I have to be honest. After January 1st I am completely over school celebrations and holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas? Sure! I can integrate those with the learning and have a good time along with the kids, but after New Years? Nope. Maybe it's the cold and the dark, but I am not in the mood for celebrating.
That's why a few years ago when the 100th day of school rolled around I pulled out all of my resources an just stared at them for a while. I didn't want to do it. Then I had a thought: Why not put out these activities as choices and then let the kids explore them on their own? Instead of trying to control what got accomplished on 100th day, why not just let the kids play with the concept of 100 by themselves?
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