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Hidden Treasure

My students need a Quiet Time Privacy Cube and quality literature to stimulate their imagination: Where The Wild Things Are, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, ABC T-Rex and Into the A,B, Sea.

  • $421 goal

This project expired on July 11, 2010.

This project expired on July 11, 2010.

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Mrs. Ward Wadsworth Elementary School
Chicago, IL Grades PreK-2

I teach preschool in a high-need community where 80% of my students are eligible for free lunch. As a dedicated early childhood professional in the public sector, I aspire to foster literacy development in the hearts of the very young.

My young developing readers need their very own place to read and relax with a comfy, private space they would love to crawl into. Providing a designated place to promote the importance of reading will encourage my youngsters to find the hidden treasures in books.

The Quiet Time Privacy Cube has an open, accessible design that keeps children visible while still providing a private, distraction-free environment where they can rest or quietly focus on reading. The classic literary favorites will empower their imagination and build letter recognition as they explore alphabet sequence and master initial sounds.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste. A good book stimulates the mind. You will make it possible for my young students to discover the "hidden treasures" in a book as they crawl into a private zone of adventure.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

40 students impacted
Mrs. Ward Wadsworth Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

Nearly all 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

40 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CB243 - Quiet Time Privacy Cube • Lakeshore Learning $249.00 1 $249.00
BW639 - ABC T-Rex Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $14.99 1 $14.99
BW638 - Into the A, B, Sea Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
BK1820 - Where the Wild Things Are Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $17.95 1 $17.95
BK442 - Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $14.99 1 $14.99
BK1245 - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95

Materials cost

$330.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$344.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.69

Total project goal

$420.52

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