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

Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask us all kinds of fascinating concerns. A few of them are about things that I havent believed about in a long time. Some of them arent easy to respond to in a manner 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 mean?” I did my best to explain that it is a word like “moo” that is produced from the noise that it makes..

After supper and my rather unsuccessful explanation of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to attempt to discover a video that may assist my children much better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I discovered this short and adorable video about onomatopoeia. Ill caution you, the tune is kind of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..