Monday, May 4, 2009

The 100th Day of Preschool!

Today was the 100th day of Leah's preschool. Even though we began the first Monday in August, it has taken us until May 4th to get to this big day because we average 4 days of preschool a week, plus we took 5 weeks off around Christmastime.
Each preschool day since August we have counted the days of school by putting an index card on the wall with that day's number. Leah has easily learned to count to 100 by counting every day.
Here is the number wall
Leah has eagerly anticipated this 100th day of school! I am listing my 100th day plans below. As usual, I planned more than we actually had time for, so we didn't do all of these activities. However, she had a full morning of counting to 100, and Olivia, Julie, Clay, and Sam participated too---they all liked the counting and graphing jellybeans activity.

Breakfast--counting 100 cheerios from the bowl


the 100 cheerios
At lunch I asked Leah what her favorite 100 Day activity was. She reported that the 100 seconds of exercise was her most favorite (no pictures of this because I was timing her), and counting and sticking 100 stickers was her next favorite.
carefully counting the 100 stickers
purple--one of her favorite colors

All finished!
The 100th Day of School Plan

Books
1. Richard Scary Counts to 100
2. The Cheerios Counting Book

Activities
1. Count 100 Cheerios for breakfast
2. Count to 100 using our number cards on the wall.
3. Draw a picture of yourself showing what you will look like at 100.
4. Count 100 jelly beans. Sort them by color, and then complete a graph.
5. Line up 100 dominoes and knock them over.
6. Count 100 pennies.
7. Exercise 1oo seconds. Complete 10 seconds of each of the following activities: jumping jacks, toe touches, sit-ups, twisting at the waist, running in place, reaching over your head, going up and down the stairs, arm bends, skipping, making a bridge.
8. Rest quietly 100 seconds.
9. Stick 100 stickers in a book.
10. Make a design with 100 pattern blocks.
11. Build with 100 soft foam blocks.
12. Put the number tiles 1-100 in order on the 100 chart.
13. Put together a 100 piece puzzle.
14. Eat a snack of 100 goldfish and 100 M&Ms (share with siblings!)

6 comments:

  1. This is too cute!! You have such enthusiasm for what you're doing with homeschooling!! I really admire that!

    My enthusiasm ebbs and flows...it could be because of menopause...or because this is my last child and I don't want it to go by too fast...who knows??

    You are an inspiration, though, that's for sure! Thanks for sharing your great ideas! This will help our oldest who has our first grandchild and will be homeschooling her soon.

    Have a joyful week!!
    Becky

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  2. She's adorable! These are great ideas for the 100th day of school. I didn't keep track of our preschool days this year, but I will have to for Kindergarten in the Fall, just so we can do some fun stuff! LOL!

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  3. Avery says to tell Leah that looks like so much fun and wants to come to her school! LOL I love this idea and will plan for it next year! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. HOW NEAT. I THINK I LIKE THE 100 M & M'S IDEA BEST! HA.
    HAPPY DAY TO YOU ALL.
    (WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU FRI. NIGHT)

    CONGRATS TO LEAH!!!

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  5. I agree with Lynn, I'm not going to tell my children about your school otherwise I'm afraid that they will all request a school transfer.

    What a great fun way to celebrate 100 days of preschool.

    Blessings,
    Kimberly

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  6. It looks like you did some super activities for the 100 day celebration!

    Perhaps sometime you'd like to write a guest article for The Homeschool Classroom about your 100 day celebration! :)

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