(Tune: “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”)
We’ve been inschool 100 days. (Childrenstand and march.)
Hoorah! Hoorah! (Fistin air as if cheering.)
We’ve worked andplayed 100 days.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
Zero is our Herotoday.
Now let’s allcount to celebrate!
We’ve been inschool 100 days,
And it’s beengreat!
1, 2,3,…..100! (Holdup fingers as you count.)
Hoorah!
100 Snack –Children count out ten each of snack foods (such as Cheerios, pretzels, GoldFish, raisins, m&m’s, miniature marshmallows, cheese crackers, wheatsquares, Rice Chex, peanuts, etc.) and put them in a zip bag. Shake and eat. *Adapt to the dietary needs of yourclass
Cover Up –Make 2 copies of a 100 grid. Cutup one set and put the numbers in a zip bag. Children can play this game by themselves or with apartner. Give them a 3 minutetimer and challenge them to cover up as many spaces as they can in the timelimit. Have them record the amountand try to beat their score each time they play.
Hint! Adapt this game for younger children bygiving them a grid with 10 or 25 spaces.
*You can download the grid at drjean.org - January, 2007, monthly activities.
*You can download the grid at drjean.org - January, 2007, monthly activities.
When I’m 100– You’ll have to have a sense of humor to do this art project. Give each child a brown paper towel andtell them to wad it up so it’s all wrinkled. Now, ask them to draw what they think they’ll look like whenthey are 100.
100 Bottles– Have each child take an empty plastic water bottle and fill it with 100items.
