100 Days

Each year classrooms love to celebrate 100 days of school.  Teaching the concept of 100 to young children in a concrete way is a challenge at times!  As I was reading a teacher's blog this week, I was reminded of this fun celebration.  She had such a variety of creative ideas to teach 100 to her students (First Graders)!!

I know around here it is close to the 100th day mark...not sure if it's passed just yet due to the winter weather we've had.  If not, then I hope my teacher friends find something they can use.  If 100 days have already come and gone, these ideas can be tucked away for next year.  So here's to 100 days of school!! 

(Oh by the way...if you have young children at home you can celebrate 100 days of the year; just mark off the 100th day on your calendar and enjoy some of these activities at home with your child!)

 

• Make a list of 100 words that the child could read, spell and write.
• Share a treat shaped like 100 (a Twinkie and two mini-donuts!)
• Make a 100 day hat requiring children to connect a train together counting by 10's to 100.
• Count to a music video from 1 to 100.
• Hide 100 chocolate Kisses around the room. Each Kiss had a number on the bottom. Students take turns finding the numbered Kisses and then match the numbers on a one hundreds chart. 
• Problem solve with your students to figure out how many Kisses each child could get so that every child had the same number.
• Cut and glue sequins to a pair of 100 shaped opera glasses!  (just add a straw so they can hold the glasses).     http://teachers.eusd.k12.ca.us/bbuchel/TeacherIdeas/100thDay/glasses.htm
• Dress up as if you were 100 years old. Students can also dress up!
• Watch a video of people from 1 year old to 100; children draw pictures of how they would look when they get to be 100! The gray hair, the glasses, the canes, and lots of speech bubbles -they may get old but they will still have lots to say!
• Investigate how many quarters, dimes and nickels it would take to make a dollar.
• Predict how many times they can write their names in 100 seconds and then write to see if they were correct.
• Hop for 100 seconds; jump for 100 seconds; and put heads down quietly for 100 seconds!
• Predict if they can lick a Tootsie Pop 100 times and get to the center of the lollipop. Of course they'll need to test their prediction to see if it's correct!
• Create a class list of 100 books you've read this year.