100 Days in School - Games Activities Crowns - Kindergarten - Preschool - 1st grade FREEBIE
We absolutely love celebrating our 100th day of school… after all, this means that we are 100 days smarter!
I am sharing so many fun printables, easy ideas and freebies that you can use with your students.
You can keep it super simple for the 100th day of school, or go all out and celebrate for the entire week!
My favorite thing about “holidays” like this is that it means we can have so much FUN while still practicing the skills and standards we are required to.
Kids will remember this 100th day at school forever, and I love creating these adorable memories together.
Plus, students are incredibly engaged with our math activities, writing prompts, and games… so we are mastering exactly what we should be learning anyway!
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Let’s celebrate being 100 days smarter!
I send home a note to students and families about 7-10 days before our 100th day of school.
This builds excitement for our big day and families can send the snacks/supplies we will be using.
You can choose which activities/notes to send home!
Four different note templates are included for you to choose from:
dressing up for our 100th day of school
100 mini objects in a baggie (I give ideas such as pennies, paperclips, chocolate chips, etc.)
snacks for our 100th day trail mix
a full page note that has all three requests
What does 100 look like?
I staple the parent note to a zipper baggie so students can bring them back with 100 objects.
You can make a bulletin board and display each baggie leading up to your 100th day of school, or just have students show them to the class to compare.
100th Day Worries is the perfect book to read to your students before sending them home to find 100 objects to bring in.
The little girl in the story is so worried about what she will bring to her class on the 100th day of school.
This book will give your class so many good ideas for what they could bring to share.
Click the photo above to print the FREEBIE!
Students can draw and color what they want to bring to share with the class.
If you don’t have this book, you can also watch it on YouTube below!
This is such a fun way to get kiddos thinking and excited for our upcoming 100th day of school!
We love to dress up for the 100th day of school!
Students absolutely love dressing up, so invite students to come to school dressed as if they were 100 years old!
It is hilarious to see what students and families come up with.
HERE is a 100 year old costume idea for a girl and HERE is a costume idea for a boy.
Note: I always worry about the children who may feel sad or left out if their parents forget or cannot participate.
One idea is you can keep a few pair of kids dress up glasses and extra hair curlers on hand so they can wear something too!
Welcome to our 100th day of school!
Welcome children to school with these adorable posters and certificates.
You can place the poster on your door or right inside your classroom, and their personalized 100 days smarter certificates can be waiting on their desks.
Watch their faces as they walk into school on this special day… their excitement is priceless!
The certificates come in color and black/white options, so you can simply print and write student names!
Many of the activities shown here can be used as rotating centers or as whole group activities throughout the day.
There are so many ideas in this packet it could take you through the whole week to really solidly students’ understanding of the number 100.
You get to choose how to implement these ideas!
I make these independent work packets that students keep and work on over several days.
You can choose which activities to put in your student packets depending on if you teach preschool, kindergarten, first grade or second grade.
We love playing these math games and centers!
Students play race to 100 and flipping 100 pennies, and these are both zero prep for you.
All you need is 100 pennies and dice and you’re set!
Ideas that may be helpful:
I use small bins for dice games to keep them contained and dice don’t fly off the table.
For the flipping 100 pennies game, I place 100 pennies in a small cup with a lid beforehand.
They can use the small cup to shake and dump 1-10 pennies at a time.
The more they tip over at a time, the quicker the game will go.
I love THESE base ten blocks and students practice showing 100 in multiple ways with hundred boards, ten sticks and blocks.
I use THESE hundreds white boards all the time for so many different things.
I love how they have a hundreds board on one side and blank side on the back… they are perfect for students to use during your math lessons!
Use snap cubes or unifix cubes to practice making towers of ten to show 100 blocks.
Unifix cubes, in my opinion, are easier for younger children to work with because they break apart easier.
These photos show snap cubes because I use both manipulatives.
100th Day Trail Mix
One of our favorite things about the 100th day of school is all of the fun snacks!
One of the parent notes I mentioned earlier asked students to bring a specific (unopened/store bought) snack.
We use all of these snacks to make 100th day of school trail mix:
Place baskets of snacks at each table, and students count ten of each onto their ten frame mats.
After they sort ten different snacks into ten piles, we pick up the mat and pour the goodies into a baggie.
Have a volunteer or helper walk around and staple these cute toppers.
Three different topper options are included!
Or if you prefer, kiddos can munch on their snacks as they work on our 100th day of school activities.
Then students can color/draw their “recipe”… perfect for counting/1:1 correspondence.
I saw a mom share these adorable baskets a few months ago.
She has eight kiddos and mentioned how these make dinner/lunch cleanup so quick and easy.
They are so much cheaper and less wasteful than paper plates/bowls in the long run.
I purchased a set and cannot believe how many things I use them for… in my own kitchen and for teaching!
All About 100 Mini Book
We always love making mini books!
This little reader gives so many examples of what 100 looks like, and this is so helpful for students:
tally marks
ten frames
100s chart
money
skip counting
… and more!
Students love making their own mini book and taking them home to show their families.
Print and teach ideas for the 100th day of school:
I use these throughout the week, and I love that all I have to do is print and make copies.
If I had $100 dollars…
It is absolutely hilarious what students write and draw with this prompt.
Many kiddos have no real concept of what $100 could purchase, but I let them choose anything they want.
You can start working on these leading up to your 100th day of school or make these the day of!
These make adorable bulletin board displays too.
I always create multiple versions/differentiated activities because writing should never feel overwhelming for children. Many templates have sentences starters, traceable letters, blank writing lines and an area to draw.
If children need more scaffolding, I ask them what they want to write, and I jot it down on a sticky note for them to copy, or I write it in highlight on their page to trace.
You can learn more about how I teach writing HERE and print my free writing curriculum map!
When I am 100 years old…
This writing prompt and craft always makes me laugh.
Just like the previous prompt about what I would do with $100, the things your students write are hilarious.
I just love the way their little minds work and what they come up with.
If you hang these in your hallway, you’ll see everyone stopping by to see what students created and giggling along the way.
This darling activity will brighten everyone’s day!
Multiple writing options/papers are included to go with this craft.
I provide the templates for you, and really all you need is cotton balls, glue, scissors and crayons.
Optional: paper doilies for the girls, buttons, googly eyes, brads for earrings, and extra color paper to add embellishments.
On the corner of their paper, I show students ideas on how to easily draw eyes, nose and a mouth for hesitant students (I always have a few who ask for help drawing, so this will give them more confidence to have an example right on their paper!
The templates show students where to cut and glue so this craft is very manageable.
If I Were 100 Years Old is the sweetest story you can read to your class if you make this project.
Counting to 100 and making necklaces
I love THIS hundreds pocket chart, and I use it all year for so many things!
It comes with numbers and blank cards, so you can use this for more than just math.
THESE are the cutest set of glasses your kiddos will love… and they come in a set of 30!
Tip: use a hole punch and a pipe cleaner across the back to help their glasses stay on better!
My unit comes with the little necklace tags that students color and cut out.
I attach them to their 100 fruit loops necklace with a pipe cleaner.
I always say learning truly should be fun…. and all of these activities keep your students engaged, learning and laughing.
CLICK HERE to print these two freebies!
THESE adorable gum ball machines (shown to the right) come pre-made for your 100th day in school celebration and can be used with daubers, stickers, or pom poms.
Purchasing items for your classroom adds up quick… so don’t forget you can make an Amazon Class Wishlist so families and donors can help!
I include a q-tip painting gum ball machine craft template in my unit if you prefer (shown below).
This craft is super quick and easy and makes an adorable math bulletin board.
100 drops of water science experiment
Display this poster… How much is 100 drops of water?
Students draw a line and color on their recording page how far up the cup they think 100 drops will fill to.
Now we find out! Simply use a dropper and count with students to 100 as drops of water fall into the glass.
Students get SO into this experiment and can’t wait to see how close their guess was.
I’m 100 days smarter crown template
Full disclosure… the crown shown below is a lot of work to make!
However, students can make quick and easy crowns if you skip the star straps.
If you want to make these fancy crowns for your celebration (and students do LOVE wearing these home and will get many compliments), I suggest asking for volunteers to help you.
Adults: cut out the crown templates and hole punch each star.
Hole punch each strap on the top and bottom.
Staple the strap to the crown front and lay flat (picture on left).
Now students can color and decorate their crowns.
When they are finished coloring, volunteers can put the crown on the child’s head to see if an additional small strap of paper is needed to fit their head.
Measure and staple their crown, and then connect all the straps with a brad at the top to create the dome.
I suggest using color card stock for the star straps so they hold a better shape.
Just beware… these crowns sure are adorable but they take quite a bit of adult assistance!
Our favorite 100th day of school read-aloud books:
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten is just as adorable as the original book, and it follows the same pattern of getting ready for the special day.
In 100th Day Worries, a 1st grade girl named Jessica is so worried about what she should bring for the 100th day of school. This would be the perfect story to read aloud before you send home the note about bringing 100 items to school.
In If I Were 100 Years Old, students get to imagine what it would be like to live until they’re 100. What would this be like? The story explains what a 100 year person may look like and what they may think. It is beautifully written and illustrated and gives children a whole new perspective of elderly people, their experiences, wisdom and how important it is to love others and respect our elders.
The Hundredth Day Disaster is a hilarious rhyming book about a teacher and class who didn’t count the days in school correctly. They didn’t realize it was the 100th day of school! The class reviews some of the special days they had throughout the year together that they had forgotten to count. This is a great book to practice math vocabulary, equations, and problem solving.
In 100 Days of School is a cute story about children counting the days of school. The children drop a penny in a jar every day they come to school. In the story, a child gets to bring items to class to share every tenth day. This is the perfect story to read and then practice counting by tens, and then play the flipping 100 pennies game I created in this pack!
Isn’t celebrating the 100th day of school so much fun?!
Standards-based activities that are fun and engaging make your days in the classroom so enjoyable.
You can choose only a few activities in this resource to do with your kiddos, or spread them out over the entire week!
We have so much fun learning in January!
Print my free lesson plans and preview my standards-based activities:
