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

After dinner 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 warn you, the song is kind of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..

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