interesting questions. A few of them have to do with things that I havent considered in a very long time. Some of them arent simple to address in such a way that they can comprehend. And some of them are a little both. That was case one night last week when my five-year-old asked, “whats onomatopoeia suggest?” I did my best to describe that it is a word like “moo” that is developed from the sound that it makes..