Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask us all kinds of fascinating concerns. Some of them are about things that I have not considered in a long period of time. A few of them arent easy to address in a manner that they can comprehend. And a few of them are a bit of both. That was case one night recently when my five-year-old asked, “whats onomatopoeia indicate?” I did my best to describe that it is a word like “moo” that is created from the sound that it makes..

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

After dinner and my somewhat not successful explanation of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to search for a video that might assist my children better comprehend what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I discovered this brief and charming video about onomatopoeia. Ill alert you, the song is sort of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..