100th Day & Counting…and a couple of Freebies

I’m still in a little *shock* that the 100th day of school has come and gone.  My kids were SO excited about the monumentous milestone that they just couldn’t contain themselves.  My own little man talked about it for DAYS before it was time to celebrate!  Just take a look at this little 100th day cutie and that insanely interesting pose…

We started planning for the big day weeks in advance.  First up…planning our 100th day t-shirts.  Thanks to Pinterest, we had our mother/son idea in about 2.5 seconds.  And let me just say that we weren’t the only ones who went for this look!  HA!  AND…let me tell you that I totally phoned it in…thought glue dots would make this little homemade project faster, but WOW.  Didn’t really think that through too well.  We had eyes fallin’ off all over the place before we even made it to school!  There’s always next year :)

It was a JAMpacked day full of more than I can even remember!  We started off getting snazzed up with our sweet little 100th day duds…

   

Crowns courtesy of the darling Julie Lee {my kids were in LOVE!}.  They also loved bracelets and tally ties {from my little 100th day packet}…even the girls!  And ohmiword…you should’ve seen some of the DARLING shirts my kids wore to school.  SO stinkin’ cute & creative!!!

   

I mean, seriously…I even made it on a shirt!  One of her 100 favorite things! LOVE the creativity!!!!

Here’s just a little peek at some of the fun we had!

We rolled and rolled the die to cover 100 pennies.

 

We made our 100 day trail mix…scooped out 1/4 for each sweetie…then sorted and graphed what we scooped.  We had so much trail mix left over that the kids got to take home a baggie full of it!  The gift that keeps on giving :)

 

We made our 100 day mural…a big ol’ smart cookie!  Because that’s just what we are…a bunch of smart cookies! 

 

After we added 100 chocolate chips to our cookie, the kids got a chance to make their very own smart cookie {the template is in my 100th day packet}.  Then we wrote about our favorite day of the first 100 days {from Kathleen’s 100 day packet}.

 

And since they did such a great job writing, each of my little smarties got their very own “smart cookie” :)

We were even in a 100 day parade!  Too cute!  Here was my little man parading through the hallways…and in true Landon style, he REFUSED to look my way…stinker!

I’ve decided that this is definitely my most FAVORITE 100th day book!  Have you read it?!?!?!  It.is.PRECIOUS!!!  The illustrations are absolutely ADORABLE!  LOVE!!!!

We did SO much more that I didn’t document with a camera…so much infact that we spilled over our 100th day fun into the next week!  There was TOO much fun to be had!  If you’re interested in adding more to your 100 day stash, you can check out my 100th day unit in my little shop.

Alright…now moving on.  Speaking of books, do y’all read, “Will You Be My Valenswine?” by Teresa Bateman??  I LOVE that book!  Such a clever little play on words and the story is adorable. I decided to make a little Valentine craftivity to go along with a little text-to-self writing after we read this book and the kids thought it was SO much fun!  They loved this little piggy!!  And their writing was WONDERFUL!

You can download this little craftivity, the writing template, and a few little graphic organizers {free} by clicking the pic below! 

Here’s a SIMPLE little math game that my kids have been LOVING these last few days.  We like to call it “CARD ATTACK!”  Just removed all the heart cards from two decks of cards {hello, Dollar Tree!}.  Then go ahead and remove the face cards from the pile.  Basically, have the kids turn over two cards and then add the hearts together to come up with a sum.  SUPER simple and yet the kids go CRAZY for it.

I set out some little heart shaped beads for counters…just incase they needed a little extra tactile reinforcement.  We did this as a whole group activity and then I set it out for math desserts.  This is the first thing they choose to do when they finish with their math tubs!  Sometimes, the simpler the better :)  Click on the pic to download the recording sheet!

If you’re looking for some literacy activities to get you through the rest of the month, you can check out my newest packet here…

Now it’s time to scramble around and get ready for Valentine’s Day!  It’s usually one of my most favorite Hallmark holidays of the year, but this year I just can’t seem to get it together!  HA!!!  What are your plans?!?!?!?