Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask all of us sort of interesting questions. Some of them are about things that I have not considered in a very long time. A few of them arent easy to address in a manner that they can comprehend. And some of them are a little both. That was case one night recently when my five-year-old asked, “whats onomatopoeia mean?” I did my finest to explain that it is a word like “moo” that is produced from the noise that it makes..

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 among Next Vistas many trainee video creation contests.

After supper and my rather unsuccessful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to try to discover a video that may assist my daughters better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this brief and adorable music video about onomatopoeia. Ill warn you, the tune is type of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..