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

Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask us all sort of interesting questions. A few of them have to do with things that I havent considered in a very long time. A few of them arent easy to respond to in a method that they can comprehend. And some of them are a bit of both. That was case one night recently when my five-year-old asked, “whats onomatopoeia imply?” I did my finest to discuss that it is a word like “moo” that is produced from the sound that it makes..

After dinner and my rather not successful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to attempt to find a video that might help my daughters much better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this charming and brief music video about onomatopoeia. Ill caution you, the tune is type of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..