100 Days Smarter

On Friday, Caroline and her classmates celebrated 100 days of Kindergarten. This was a big deal, and a lot of preparation went into the day. Each Kindergartner decorated a t-shirt that said 100 days smarter, and each child decorated a square of a quilt that went up on the wall in the hallway. Caroline was quilt number 86. It was funny because the day was all set for Thursday, February 5th, and then we had an ice day the week before, so they had to move the whole thing to Friday, the 6th, so it was the official 100th day of Kindergarten. I work with Publicity for the PTO and had scheduled two papers to come and cover the event, so I had to reschedule with everyone when the date changed. The children went to 5 different stations during the morning. The first station was hats, and each child decorated their 100th day hat. The 2nd station was stringing 100 fruit loops on a necklace. It was so funny because Caroline and many of the others started with 100 fruit loops, but with all the eating along the way, their necklace had dwindled down to almost nothing by the end of the morning. The 3rd station they each got a fake 100 dollar bill and had to write about what they would do with $100. Caroline wrote that she would buy a tent. It was probably one of the more realistic requests with what you could with a $100, but she didn't dream very big. The 4th station was building and stacking blocks and other things in increments of 100. The last station was outside, and they tried to hula hoop 100 times, bounce the basketball 100 times, and jump rope 100 times. It was fun to see the excitement on their faces and the pride they took in having been in school 100 days.