Attorney in Sacramento

Yo! Sacramento

Description

Humorous mnemonic captions and zany cartoons complement an entertaining and informative introduction to America's state capitals, in a fun-filled guide that includes fascinating facts about geography, historical events, famous people, and landmarks. Original."

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-01-13
Summary: "Fantastic learning tool"

This is a great book. It was cleverly designed to help kids remember names that would otherwise be very hard to pronounce, remember, and spell. We have used this book as a took to learn the states and their capitals. It is appropriate for older elementary age students. The illustrations are fun and entertaining. I would recommend it especially for homeschool families.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2003-05-06
Summary: "A great way to memorize!"

If a silly picture of a gust of wind blowing down Main Street doesn't do anything for you, you've never read "Yo, Sacramento!" It should remind you that Augusta is the capital of Maine. The whole book is a marvelous mix of funny mnemonic cartoons with interesting facts about the states and capitals. My eight year old daughter loves this book and its companion, "Yo, Millard Filmore!"; she memorized the Presidents in a few minutes and the states/capitals in a couple days. And although I hate to admit that I couldn't remember them from my school days, the books helped me learn them too. (I don't know about the "never forget" part, but it does stick with you, and it's easy to pick back up.) When we showed these books to my family, my niece (the daughter of a social studies teacher) even told me she thought it was too easy; it must be cheating somehow to learn them this way!

I have to say, however, I prefer the Millard Filmore book to the Sacramento one, primarily because 'Millard' is designed as a series -- an element from each picture is carried into the next in order to reinforce the historical sequence. This not only teaches the sequence, but it helped me with the actual memorization -- I know I haven't left any presidents out. 'Sacramento' is a group of unconnected pictures, which may connect the capitals to their states -- and generally link the states with their geographic region, but doesn't guarantee you have all the states. ("Oops! I only counted 47! Which ones did I leave out?") If I could wish for anything besides additional titles in this series, it would be that 'Sacramento' could be rewritten to link the states together from east to west or alphabetically or even in order of admission to the union, so you end up with all 50 states in your brain.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2001-03-29
Summary: "Our wonderful United States"

Yo, Sacramento! is a humorous incentive to learn the capitals for every state. The word pictures which aid memory recall are sure to prompt hearty laughter. The fast-paced writing style is an added bonus. One can laugh, learn facts, and have state capitals memorized in under 30 minutes!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2000-06-13
Summary: "The best book around to teach states and capitals"

This book really helps a child or an adult to memorize states and capitals within 20 minutes. I have never come across any program so precise. My kids really enjoy learning with the picture and word association method used in the book. This book should be used in all schools around the world.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2000-06-02
Summary: "A FUN WAY TO LEARN!"

I bought this for my 3-1/2 year-old son, who has an interest in the United States (thanks to "The Scrambled States Of America"). He really enjoys this book! I must say that I've picked up quite a bit of information myself.