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We recently celebrated our 100th Day of School here and would love to share with you some of the books that can help your family mark the celebration as well.
The 100th Day of School is a big occasion each year for Kindergartens across the country. Teachers typically share stories. Kids create crafts. Families take pictures. It means the year is noticeably closer to the end than the beginning and that Summer break isn’t really just an idea anymore.
Tiny and the 100th Day of School
by Cari Meister
Everyone in Eliot’s class has to bring in one hundred items as part of their 100th-day of-school celebration, but he doesn’t have any ideas. Of course, Tiny has plenty! But when he follows Eliot to school to join the festivities, he winds up making a mess of things. How will he make things right again?
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten
by Joseph Slate
Miss Bindergarten, the world’s best kindergarten teacher, is getting ready for another milestone. Tomorrow she and her class will have been together for 100 days. To celebrate, each student must bring “100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing!” At night, while the students go to work assembling their projects, Miss Bindergarten is working, too, making special surprises for the class. The 100th day of kindergarten is bound to be unforgettable! Children will delight in hearing about this special event, a common cause for celebration in kindergartens today.
Emily’s First 100 Days of School
by Rosemary Wells
Emily is ready for her first day of school. There’s so much to do: learning the alphabet, singing, reading books, dancing, and counting, starting with the very first day. One hundred days feels very far away, but day by day, Emily and her classmates see they’re getting closer. And as the lessons they learn begin to add up, their world expands. Chock-full of surprising discoveries, age-appropriate activities, and plenty of humor, Emily’s First 100 Days of School supports growing skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic, with an emphasis on math skills.
Henry’s 100 Days of Kindergarten
by Nancy Carlson
On the first day of kindergarten in September, Ms. Bradley says, “Each day of school I will add a jelly bean to this jar. When there are 100 jelly beans we’ll have a party to celebrate 100 days of kindergarten.” What will Henry and his classmates do until the big day? In October, they share special things at show and tell. In November, they remember what they are thankful for. December brings a day to play in the snow, and in January, Henry discovers a favorite library book. Before they know it, the 100th day arrives! Now how will they celebrate?
Miss Mingo and the 100th Day of School
by Jamie Harper
It’s the hundredth day of school, and Miss Mingo the Flamingo has quite a day planned for her diverse class of animals. First, the students share projects that celebrate the number one hundred: Centipede does one hundred jumping jacks, Panda shows off two bundles of fifty bamboo stalks, and other students share five sets of twenty footprints and other combos to get to the magic number. Later the class works together to create sculptures out of one hundred paper cups (Octopus is particularly helpful), and the day becomes as much about self-expression as it is a number—especially when Miss Mingo has the whole class make silly faces for one hundred seconds!
In the fourth book of her ingenious series, Jamie Harper invites readers into Miss Mingo’s warm, creative classroom for a story inspired by hundredth-day activities in real schools, combining a lively text that integrates fascinating facts about the animals with humorously detailed illustrations that capture the students’ excited energy. Readers will easily find one hundred things to love about Miss Mingo’s joyful celebration, as well as fun ideas for planning their own.
The Night Before the 100th Day of School
by Natasha Wing
The 100th day of school is almost here and one student is desperate to find 100 of anything to bring to class. Then all of sudden inspiration strikes, and he comes up with a surprise that makes the 100th day celebration one to remember! This hilarious story of a popular school tradition offers a perfect modern twist on Clement C. Moore’s classic poem.
Biscuit’s 100th Day of School
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Time for school, Biscuit!
After 100 days of school, it’s time to celebrate!
How will Biscuit help with the fun?
Unfold the flaps to find out!
100th Day Worries
by Margery Cuyler
When Jessica’s teacher tells everyone in class to find 100 things to bring to school for their 100th day, Jessica starts to worry. She wants to bring something really good. but what?
100 marshmallows? No, too sticky.
100 yo-yos? Nah, that’s silly.
When Jessica reaches the 99th day, she really starts to worry. She still doesn’t know what to bring! Could the best collection of 100 things be right under her eyes?
100 School Days
by Anne Rockwell
Mrs. Madoff’s class is counting pennies — one for every day of school. When they get to 10 pennies, they know they’ve been going to school for 10 days. What will happen when they get to 100? How will they celebrate Day 100, and what will they do with their 100 pennies?
The 100 Hats of the Cat in the Hat: A Celebration of the 100th Day of School
by Tish Rabe
A Seussian celebration of simple math concepts–perfect for the 100th Day of School and fans of The Cat in the Hat!
The Cat in the Hat spends the 100th Day of School visiting Sally and Dick’s classroom to show how some simple tools–including a hundreds chart, ten frame, number line, and 100 silly hats–make it easy and fun to count, add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
While this is a natural choice for celebrating the 100th Day of School, The 100 Hats of the Cat in the Hat is perfect for anyone, anytime, who wants to nurture a beginning reader’s interest in numbers! Fans of the hit PBS show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! will be delighted at this new addition to the Learning Library series.
Have you read any or all of these books? Know of any that I missed and should have included? Let me know in the comments and on social. Happy 100 days of school!