100th day of school :: chinese abacus

We recently celebrated the 100th day of school and Wynter needed to put something together using 100 items.  We’ve done the sugar cube igloo, the skittle rainbow, and the board with ten of ten random items.  But this year … I, ahem, I mean we, decided to think outside of the box.  Or actually … given our activity … I guess we stayed inside the box, didn’t we? ;)

This here is a Chinese abacus.  An ancient counting tool … although I hear some actuarials still use it today!  {hee, you know who you are!}

Anyhoo … I found a pretty J.Crew shoe box, some colored twine, fruit loops, and Japanese paper tape.  Super easy … and pretty on the eyes too, don’t cha think?

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186 Comments

  1. Brigitte Short February 18, 2011 at 7:08 am

    Brilliant!

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  2. Leslie February 18, 2011 at 8:06 am

    Oh, for cute!! That is an awesome idea!! Math help & snack time all rolled into one! ;-) Love it!

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  3. cyndi February 18, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Super cute!!! Is there ever a time you’re stumped creatively? Between you, Heather, and Leslie I think you own the market on creativeness.

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  4. Beth February 18, 2011 at 8:42 am

    I think this is a wonderful idea! Although I would probably eat it before it got to class:) Yummy I just love Fruit Loops:)

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  5. Emily February 18, 2011 at 9:11 am

    So cute! I love the tape accents!

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  6. Matt February 18, 2011 at 10:21 am

    Very cool! Can I use this abacus for my next actuarial exam? Much better than any scientific calculator I’ve ever used.

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  7. Heather February 18, 2011 at 10:30 am

    So cute and simple, but sure doesn’t look simple! Nice work! (and nice work taunting matt too!) :-)

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  8. Shanna Watson February 18, 2011 at 10:56 am

    Great ideas for future “100 days”…my daughter (Lola) had her 100 day on Monday…we did heart shaped marshmallows (we had LOTS left over after making our valentine s’more goody bags)

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  9. Granny/mom February 18, 2011 at 11:30 am

    Great idea, you are so creative. A wonderful thing to pass on to the girls.

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  10. Tracie D February 19, 2011 at 8:43 am

    We had 100th day last week too. Boy do I feel like an underachiever! When M &M are in 1st grade I’ll have some new ideas though!

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  11. Jess February 19, 2011 at 9:55 pm

    Love this!!!

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  12. Lsura February 20, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Beautifully created, Tracie!

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  13. Cat Moore February 20, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    so cretive! love it

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  14. dawn February 23, 2011 at 7:42 am

    what a great project!!! we’ve done 100 paper umbrellas & 100 american flags :)

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  15. Kate February 23, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    What a great idea!!! LOVE it!!! I may have to use this one next year! ;)

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