Guessing Game

Fill a jar with candy, gum, or small toys. Have students guess how many items are in the jar, writing their answers on slips of paper. Decorate the guessing area with “Let’s Count To 100” Posters. Announce the winner on the 100th day, giving the jar’s contents as the prize. Another version of this activity is to fill several jars. Place exactly 100 items in only one of the jars with the rest having varied amounts. The students guess which jar contains 100. Give all participants “Let’s Count To 100” Bookmarks.

Telling Time

Add this quick game to your 100th Day lineup. Ask your students to sit at their desks with their eyes closed. Tell them to not open their eyes for 100 seconds (starting at the word “go”) and then stand when they think the time is up. Use a stopwatch to accurately know when the time has really passed. Award “Happy 100th Day Of School” Pencil Sharpeners or “100th Day Of School Is Cool” Skateboard Backpack Key Tags to the children who are closest to being right.

Spend Or Share

Get a feel for your students’ concept of the value of money. Ask them what they each would do with $100. Some children may overestimate how far $100 will go, others may underestimate. Notice if any students say they would donate or share at least part of their money. Present these students with Gold Foil-Stamped Good Character Award Certificates. Give everyone else a sticker from the Good Character Assortment Stickers-On-A-Roll to encourage charitable qualities.

Caring Collection

Organize a food drive to benefit a local food bank or shelter. The deadline for turning in all the non-perishable goods would be the 100th Day of School. Set a goal of 100 items. Reward students who contribute with “Happy 100th Day” Crowns. Discuss with the children how getting enough to eat is something to be thankful for. Then pass out “100th Day Of School Is Cool” Heat Sensitive Pens that students can use to write down other things for which they give thanks. Keep working until the class as a whole has 100.

Attention To Attendance

Recognize 100 days of perfect attendance by arranging a mini awards ceremony. Print out dozens of the number 100 to plaster all over the walls of the auditorium, gymnasium, or cafeteria (whichever is your ceremony location). Present “100 Days Of Perfect Attendance” Adhesive Back Ribbons or Perfect Attendance Medallions With Neckbands to those who haven’t missed a day of school yet.

Helping Hands

Brainstorm with the children helpful acts they are capable of doing. Aim for a list of 100. Then work through the “100 Ways To Show Good Character” Educational Activities Book, which also is available as part of the “100 Days Of Good Character” Class Pack. Urge the students to put their ideas of helpful acts and their knowledge of good character to use in school and out in the world.

Silly Sentence

Make a class book with pages the children design. Give them this sentence to fill in “I could eat 100 blank, but I could never eat 100 blank.” Have the students draw pictures of their objects. Hand out “Happy 100th Day” Lollipops. Explain that even though they might believe they’d want to eat 100 lollipops, it’s really not a smart idea.