There are many state capital games that can help your child when it comes time to memorize all of the capital cities. Just using boring memorization techniques or endless reading will have your child frustrated in no time. By using the entertaining games, it can become quite easy for child to ace this very difficult portion of grade school.
Most text books come with a few state capital games, but for the most part they are extremely static and boring for today’s children. Of course, there is nothing in a text book that can compete with the types of games kids play today. The typical state on one side and capital city on the other will usually not cut it, especially if you want to make the game entertaining.
There are many computer based state capital games that should be perfect. These games range from viewing a map and entering each state capital to car racing games that give you a certain amount of guesses based on where you finish in the race. The combination of the challenging “video game” and the parts of the brain that recall information is the perfect way to learn monotonous information.
In addition to downloading and playing state capital games, you can also help your child using traditional techniques. Simply quizzing the child every couple of hours can go a long way. I found a lot of success simply by blurting out a state every so often and asking my child for the capital. This was fun for both of us and it didn’t seem like I was trying to drill something in his head.
I would suggest you download as many state capital games as you can and change them often. This keeps the material fresh and fun. What kid wouldn’t want to play a new video game every few days? As soon as one game gets boring, have him try another. No need to force the games, it should be pretty easy to find a game that your child will actually look forward to playing.