my 5th grade brother needs to memorize the states and capitals. does anyone have any songs or techniques??

Question

any ideas are helpful
:)

Answer 1

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/CapitalUnitedStates.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana;
And Columbus is the capital of Ohio
There's Montgomery, Alabama south of Helena, Montana
Then there's Denver, Colorado under Boise, Idaho.

Texas has Austin, then we go north to
Massachusetts, Boston; and Albany, New York
Tallahassee, Florida; and Washington, D.C.
Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Nashville, Tennessee
(Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know)

Trenton's in New Jersey north of Jefferson, Missouri
You got Richmond in Virginia, South Dakota has Pierre
Harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine
And here is Providence, Rhode Island next to Dover, Delaware.

Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt to
Montpelier which is up in Vermont
Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall
And Kansas has Topeka, Minnesota has St. Paul

Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in Nebraska
And it's Raleigh out in North Carolina
And then there's Madison, Wisconsin and Olympia in Washington
Phoenix, Arizona and Lansing, Michigan

Here's Honolulu, Hawaii's a joy
Jackson, Mississippi and Springfield, Illinois
South Carolina with Columbia down the way
And Annapolis in Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay
(They have wonderful clam chowder.)

Cheyenne is in Wyoming and perhaps you make your home in
Salt Lake City out in Utah where the buffalo roam
Atlanta's down in Georgia and there's Bismarck, North Dakota
And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.

Salem in Oregon, from there we join
Little Rock in Arkansas, Iowa's got Des Moines
Sacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city
Charleston, West Virginia and Nevada, Carson City.

That's all the capitals there are!

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Answer 4

I don't actually remember them myself any longer, but I do remember how I memorized them back then. I did them alphabetically by state and I did 2 or 3 states at a time. I repeated the state and it's capitol, the next state and it's capitol, over and over to myself. Then I did the next set of 2 or 3 states and add that to what I had already memorized. And continue in that manner until I had reached all 50.

Answer 5

I just list the alphabet A-Z and write down the number of states that start with the corresponding letter.
Then I try and name them.

A-4 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas
B-0
C-3 California Colorado Connecticut
D-1 Delaware

Here are some songs...maybe he can choose the one that appeals to him most.

Fifty Nifty States:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k_HeLofy7IE

Another one is:
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50states.html

AND a song with states PLUS capitals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aZp6TnL08


Hope this helps.

Answer 6

the song where u memorize them in alphabetical order- 50 nifty united states
Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies;
Fifty Nifty stars on the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze.
Each individual state contributes a quality that is great.
Each individual state deserves a bow, We salute them now.

Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies,
Shout 'em, scout 'em, Tell all about 'em,
One by one,til we've given a name to every state in the USA.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan.
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

North, South, East, West in our common, objective opinion (Name of home State)
Is the Best of the Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies
Shout 'em,scout'em, tell all about 'em
One by One, till we've given a name to every state in the good old U....S...A (hold all notes very short)

doesn't have capitals though, sorry!

Answer 7

My brother is doing the same thing and I also did it. You should print out a blank map and make him write down whatthe states are and what the capitals are. That is what I did and I always got 100s.

Answer 8

Howdy! Someone in my facebook group posted this page so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Answer 9

This was really helpful to me when I needed to take that test (I got them all correct!). Fisrt learn all the states then learn the capitals. You have to do it over and over, but in the end it really helps.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Answer 10

make a story about them, make it funny also memorize pictures associated with the states and capitals that are funny or memoriable

Answer 11

Here is the song for the 50 states...
http://www.songsforteaching.com/teacherrockbots/usa50states.htm
and a worksheet for it
http://www.powerartscompany.com/worksheets/Amer_Lets_Learn_the_50_States.pdf

Here is a song for the capitols.
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50capitals.html