Free Printable 100 & 101 Days of School Crown, and other 100th & 101st Day of School Activities (2024)

FAQs

How to make 100 days of school? ›

Dress up and come to school as a 100-year-old. Write their name 100 times in fun fonts or cursive. Draw 100 shapes or designs on a blank t-shirt and wear it to school on the 100th day or design their own with a printable 100th day t-shirt. Write 100 ways to be kind for homework.

100th day of school math activities

Ask students to divide 100 Cheerios (or another snack) into groups of 2, 4, 5, and 10. Work with a partner to come up with 100 addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division equations that equal 100.

This marks a point in the year where students are more than half-way through the 180 day school year. It is a time to reflect on all the learning that has taken place so far. The celebration began by a California teacher in 1979 who was trying to help her students understand the concrete lesson of the number 100.

The 100th Day of School is a monumental celebration in most all early grades, but especially in Kindergarten and 1st Grade! It's a day filled with counting, building number sense, reading, exercising and practicing fine motor skills.

Many kids who dress up for the 100th day of school wear centenarian costumes, also known as 100 year old person costumes. Little girls will look cute dressed in floral print dresses paired with comfy cardigan sweaters and spectacles.

The First 100th Day of School

Back in 1979, Lynn Taylor, along with her colleagues David Cooper and Mary Hurdlow, celebrated their first 100th day of school. The idea grew from their experience with a program called Math Their Way and an activity called The Days of School Graph.

The 100th Day of School is widely celebrated in preschools, kindergartens, and elementary schools as a fun milestone to break up the school year. Special lessons and activities are prepared to celebrate the day.

Who originated the idea of 100th day? Two possibilities have been suggested to me: 1) that Lynn Taylor introduced the celebration for kindergarten in the 1981-82 Newsletter of the Center for Innovation in Education; 2) that the idea came from Mary Baratta-Lorton, originator of Math Their Way.

Most 5-year-olds can recognize numbers up to ten and write them. Older 5-year-olds may be able to count to 100 and read numbers up to 20. A 5-year-old's knowledge of relative quantities is also advancing. If you ask whether six is more or less than three, your child will probably know the answer.

After the meeting or circle, the children will alternate throughout the day with individual, small, and large group activities; independent or teacher-led activities; daily activities like lunch, recess, and bathroom routines; and weekly activities like art, music, and gym.

How many years do you spend in kindergarten? ›

EC Section 48011 requires a child who has completed a year of kindergarten to be promoted to first grade, unless the parent or guardian and the district agree that the child may continue in kindergarten not more than one additional school year.