Every night my children (ages 4 and 5) ask us all kinds of interesting concerns. Some of them have to do with things that I have not considered in a long time. Some of them arent simple to answer in such a way that they can understand. And a few 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 describe that it is a word like “moo” that is produced from the noise that it makes..

On a related note, Next Vista for Learning hosts a great video description of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school trainee for one of Next Vistas lots of student video production contests.

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