50 States Printable Flashcards

Report cards finally came yesterday after some delay due to the arctic blizzard we had a couple weeks ago. I was thrilled to see that the hard work Lena has been putting in this quarter is paying off. The areas she'd received an unsatisfactory in have moved up to progressing. We're not at the finish line yet, but we're getting there.

One of the areas she still needs help in is Geography. Since they're only one test per quarter on the states and capitals, it means we have to get it right on the next test to improve her grade. At first we tried using an app for her Kindle. Honestly, it's a really great app, she just couldn't get into it.

We moved on to writing them 5 times each in hopes that maybe the repetition would help it stick with the capitals the same way that it does with the spelling words... No such luck.

This time around, we're doing flashcards. I found a great site last night that had TONS of options so you can print out which flashcards you need. You can check it out here. I spent over an hour last night making friends with Elmer's Glue and a stack of index cards. I'm fairly certain I have a permanent indent in my thumb from the scissors, but if this method works it was well worth it!