After dinner and my somewhat not successful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to look for a video that might assist my daughters much better comprehend what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this adorable and brief video about onomatopoeia. Ill alert you, the tune is sort 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 have not thought about in a long time. Some of them arent simple to address in a way that they can understand.

On an associated 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 lots of student video development contests.