I know my provinces from when I lived in Canada a little bit better than my states, but then there are only 10 plus the territories, but how well do we know our states? My sister sent this link to me and I was slow, it has a time limit folks! See if you can do it, then test your kids if you want! It is fun! http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf
Wow, TMom thanks so much it's wonderful I did pretty good, could of done better. That is so cool, once again thanks for sharing.
That is so fun! I failed the first 2 times...then I passed! YEAH! I will have to have my kids play this...it is a great way to learn the states!
Guess what? I failed the third grade. Of course, dd passed with flying colors the first time! Thanks, Teacher Mom!
Leslie, I failed four times before I got them all right and I thought I knew our states pretty good! That is so much fun! Beth
I am enjoying learning what I thought I already knew! The New England states get me everytime! I want to show this to the girls tomorrow. It is so much fun! Beth
I made it on my 4th try too, but I was disappointed that they didn't congratulate me---that was a lot of work!!!
My daughter is simply amazing at states! I don't even know all the capitals. We have flash cards of each state by itself with no markings or words and she still knows every one of them. She has the 50 states book and reads it all the time. She will end up teaching me! She can fill in a map in record time! It was never something I was good at. You know when they say "I missed that day in school...." Well, I honestly did! lol. the day they gave the blank united states test on states and capitals...I was out sick with chicken pox for almost 2 weeks. I seriously missed the whole thing. lol.
I got 100% on my first try. Partly that's because my g-g'ma had a puzzle when I was a kid that I always did when I was little. Partly because we traveled all over the US in a camper when I was a kid, and partly because Marylyn sent a site to me a while back for a place that I posted her (over a year ago, I'd say). The New England and mid-Atlantic states always gave me trouble. Because they were so small, my g-g'ma's puzzle put them all into one piece, so I never learned them. We studied the Eastern states a while back, and went to New England that summer, so now I know them, too. Phillip is currently working on the site Marylyn gave me about three to five days each week. He's pretty good with his Eastern states now! Here's the site Marylyn gave me..... http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ Try this on Intermediate leve...you have to place the states in the correct location without any rivers, etc. to help you! Rachael has taught herself most of the world's countries using this site.
Jackie, that is wonderful site, I had a good time with it thanks for sharing it with us. Can't wait till the girls try it.
Jackie, I love that site! Wonder why I haven't found it before? While I was there, I noticed stuff about CLEP, which we are looking into for my oldest ds, and a couple of other things! Thanks for sharing!
Deena, I'm sure you had checked it out before when Marylyn first gave it to me. We were all trying to out-do each other. It was quite a while back.
I passed the first time, but not with 100%. The New England States are difficult for me! I have done the other one that Jackie posted before, too. To brag on hs'ers a little: A couple of years ago at VBS we did the "Ramblin Road Trip". One of the games was to label the US. The ps student got only the ones around our state (& the more obvious ones like CA and TX), and the hs student got all she was asked! They were jr. high students.
Jackie, You're right, I did do the states one, I didn't realize it was the same one. We always went straight to the maps, but I hadn't seen the whole sheppards site, and all the OTHER stuff they have!
