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Ms. Ramsay from Rio Linda CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Hands-On Nursery Rhymes

My students need hands-on materials like puzzles and puppets to help them understand and learn their nursery rhymes.

  • $291 goal

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My Students

Can you imagine listening to a teacher read the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff without using any props to help you understand what is happening? Or being asked to retell the story of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears when you can't speak? That is a problem my preschoolers with special needs face daily.

I work in a preschool classroom for children with autism spectrum disorders.

My classroom is located on an isolated site with 5 classes that only serve children with special needs. Because we are a preschool site, we do not receive Title 1 or ADA funding because those programs do not assist preschools. However, because we are a special education site, we do not receive the funding that other preschool programs receive such as HeadStart. This means that any "extras" we need in the classroom are not likely to be purchased by the school district and in the end the teachers donate their own money to purchase these materials. My students are adorable and friendly. They LOVE to be at school and just like any other preschooler, they love exploring the world around them and learning new things. It is just a little more difficult for my students since they don't have typical language skills and need hands-on materials to help them understand spoken language.

My Project

Can you help me make story time with nursery rhymes more accessible to my preschoolers with special needs?? We need hands-on materials like puppets that are related to the various nursery rhymes we learn in my preschool program. The puppets are a great way for me to add a little bit of visual fun to my story time while also helping my students understand the context of the story. The nursery rhyme puzzles are yet another way to reinforce the story during our fine motor activities and allow little hands to develop dexterity and coordination while recreating the nursery rhyme.

Your support of this project will give my preschoolers with special needs the chance to use hands-on materials to understand and retell a nursery rhyme because they can't use their voices!

Thank you for your help!

Ms. Ramsay
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG435 - Three Billy Goats Gruff Storytelling Glove Puppets • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 1 $6.95
RR302 - Three Bears Storytelling Glove Puppets • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 1 $6.95
RR303 - Three Little Pigs Storytelling Glove Puppets • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 1 $6.95
RR301 - Itsy Bitsy Spider Storytelling Puppets • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 1 $6.95
GG167 - The Three Little Pigs Storytelling Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
GG166 - Goldilocks & the Three Bears Storytelling Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
GG168 - The Three Billy Goats Gruff Storytelling Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
AA609 - 3 Little Pigs Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning $10.95 1 $10.95
AA567 - Three Bears Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning $10.95 1 $10.95
PUZZLE SCHOOL SMART NURSERY RHYME SET OF 10 • Abilitations, Inc. $37.99 1 $37.99

Materials cost

$207.54

Vendor shipping charges

$3.80

Sales tax

$15.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$238.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.35

Total project goal

$290.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$290.85

12 Donors

-$90.50

Donations toward project cost

-$77.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.60

match offer

-$195.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$160.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.50

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$0.00

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