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 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 the Chesapeake Bay

(They have wonderful clam chowder.)

Cheyenne is in Wyoming 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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Then I try and name them.

A-4 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas

B-0

C-3 California Colorado Connecticut

D-1 Delaware

Here are some songs…maybe he can choose the one that appeals to him most.

Fifty Nifty States:

Another one is:

http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50states.html

AND a song with states PLUS capitals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aZp6TnL08

Hope this helps.

Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies;

Fifty Nifty stars on the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze.

Each individual state contributes a quality that is great.

Each individual state deserves a bow, We salute them now.

Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies,

Shout ’em, scout ’em, Tell all about ’em,

One by one,til we’ve given a name to every state in the USA.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut

Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana

Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,

Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan.

Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,

Nebraska, Nevada,

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,

North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,

Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,

South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,

Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

North, South, East, West in our common, objective opinion (Name of home State)

Is the Best of the Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies

Shout ’em,scout’em, tell all about ’em

One by One, till we’ve given a name to every state in the good old U….S…A (hold all notes very short)

doesn’t have capitals though, sorry!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

http://www.songsforteaching.com/teacherrockbots/usa50states.htm

and a worksheet for it

http://www.powerartscompany.com/worksheets/Amer_Lets_Learn_the_50_States.pdf

Here is a song for the capitols.

http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50capitals.html