The 50 US Capitols
I gave my kids (the older three anyway) the task of learning the 50 United States (by name) and their capitol cities. I think it is important for them to know the names of the states (after all, we are American so it seems appropriate to do) because in typical educational systems, kids at age 10 usually know their United States. Since our educational system in our home is anything but typical, I thought I would take it to a new level and have my kids learn the names of the States and their capitols. We'll see how it goes.
To anyone interested in the State names and the names of their capitol cities, here they are:
Alabama, Montgomery
Alaska, Juneau
Arizona, Phoenix
Arkansas, Little Rock
California, Sacramento
Colorado, Denver
Connecticut, Hartford
Delaware, Dover
Florida, Tallahassee
Georgia, Atlanta
Hawaii, Honolulu
Idaho, Boise
Illinois, Springfield
Indiana, Indianapolis
Iowa, Des Moines
Kansas, Topeka
Kentucky, Frankfort
Louisiana, Baton Rouge
Maine, Augusta
Maryland, Annapolis
Massachusetts, Boston
Michigan, Lansing
Minnesota, Saint Paul
Mississippi, Jackson
Missouri, Jefferson City
Montana, Helena
Nebraska, Lincoln
Nevada, Carson City
New Hampshire, Concord
New Jersey, Trenton
New Mexico, Santa Fe
New York, Albany
North Carolina, Raleigh
North Dakota, Bismarck
Ohio, Columbus
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
Oregon, Salem
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
Rhode Island, Providence
South Carolina, Columbia
South Dakota, Pierre
Tennessee, Nashville
Texas, Austin
Utah, Salt Lake City
Vermont, Montpelier
Virginia, Richmond
Washington, Olympia
West Virginia, Charleston
Wisconsin, Madison
Wyoming, Cheyenne
And for those interested in a cool way to learn the state capitols...
And just so you can follow along:
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've 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 Chesapeake Bay.They have wonderful clam chowder.
Cheyenne is in Wyomin' 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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