{"id":563,"date":"2014-12-07T05:39:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T12:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2015-07-08T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T16:56:27","slug":"memory-tricks-states-and-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/memory-tricks-states-and-capitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory Tricks for Learning the States and Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Homeschool mom Catherine Lamb offers these fun and silly memory clues to help other mothers teach their children the states and capitals.<\/em>
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The Pacific States<\/strong>
\nWashington, Olympia (Washington sits with the Greek Gods in Olympus.)
\nOregon, Salem (Ore e goin\u2019 sailin\u2019? Are you going sailing?)
\nCalifornia, Sacramento (Can I afford a sack of Mentos?) (*Mentos is a candy)
\nAlaska, Juneau (Do you know Alaska? say with an Hispanic accent)
\nHawaii, Honolulu (easy to remember, no clue)<\/p>\n

The Mountain States<\/strong>
\nIdaho, Boise (I have a hoe named Boise.)
\nMontana, Helena (Helena went to the mountains)
\nWyoming, Cheyenne (Indians are in the Western state of Wyoming)
\nNevada, Carson City (My car and son went to a city in Nevada)
\nUtah, Salt Lake City (easy, no hint)
\nColorado, Denver (Color a do in the den.) (*do = a hair do)
\nArizona, Phoenix (The giant phoenix bird flew out of the heat of Arizona\u2019s deserts)
\nNew Mexico, Santa Fe (Santa doesn\u2019t go to New Mexico.)<\/p>\n

North Central States<\/strong>
\nNorth Dakota, Bismarck (We go to North Dakota to eat Bismarcks) (*a donut with pudding in it)
\nSouth Dakota, Pierre (We go to South Dakota to smell fresh pea air.) (*one of the lame ones, any better suggestions?)
\nMinnesota, St. Paul (St Paul gave me a mini-soda)
\nNebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln went to his knee\u201a ask ya)
\nIowa, Des Moines (I owe a day mowing)
\nKansas, Topeka (To peek at a can of sauce.)
\nMissouri, Jefferson City (Jeffer\u2019s son in the City misses Ori.)<\/p>\n

South Central States<\/strong>
\nOklahoma, Oklahoma City (easy)
\nTexas, Austin (Ah! is tin in Texas?)
\nArkansas, Little Rock (I saw an ark and a saw on a little rock)
\nLouisiana, Baton Rouge (Louise and Ana took their batons and rouge to the Mardi Gras.)<\/p>\n

Midwest States<\/strong>
\nWisconsin, Madison (Madison, wish no sin!)
\nMichigan, Lansing (Miss yi gun? Lance him.) (* little violent I know \u2014unfortunately my boy\u2019s favorite clue!)
\nIllinois, Springfield (Simpsons live here) (*the cartoon Simpson\u2019s)
\nIndiana, Indianapolis (Capital name almost same as State.)
\nOhio, Columbus (OH! Hi O\u201a Columbus) (*greeting Columbus)<\/p>\n

Northeastern States<\/strong>
\nMaine, Augusta (A gust a wind blew through the horse\u2019s mane)
\nNew Hampshire, Concord (Cut on the cords of the new ham, sire.)
\nVermont, Montpelier (Vermin on a mount of peels \u2013 also mont ends Vermont,
\nstarts Montpelier) (*we picture a rat sitting on a pile of fruit\/veggie peelings)
\nMassachusetts, Boston (My boss weighs a ton. That\u2019s a lot of Mass\u2014or\u2014weighs a ton from from mashed potatoes)
\nConnecticut, Hartford (connect a cut in the heart)
\nRhode Island, Providence (It was Providence that we found a road on the island.) (*Providence means divine care or guidance.)
\nNew Jersey, Trenton (Trent has on a new jersey)
\nDelaware, Dover (Dangerous Dave dove her into the Delaware.)
\nPennsylvania, Harrisburg (Mr. Harris Burg has pencil size veins.)
\nNew York, Albany (New York has all the bunnies.)<\/p>\n

Southeastern States<\/strong>
\nKentucky, Frankfort (Frank\u2019s in the Fort, but Kents not so lucky.)
\nWest Virginia, Charleston (Rich men are in Virginia, but Charles has his own town in West Virginia) (*see clue for Virginia)
\nMaryland, Annapolis (Anna\u2019s polo game is in the merry land.)
\nVirginia, Richmond (Virginia was the first colony so it has all the rich men.)
\nTennessee, Nashville (Ten seas are in Nashville.)
\nNorth Carolina, Raleigh (Oh Raally [snobby accent], you are from North Carolina?)
\nSouth Carolina, Columbia (A Column a bees flies South to Carolina) (Also, Carolina and Columbia both have C,O,L,I,A)
\nMississippi, Jackson (Jack\u2019s son misses his missis.)
\nAlabama, Montgomery (I\u2019ll bam Mont\u2019s gum merry!) (*whatever that means! but the sillier, the better we like them, ha ha)
\nGeorgia, Atlanta (My sailor Georgia is at land.)
\nFlorida, Tallahassee (I sit on the floor in da tall house by the sea)<\/p>\n

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Homeschool mom Catherine Lamb offers these fun and silly memory clues to help other mothers teach their children the states and capitals. The Pacific States Washington, Olympia (Washington sits with the Greek Gods in Olympus.) Oregon, Salem (Ore e goin\u2019 sailin\u2019? Are you going sailing?) California, Sacramento (Can I afford a sack of Mentos?) 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