Well, it is that time of year again. Here's a quick run down of our Hundred day activities. I have a wonderful neighbor whose daughter is in the girls' dance class that used to teach 1st grade. She so graciously let me borrow her "box" of 100 day magic. Thanks Michelle!
We started the morning with our calendar activities.
Last day of the US puzzle and the unifix hundred line.
First thing, we read the 100th Psalm
Then, we read some cute books that I had checked out of the library.
Centipede's 100 Shoes by Tony Ross and Emily's first 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells
Then it was on to our first set of activities. What can you do in 100 seconds?
How many bunnies can you color?
How many sets of 10 hearts can you circle?
How tall of a tower can you build?
How many hearts can you cut from squares of paper?
Now here's where the Industrial Engineer in me just couldn't let this one rest. I asked them if they thought they could do it faster and how. Ms. Priss immediately suggested that one of them do the folding and the other do the cutting (Mommy was beaming).
Look how many more there were!!! 17 to be exact (as opposed to their combined total of 11 from before our little job analysis). I even helped them figure out their time per heart. Hey, Ms. Priss utilized her new divistion skills here.
How many jelly beans can you eat in 100 seconds? (the caveat was they had to completely chew and swallow one before eating another.
How many staples can you staple in 100 seconds?
100 pieces of snack mix.
Then we were on to some fun stuff. We determined weight and volume of 100 things... I intended to have them graph these but by this time we were kind of running out of steam.
First the counting....
100 Nerds, teddy grahams, pompoms, marshmallows, m&m's (peanut AND plain)
100 droplets of water and 100 tablespoons of water
Next the measuring and weighing (which I guess you could still technically classify as measuring)...
Weighing 100 tablespoons of water...
The total volume of 100 tablespoons...
Weighing the pompoms...
the marshmallows, nerds, teddy grahams, and m&m's...
now to determine the volumes
Notice we changed measuring vessels for more accurate results and/or for verification purposes. All VERY official stuff here.
In case you're interested in our results...
| Item (100 of…) | Weight (grams) | Volume | unit of measure |
| Peanut m&m's | 283 | 2.75 | c |
| Regular m&m's | 95 | 0.5 | c |
| Marshmallows | 65 | 1.25 | c |
| Teddy Grahams | 67 | 1 | c |
| Pom Poms | 25 | 3 | c |
| Nerds | 20 | 1 | Tbsp |
| Drops of Water | 3 | 1 | tsp |
| teaspoons of Water | 567 | 2.5 | c |
Then it was outside for a little vitamin D for our mad scientists. They ran approximately 100 yds to the corner (and back)...I believe 3 times. Mommy didn't. She was on the porch with the camera.
And last but not least, our hundred glasses (from last year) but this time with a twist... with 100 googly eyes.
Hope you enjoyed our 100 day. It was 100 total immersion for us.
