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Home : 2001 : Aug : 31
50 states/capitals
By Julie Schlesener
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I was having trouble getting kids to memorize states/capitals last year, so I incorporated their bodies and their voices and had GREAT success. We created a song in which we said the name of the state and its capital accopmanied with hand motions. I let the kids decide on the motions that would help them remember the capital. Example, "Alaska, Juneau" (kids pretend to shiver)
"Hawaii, Honolulu" (kids hula dance)
etc. We created the song in five different sessions; as we started a new region, after learning a few basics about the states in that region, we added to our states/capitals song. We went in order within the region, and on final map quiz day, I saw lots of students singing their song as they filled out the map.
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