Every night my daughters (ages 4 and 5) ask us all sort of fascinating questions. A few of them have to do with things that I havent thought about in a very long time. A few of them arent simple to answer in such a way that they can comprehend. And a few of them are a little bit of both. That was case one night last week 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..

After supper and my somewhat unsuccessful description of onomatopoeia, I turned to YouTube to search for a video that may assist my daughters better understand what onomatopoeia is. Thats where I discovered this short and charming music video about onomatopoeia. Ill caution you, the tune is type of catchy (if youre a five-year-old)..

On an associated note, Next Vista for Learning hosts a fantastic video description of onomatopoeia. The video was produced by a high school student for among Next Vistas lots of student video creation contests.