V.N. asks from South Point, OH on February 01, 2010
100Th Day of School Ideas
my son is in 1st grade and his 100th day of school is coming up in a few days and he has to take 100 of something with him. i dont want to be so practical with it, and he says he wants to do something that nobody else would think of..i and obviously want to help him be creative but maybe without spending any money or not spending alot. i believe the idea though is to bring something from home, but its soo very hard to get creative that way, cuz every time i look around the house for something, i think to myself, yeah, someone else is going to do that and he's gonna come home..mom, someone else had that, i told you..or something like that. i appreciate any ideas, thanks so much.
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So What Happened?™
after my son and i read over all of the ideas, he got very creative and decided he wanted to get a big poster board, and draw a really spooky haunted house on it, and draw and cut out 100 spooky ghosts and goblins. this is going to take some time, but its very inexpensive and i am very proud of his creativity. thank you all so much for your ideas and suggestions, we really appreciated it. and my son isaiah says " i really liked those ideas and i really appreciated it too!!" he's the sweetest thing.thank you all so much, you've been great.
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M.M. answers from Chicago on February 01, 2010
Ah....the 100 day project! When my dtr was in kindergarten we made a sunflower on study cardboard with 10 petals. On each petal we hot glued 10 lemon head candies. It was large and bright! It was an enjoyable project that she still talks about.
I remember the teacher sharing the various projects she had seen over the years. One that stuck with me was a Super Bowl themed football grid using teddy grahams and the like. Good luck!
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S.C. answers from Louisville on February 02, 2010
How about something the teacher could keep and use in the class like 100 pencl erasers, 100 crayons, 100 pieces of some kind of paper (colored, construction), 100 cotton balls.
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K.E. answers from Jacksonville on February 02, 2010
I worked in K for many years and loved the 100th day celebrations. We always got different items and not many were repeats! I think a very creative idea that would not cost much would be to get a piece of poster board and glue 100 pictures to it. Find pictures of him, the family, etc. and glue them together and call it his 100 memories. I think it would definitely be different and it would be an enjoyable project for you to do without spending a lot of money. You can also frame it later if you want or hang it in his room for him to enjoy later. Good luck with whatever you decide and enjoy all of these fun moments! I
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M.M. answers from Chicago on February 01, 2010
Ah....the 100 day project! When my dtr was in kindergarten we made a sunflower on study cardboard with 10 petals. On each petal we hot glued 10 lemon head candies. It was large and bright! It was an enjoyable project that she still talks about.
I remember the teacher sharing the various projects she had seen over the years. One that stuck with me was a Super Bowl themed football grid using teddy grahams and the like. Good luck!
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L.M. answers from Nashville on February 01, 2010
I typed in "first 100" in yahoo search and got the 100 most commonly used words, print that off and he could take that list.
or, cereal, raisins, nuts, bolts, stickers, legos, vanilla wafers
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S.G. answers from Jacksonville on February 02, 2010
how about a string of 100 Christmas lights.
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S.C. answers from Louisville on February 02, 2010
How about something the teacher could keep and use in the class like 100 pencl erasers, 100 crayons, 100 pieces of some kind of paper (colored, construction), 100 cotton balls.
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R.J. answers from Chattanooga on February 02, 2010
We just had our hundredth day also. We cut up colored straws (the ends actually, because I trim them short to fit better in the boys' smaller cups). It's not terribly exciting but it was kind of neat looking and it fit easily into his baggie.
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S.H. answers from Honolulu on February 01, 2010
I think most schools have that project. My daughter did.
For the Teacher, the main thing was that the child did the project themselves or at least was the "lead" in it, with assistance from the Parent, and used things from home. The point being NOT to buy things for it. But lots of kids turned in projects that was obvious the "parent" did it. The Teachers did not like that. They can tell which child did their own project.
How about leaves?
rocks?
nuts?
shells?
cotton balls?
sticks?
stickers?
buttons?
pom poms?
legos?
macaroni or pasta?
Seeds?
pencils?
bottle caps?
Good luck,
Susan
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T.K. answers from Fayetteville on February 02, 2010
Maybe a picture of a foot ball field and then 100 of those little chocolate footballs to go with it. In case they have to count or something....o/w just a picture of a football field....iit does have 100 yards:)
T.
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