This makes it easy to locate the countries while you are singing. Some songs are about just one country, others are about a whole continent. Students can color the map while they listen to the songs. The lyrics of the songs are on the map. One side of the tape teaches the states and the other side teaches the capitals.
Students point to the states on the map while they sing.
Each state is geographically connected to the next state. Each of those sections is a song. After students learn the southern border, fromCalifornia to Florida, they learn the capitals in the same order. During the test on the tape, they have to remember the name of the state and the capital that comes next as they go from east to west. How to Be Naturally Geographic.