100th Day!!

Victoria has completed her first 100 days of school!  And I guess I have too, as a teacher :)  That is cause for a celebration of course! :)  She has been looking forward to this day since she first started her little chart, writing the number of each day.  It is amazing to think that 100 days ago she couldn't count to 100 or count by tens and now she can do both so quickly--it has been such a great process watching her learn and grow these past 100 days.  I am so happy to discover how much I enjoy teaching her; I remember so clearly how terrified I was to begin this journey.  So, anyway, back to our celebration...

We started off the day with 100 kisses, and of course Kaleigh wanted to join in too :)  Here are some of our other activities:

• Decorating a 100 sign using 100 stickers
• Worksheet counting by tens to 100
• Making a snack mix with 10 sets of 10 different items, we used cashews, almonds, raisins, Kashi hearts, marshmallows, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, granola clusters, cheerios, and chocolate fish.
• Writing 100 words that she can read and write--I was amazed at how well she did this!
• 100 exercises: 10 sets of 10 pushups, situps, jumping jacks, long jumps, stair jumps, slides, one-foot hopping, hand stands, ronds de jambe's, and scissor kicks.
• Eating pancakes shaped like 100
• Making a necklace with 100 fruiti-os in a pattern
• Watching a book on dvd about Emily's First 100 Days of School
• Started a food drive, collecting 100 cans to donate to the Food Bank--we were not able to complete this one, but we are just going to keep it going until we collect all 100.
• Reading books about the 100th day of school:
• Emily's First 100 Days of School
• Fancy Nancy:  The 100th Day of School
• One Hundred Hungry Ants
• Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th day of Kindergarten

I ended the day by giving her a small gift for all her hard work this far:  A Strawberry Shortcake 100th day of school sticker book :)

Congratulations Victoria!  

We are so proud of you!