On 10/29/09, Barb wrote:
> I believe it started back in the 70's with Math Their Way, a
> novel (no pun) approach to teaching math. MTW was all the rage
> and lots of teachers jumped on the band wagon. The author
of
> the program died soon after and so there were no updates or
> revisions. Teachers were enthusiastic about the program and
> wanted to keep the momentum going. There was a newsletter and
> someone came up with the idea of celebrating the 100th day of
> school because 100 is a really big number to 5 year olds. The
> idea grew and many of the lower grades celebrate it because it
> adds some fun and excitement to math. Collections of 100
items
> can be used to teach so many different math concepts and it has
> sort of taken on a life of its own

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