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Mrs. Heins from Warrenville, IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Heins's classroom raised $413

Curl Up and Read to a Child in Your Lap Part 2

My students need 5 Playaways, for titles including "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Curious George", with 16 books, including "Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present" and "Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China".

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Mrs. Heins Clifford A Johnson Elementary School
Warrenville, IL Grades PreK-2

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Give a child in need the bedtime story he's been missing! I am a first year librarian serving children from pre-K to grade 5. Our school has unique needs due to the fact that 50% of our students live in poverty, and 70% of our students speak Spanish as their native language.

Do you remember curling up in your mom or dad's lap to listen to a story? Or maybe you shared a book while they tucked you in at night. Well, unfortunately, the students at my school miss out on this pleasant - and important - experience. Some live in homes with illiterate parents. Others have no books in their homes. Some barely even see their parents because they are working multiple jobs to make ends meet. For a variety of reasons, my students are not read to at home. This has a negative impact on their reading skills, their academic progress, and, sadly, their love of literature.

I need to bridge the gap between school and home and provide my students with enjoyable, meaningful reading experiences outside of the school day. For my littlest readers, I intend to accomplish this with story time kits. Students will be able to check out a kit from the library. Each kit will include a Playaway, which is an mp3 player that already has recorded stories loaded onto it. Students do not need a CD player, computer, or anything at all besides a triple-A battery to listen to it. The kit will also include a copy of each book featured on the Playaway. At home, students will be able to listen to a fluent narrator read each story while they follow along in the books. The kits will provide students with story time experiences that they are not getting otherwise. Studies show that listening to read alouds improves students' vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and, most importantly, increases their interest in reading!

By helping with this project, it will be as if you are pulling a child into your lap and providing him with a valuable reading experience he craves. My students will develop a much deeper love for literature while improving their reading skills at the same time.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

250 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. Heins Clifford A Johnson Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Warrenville, IL View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

250 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly and Other Sing-Along Stories [With Headphones] Narrated by Cyndi Lauper • Barnes and Noble $40.49 1 $40.49
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Simms Taback • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Kadir Nelson, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Curious George Rides a Bike: And Other Storybook Classics [With Earbuds] H. A. Rey, William Steig, Lynd Ward • Barnes and Noble $40.49 1 $40.49
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Ed Young, Ed Young (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Crow Boy Taro Yashima, Taro Yashima (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Mother Goose Stories [With Earphones] Read by Vanessa Maroney • Barnes and Noble $35.99 1 $35.99
Curious George Rides a Bike H. A. Rey, Hans Augusto Rey • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Doctor De Soto William Steig, William Steig (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Biggest Bear Lynd Ward, Lynd Ward (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey, Robert McCloskey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Lon Po Po and Other Stories from the Asian Tradition: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China [With Headphones] Ed Young, Katherine Paterson, Taro Yashima • Barnes and Noble $40.49 1 $40.49
The Funny Little Woman Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Katherine Paterson, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses Mary Engelbreit, Mary Engelbreit (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 1 $15.99
Where the Wild Things Are and Other Storybook Classics [With Earbuds] Maurice Sendak, Charlotte Zolotow, Else Holmelund Minarik • Barnes and Noble $40.49 1 $40.49
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Kiss for Little Bear (I Can Read Book Series) Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Little Bear's Visit (I Can Read Book Series) Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Charlotte Zolotow, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Materials cost

$324.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$338.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.24

Total project goal

$412.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $412.46

1 Donor

-$412.46

Donations toward project cost

-$338.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.24

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