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Ms. Teresa from Joplin MO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Active Engagement and Learning Through Play

Help me give my students thematic and fine motor activities to encourage learning and engagement as they develop key skills.

  • $445 goal

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My Students

The students I work with have a variety of needs including, but not limited to, limited or no exposure to peers, academics, communication, social or motor concepts. Many of the children have limited or no language and are working on basic and appropriate communication. The children also have limited social-emotional or social-behavior skills that are developmentally below their age range and they are being introduced to appropriate social interactions, as well as social communication skills for themselves, to engage with peers, and to engage with adults.

My classroom has a variety of students, though most of the students are from a low-economic area.

My students are special because they are children, and children are a miracle and a blessing to teach, learn from, and watch them grow into excited and participating life-long learners.

My classroom consists of children with specialized needs (autism, learning, physical, and motor disabilities [fine and gross], developmental delays, and communication disabilities). The classroom also contains children with typical developmental progress who help provide modeling for ​students with delays. The combined format also provides each student the opportunity to connect, make friendships, and learn about the diversity around them and how to empathize with each other.

My Project

These resources will provide my students opportunities to play and engage with each other as they explore dramatic play areas such as being a vet or a doctor. It will also allow them to explore and develop fine motor skills as they practice picking up small items. The students will develop their problem solving skills as they build ramps and test out how balls can move.

My students enjoy exploring and these resources will help them develop key skills in language, fine motor, social-emotional, and problem solving.

The students will work together to build their skills in key areas while having fun and learning.

Ms. Teresa
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF253 Ramps Balls Exploration Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
EE600X FeedTheAnimals Fine Motor Games Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
PP718 Classroom Vet Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GG560 Doctors Office • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
FF608 Giant Tracing Numbers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL112BU Lakeshore Paper Tray Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 2 $15.98
LL131BU Lid for Lakeshore Paper Tray Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 2 $7.98

Materials cost

$342.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$378.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.72

Total project goal

$444.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $444.78

7 Donors

-$311.53

Donations toward project cost

-$271.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.72

Matching donations from our partners

-$125.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.25

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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