After dinner and my somewhat not successful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to attempt to discover a video that may assist my daughters much better comprehend what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I discovered this brief and cute video about onomatopoeia. Ill warn you, the tune is sort 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 lots of trainee video creation contests.

Every night my children (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 respond to in a method that they can understand.