My students need an Alphabet Activity carpet for our Kindergarten Classroom.
FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Pelafigue's classroom raised $404
This project is fully funded
My Students
Everything I needed to learn, I learned in Kindergarten. I never really understood how true that really is until recently. Kindergarten is the learning foundation, the building block for all learning. ABC's & 123's start the learning!
I teach at a school where children are haunted every day by the terrors of their past, be it Hurricane Katrina of 2005 or the crime and turmoil they see and hear everyday.
Our students are fighters. They work hard to achieve goals that others may think are too much for them, they strive to do the right things in life and to be the change our society needs.
This year, I'm teaching Kindergarten. The children in kindergarten this year are the babies that were born just before or after Hurricane Katrina. They are fresh, eager minds. All they've seen in their short lives so far is turmoil and devastation; It's my job to make them accomplished learners! As an added challenge, due to the size of our school building, my kindergarten class shares the same classroom space with another kindergarten class. The students don't seem to mind. We anticipate moving to a larger building this summer but for now, we need more space!
My Project
Our classroom is full of things that stimulate the brain and the eyes. It is often distracting for my students to focus. Especially during carpet time. Our current classroom carpet is old, worn and although we have it cleaned regularly, the excitement and engagement that a carpet can bring is gone. We need a new ABC carpet! The carpet we are requesting would help us in so many ways! It has separated blocks for each letter of the alphabet. This would serve as a classroom management tool in the sense that each student would have their own space to sit at the carpet. No more 'he is in my spot' or 'she won't move out of my way'. My students would use the carpet daily, repeatedly! Please help give my students a space of their own!
Having a new carpet in our classroom would bring the fun and excitement back into carpet time and cut down on the time on task lost through managing students who move around and play!
Just by having a sectioned carpet, my students would be given the necessary boundaries they need to do the right thing during carpet time. Please, help us in any way you can!
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
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