Revised: 2/3/2025
By now, the first day of homeschool is just a blur in your memory. How has more than half the school year already passed? Whether you started homeschool in July or waited until after Labor Day, passing the halfway point is a huge deal, and very worthy of celebration. Stop and acknowledge what you and your kids have accomplished.
A little celebration will ensure that you and your children will stay motivated for the months to come. The big question is, how should you celebrate?
Ways to Celebrate 100 Days of Homeschool
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100th Day of Homeschool Photo Op: Design and create a cool display as a backdrop for your snapshots. Then timestamp the day with photos.
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Create a “100 Days” photo book.
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Make a Celebratory T-Shirt. Make a t-shirt featuring 100 items (buttons, stickers, etc.).
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Library Field Trip: Use homeschool time to venture out for lunch, then hit your local library and ask each child to find a book that’s story is set in the previous century or 100 years ago. This will help teach your child to communicate and work with the librarian to identify books with specific search criteria.
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Scavenger Hunt: Create a scavenger hunt and gather items to, collectively, equal 100 – hike a short trail for 25 sticks, then go to the backyard and find 5 rocks, where you’ll paint 10 things on each rock, and on and on, until you reach 100.
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Guessing the Number: Fill a few jars with random items, and let kids guess which jar contains 100 items.
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Write a report on someone who has lived for 100 years or more – what was this person’s career, where were they born, how did they live?
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Make a homemade pizza! But for this pizza, you’ll arrange pepperoni or other toppings so the toppings spell out 100.
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Make five pancakes, each with 20 blueberries or chocolate chips, for a total of 100 things representing 100 days.
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Bake cookies with 100 chocolate chips.
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Make 100-day posters to celebrate 100 days.
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Write a paper on Benjamin Franklin, who is featured on the U.S. $100 bill.
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Collect 100 things in nature and create a picture on the lawn or patch of dirt using pebbles, wild flowers, leaves, blades of grass, or twigs. Inspiration here.
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Write an essay on the perfect activity for a 100-degree day and give reasons why this is the activity of choice.
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Write a story about what the world will be like in 100 years.
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Build a 100-brick LEGO tower.
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Complete a 100-piece jigsaw puzzle.
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Run a 100-yard dash.
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Sit perfectly still for 100 seconds and time how long you (homeschool student(s) and teacher) can balance a coin on your nose.
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Create a “top 100 songs” playlist.
If your homeschool crew doesn’t celebrate 100 days – because, whew, that’s a lot to keep track of – use these ideas as inspiration to celebrate the other #littlewins, like acing a tough test or memorizing a Bible verse!
Carmen M. Dawson:
February 7, 2020Great Ideas! Thank you!
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