Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask all of us sort of fascinating concerns. A few of them have to do with things that I havent believed about in a long period of time. Some of them arent easy to answer in a way that they can understand. And some of them are a bit of both. That was case one night last week when my five-year-old asked, “whats onomatopoeia suggest?” I did my best to explain that it is a word like “moo” that is created from the sound that it makes..

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

On an associated note, Next Vista for Learning hosts a terrific video description of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school trainee for among Next Vistas many student video production contests.