When did 100th Day of School celebrations start? And why?

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You could have easily send him/her a seperate snack.

Maybe we could do a made-up celebration for spelling, too...

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Anonymous wrote:

You could have easily send him/her a seperate snack.

Maybe we could do a made-up celebration for spelling, too...

^Nerd.

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PP here. Was I supposed to be offended by "nerd"? I value correct usage of the language, yes. I don't mind that you point that out. Have a great day.

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Anonymous wrote:

You could have easily send him/her a seperate snack.

Maybe we could do a made-up celebration for spelling, too...

Why yes, my school is renting a moon bounce, and we have asked the sherriff to block off traffic for a spelling celebration. Also, we'll be having a pep rally in the gym, and a school spirit day.

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Anonymous wrote:

You could have easily send him/her a seperate snack.

Maybe we could do a made-up celebration for spelling, too...

Why yes, my school is renting a moon bounce, and we have asked the sherriff to block off traffic for a spelling celebration.

Oh the irony.

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Also, DC has to bring in 10 sets of 10 items to school. We now have to go find 100 small things to bring to school next week. Seriously????

Wow. Middle school will be a lot of fun for you with all the science projects and dioramas and whatnot.

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Some of you have misunderstood the definition of fun. It doesn't include hoarding or busywork.

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Anonymous wrote:We never had this when I was in school and I'm only in my 30s. How did 100th Day of School become this big celebration? Why do schools do this?

It is non-religous and everyone can celebrate it. It re-enforces numbers in kindergarten.

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As to WHEN it started - back in the early to mid- 1980’s. I was a first grade teacher and we began celebrating Day 100 around then.
It began as a way to understand place value by counting the days in school. We used visual ways of representing the days, grouping them into 10’s and 1’s.
It has really become a big deal in the primary grades.
The reality is, by the time place value was supposed to be introduced (later in the year), most students already had a pretty good understanding of it because of our Day 100 routines.
Day 100 routines incorporate counting, skip-counting, calendar skills, place value, and a variety of other mathematical concepts.

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Anonymous wrote:Its a way of reinforcing counting, and it happens that the 100th day of school is right around when kindergarten curriculum covers how to count to 100.

That's all.

Don't be a grinch.

My DD's class learned to count to 100 in jr-K. Didn't know this was covered again in K. Interesting.

Yeah, my kids all learned in preschool, but they are covering it in kindergarten too.

They must be soooooo bored, your little counting geniuses.

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My older daughter had one way back in 1998. I don't think it was new then.

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Anonymous wrote:Its a way of reinforcing counting, and it happens that the 100th day of school is right around when kindergarten curriculum covers how to count to 100.

That's all.

Don't be a grinch.

My DD's class learned to count to 100 in jr-K. Didn't know this was covered again in K. Interesting.

Yeah, my kids all learned in preschool, but they are covering it in kindergarten too.

They must be soooooo bored, your little counting geniuses.

NP here. (early childhood educator)
“Counting” skills differ, depending upon the age of the child.
In preschool, the focus of counting is the rote memorization of counting - saying the right number in the right order.
As children get older, counting involves getting a deeper understanding of number concept - e.g. What the number 8 represents; how it compares to 12; when is 8 a big number and when it is a small number.
So, teaching counting in preschool AND kindergarten are essential.

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Anonymous wrote:Why must some posters mention that their kids learned it in pre-k? The OP didn't say anything about when it was taught...just that it is taught. Oh right...another way to make them feel better about their kids.

12:30 here. Totally thought the same thing. That 's why I posted that it's more than just counting to 100. Another thing I'd add is that a lot of 4-5 year olds sound like they know how to count to 100, when they still have some trouble spots. The big issue for a lot of kids is going to the next decade. You'll hear 46, 47, 48, 49, forty ten...

I forgot about forty-ten! When my son was learning to count it was my favorite number.

Forty-ten is actually a useful number for developing number sense. My kid in first or second grade used to do addition problems in her head like, "Forty-seven plus five is forty-twelve, which is fifty-two."

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Anonymous wrote:My DD's class learned to count to 100 in jr-K. Didn't know this was covered again in K. Interesting.

Solution: home schooling.

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Anonymous wrote:Why must some posters mention that their kids learned it in pre-k? The OP didn't say anything about when it was taught...just that it is taught. Oh right...another way to make them feel better about their kids.

To feel better about choosing age-inappropriate "school" for their kids. Gotta fill that daycare time with something. How about count to 100?