100 rushed mornings.
100 "Get your shoes on NOW, Gavin!"
100 times of trying to beat the train.
I don't know about you, but to me it feels like a real accomplishment.
Are you in charge of planning a party to celebrate your kids getting 100 days smarter? I am.
Want some ideas? I thought so.
And, as always, please visit the sites themselves if you'd like to pin the ideas.
- Fill the classroom with 100 balloons (you know I will be in Gavin's classroom BRIGHT and EARLY on the 100th day filling balloons!)
- Read Happy 100th Day by Susan Milord
- Have a 100 day breakfast with sausage ones and pancake zeros
- Make a 100 day crown
- Measure things that are 100 centimeters {PRINTABLE!}
- Flip a coin 100 times and record the results
- Have the kids dress like they are 100 years old
- Make a special 100 doorway
- Have each family bring in canned goods and see if the whole class can bring in a total of 100 for hungry families
- Fill containers with different objects and have the kids guess which one is filled with 100 things, then have them count each container to see if they were right
- Have the kids draw pictures of what they could eat 100 of
- Have the kids write or draw what they think will be different about the world in 100 years
- Read Fancy Nancy: The 100th Day of School by Jane O'Connor
- Hide 100 kisses in the classroom with numbered bottoms and have the children match them to a chart as they find them.
- Give each kid a baggie of 100 legos and let them build something and then write or draw what they made {PRINTABLE}
- Have kids roll dice, record the number they rolled (by coloring in squares numbered 1 -100), and see how many rolls it took to get to 100
- Read Mrs. Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
- Make a 100 link paper chain
- Make lists of what you would and would not want 100 of
- Serve a 100 pizza
- Decorate and wear 100 style masks
- Fill a mitten with 100 animals
- Count out 100 snacks with a chart
- Have a 100 shaped snack with one shaped pretzels and zero shaped bagels
- Have the children draw what they look like now and what they will look like in 100 years
- Read 100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler
- See how many times the children can write their names in 100 seconds
- Count out 100 plastic pennies to show how many pennies are in a dollar
- Make art work out of 100 popsicle sticks
- Use placemats to make a 100 day snack
- Read a 100 day poem
- Follow 100 day stations
- See what 100 of different objects looks like
- Make artwork out of 1's and 0's
- Read Emily's First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells
- Make a gum ball machine with 100 gum balls
- Blow and pop 100 bubbles
- Have a 100 shaped cookie snack
- Have the children record what their classmates brought in 100 of
- Ask the children to write and draw what they would like to have 100 of
- Make necklaces with 100 fruit loops
- See if the children can stack 100 pennies
- Read 100 School Days by Anne Rockwell
- Make ticket stations with different 100 tasks {PRINTABLE}
- Have the class work together to build something out of 100 blocks
- Make pictures with 100 yardsale dots
- Have the teachers come to school dressed like a 100
- Make a 100 dot caterpillar
Whew! That's a lot of ideas . . . I had wanted to do 100.
But, 100 is a really big number you know.





What a great idea, Lisa! Schools reeeally make a big deal about 100th day...who knew!?
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas Lisa! Jordan just informed me the 100th day already passed for her. Hmmm...her teacher is not into fun this year. Or being organized. Whatever. ;)
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DeleteHow cute! Our hundred day is on Valentines Day. We're having a combo party day and they're making a 100 Day Newsletter. But now that I have some suggestions I'm gonna have to try them out :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the wonderful ideas. I am sure to use a lot of the next year in my class.
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