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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote] Huh. It's amazing then that we all somehow learned to count to 100 without having had the treat of 100th Day in our classes when we were in K. Whatever did we do back then in those olden days? [/quote] This made me think of a Richard Feynman quote: "You can know the name of a bird in all languages in the world, but when you are finished, you will know absolutely nothing about the bird. So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing. That's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." Activities like celebrating the 100th day of school help kids understand how the symbols that represent numbers actually apply to their daily lives. [/quote]
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