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Ms. Steffen from Gypsum CO is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A to Z Learning Rug

Help me give my students a learning abc rug for our classroom. The alphabet is a foundation for kindergarten & reinforcing it everyday is essentional.

  • $498 goal

This project expired on May 22, 2020.

This project expired on May 22, 2020.

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My Students

Crosslake Community School is a small rural charter school in north central Minnesota. I love teaching Kindergarten in a small rural school because one gets to know the students and families so well. Many times our school is described as being a part of a family when you are a student/family at the school.

The reason I teach Kindergarten is because I love to see the excitement on their faces with every new thing they learn!

Our school is an environmental school, which ties into the community and area we live in. I love that we can take the students outdoors and explore nature right outside the front door.

My Project

The A-Z rug is a great tool for a variety of educational skills in Kindergarten. The students have another type of kinesthetic learning the ABC's. They can use movement & games with the rug in learning the alphabet. Also, learning spatial awareness when sitting with a group, each letter gives them the space/area as to where to sit. Being able to identify a space with a letter gives another aspect of learning one to one correspondence. The alphabet rug gives animals shaped in the letter, which gives the beginning sound of the letter. The rug reinforces sounds and letter names.

Ms. Steffen
Never Before Funded Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A to Z Animals Rug 7'6" x 12' • Kaplan Early Learning Company $386.96 1 $386.96

Materials cost

$386.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$422.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.60

Total project goal

$497.36

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