THOMASVILLE - On the 100th day of classes at Brookwood School last Friday, kindergarten students discovered just what 100 means when it comes to counting, weighing and measuring.
The children, decked out in paper crowns displaying the number they were learning about, created the numeral from various products, including a cheese stick for the numeral "1" and two bagels for the zeros.
They discovered that eating 100 pieces of cereal for breakfast is not very much.
Among other activities in her class, teacher Jenni Martin said that the children read 100 words in a take-home booklet, wrote from one to 100 on a number grid, took 100 steps on the playground, gave a lollipop 100 licks, and mixed 100 ingredients to make a snack, then ate it.
"They counted by ones, fives and 10s to 100," Martin said. "They searched for 100 items in a picture, made placemats using pictures to represent 100 pennies, 10 dimes, 20 nickels and four quarters."
Next door, Susan Waters' kindergarteners were counting the 100 signatures they had collected in their individual autograph books by the 100th day of school by visiting the classrooms of grades 1- 6 at Brookwood.
"We did 100 exercises, we brought in bags of 100 items to share, then measured to see which was the biggest, smallest, heaviest and lightest," Waters said. "Those are now displayed in our Museum of 100 Things."
The biggest items were large pinecones and the smallest were tiny seashells.
"We measured 100 blocks and other cubes to see how long 100 of the items would stretch," Waters added.
The children predicted how far 100 steps would take them, then counted 100 steps as they walked to lunch.
After the daylong activities, the kindergartners proudly wore home stickers on their clothing proclaiming, "I am 100 Days Smarter!"
Cole Sullivan, the son of Stephen and Bree Sullivan of Thomasville, practices writing numerals from 1 to 100.
Sally Powell, the daughter of Tammy and Ron Powell of Thomasville, made the number 100 out of a cheese stick and bagels in Jenni Martin's class.
Brookwood kindergarteners in Susan Waters' class show the items that helped them learn about the number 100 on the 100th day of school.
Brookwood first grader Nathan Higdon signs his autograph for kindergartner William McQueen. Nathan's brother Stuart Higdon (with blond, curly hair) is at right and Ross Murphy watches at left. Heather and Nat Higdon of Cairo are the parents of Nathan and Stuart.
Levi Singletary, the son of Karen and Dr. Tim Singletary of Cairo, and Ella Grace Squires practice writing their numerals from 1 to 100 in Jenni Martin's kindergarten class.
Photos by Jenni Martin and Annette Lee
