After dinner and my rather unsuccessful explanation of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to try to find a video that might assist my children much better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this charming and short video about onomatopoeia. Ill warn you, the song is sort of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..

Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask us all kinds of fascinating concerns. 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.

On an associated note, Next Vista for Learning hosts an excellent video description of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school trainee for one of Next Vistas many trainee video creation contests.