U.S. States and Capitals Flash Cards (CDPCD3913) Category: Educational Games Review

At the beginning of the year, our daughter's 5th grade teacher said they would need to learn the states, capitals, and locations on a map. We found these cards on Amazon and let our daughter play with them.

There are two sets of cards:

SET 1: Front - Solid shape of a state with a star where the capital is, along with an arrow pointing to the state's location on the US map. Back - state name, abbreviation, and capital city.

SET 2: Front - State name, shape, star for the capital, and flag. Back - State name, abbreviation, capital, nickname(s), state bird, state flower, state tree, statehood date, fun fact.

These cards have been useful. The class is learning a region at a time (northeast, southeast, etc.) so our daughter pulls out the cards she wants to study with. Then we can quiz her on them before the test.

We also used them for a game once during a play date with 4 girls from different schools, all in the 5th grade. They teamed up and I showed them a state, and they had to name the capital. Each team got a sticker for getting it right, and if they got it wrong, the next team could "steal" it with the correct answer. Instead of focusing too much on wrong answers, we also tried making up ways to remember the capitals, such as MONTpelier, VerMONT, and TRENTON plays basketball and needs a NEW JERSEY.

There are also fact cards for the US territories and one for Washington, DC.
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