On a related 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 lots of student video creation contests.

Every night my children (ages 4 and 5) ask us all kinds of intriguing questions. Some of them are about things that I have not believed about in a long time. Some of them arent easy to answer in a method that they can comprehend.

After dinner and my somewhat not successful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to look for a video that might help my daughters better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I found this short and charming music video about onomatopoeia. Ill alert you, the tune is sort of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..