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Mrs. Bruck from Rockford, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring the Amazing Alphabet!

My students need an Alphabet Center with a variety of letter recognition and phonemic awareness activities.

  • $576 goal

This project expired on December 29, 2010.

This project expired on December 29, 2010.

My Students

Tight squeeze! That's how we feel everyday in our new pre-k classroom. Although we are very thankful to have a classroom available for preschool students, our room is very small! Help us add an alphabet center to our room that takes us minimal space, but offers a variety of ABC learning activities.

I teach two half-day sessions of at-risk preschool in Illinois.

Each session of preschool has 20 children, for a total of 40 students. Many of the children are from low income or single parent families. My students range in age from 3 to 5 years old. Twenty percent of my students have special needs.

My Project

I am requesting a storage unit and a variety of ABC learning materials to create an Alphabet Center in our classroom. Since space is very limited in our room, this compact storage unit will be perfect. The ABC learning materials that I am requesting focus on skills such as letter recognition and phonemic awareness. Creating a well-stocked Alphabet Center in our classroom will greatly benefit our students. This will provide an area for the children to explore the alphabet in a fun way. I want learning the alphabet to be fun for the children so they enjoy learning and gain the skills they need before going on to kindergarten.

Your donation will help make our vision for an Alphabet Center a reality in our classroom.

Preschoolers are at such an impressionable age! Now is the time to teach them all that we can. I know that adding an Alphabet Center to our classroom will strengthen the children's language and letter recognition skills. This will also help them become better prepared for kindergarten.

Mrs. Bruck Maria Montessori School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

40 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL177 - Alphabet Sounds Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
DD756 - Alphabet Treasure Hunt • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
FG532 - Ladybug Letters Game • Lakeshore Learning $9.99 1 $9.99
GG837 - English Alphabet Books • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
FF315 - Alphabet Mystery Box • Lakeshore Learning $34.95 1 $34.95
JJ234 - Classic Birch 4-Way Teach & Store Center • Lakeshore Learning $299.00 1 $299.00

Materials cost

$458.79

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$500.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.81

Total project goal

$575.48

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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