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Ms. D'Andrea from Erie PA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

All Hands on Deck! Engaging Activities for Young Learners

Help me give my students by allowing me to provide these tasks and activities to help strengthen and improve their functional, life, social, and academic skills.

  • $522 goal

This project expired on March 23, 2022.

This project expired on March 23, 2022.

My Students

I have the best job in the world and I love each and every one of my students. I am currently teaching Autistic Support for K, 1st, and 2nd grade. My school building is home to most of the students in the district who are ESL, AS, ES, and LS in the surrounding area. My learners are between 5-7 years old and are diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum. They arrive to school each day with not just a backpack but with emotional, social, and physical needs in addition to intensive academic support to help them succeed. Please help me provide a meaningful and engaging learning experience that is adapted for each of my amazing students' learning needs!

My school is full of incredible students, devoted teachers, and parents/guardians who all work together to provide a safe, individualized, and peaceful environment for students to succeed, despite the incredible and inconsistent changes the pandemic has thrown our way recently.

Please help my students by donating towards multiple hands on matching and interactive skills activities and that will allow me to expose my students to many different life-skills, fine motor skills, and interactive play activities to help them grow and learn this year.

My Project

The materials and supplies that I am requesting for my students will help them gain exposure and practice in the world around us. My students are on the Autism Spectrum and come to school full of excitement and different learning abilities. With your help I can use these hands on activities and tasks to engage my young and growing students to interact with their peers and instructors in a fun way. I will be able to use these activities not only for 1:1 instruction, but during independent work stations, as well as incorporate dramatic play and life-skills situations throughout their day to help my students begin to learn and grow as they start their journey through education.

The donations to this project will help to improve my students' understanding through many hands on and engaging topics and interactive tasks where we can play to learn and begin to experience and engage with the world around us!

Students will be able to play and work with different activities that I will be able to create ranging from fine motor skills, matching and sorting activities, ABA based matching activities, and interactive social skills lessons to help us cope and work throughout our daily routine. Most of my students need assistance when it comes to engaging in play and interacting with the world and those around them. I truly would appreciate your support to make this a reality for my students. Thanks you for your consideration!

Ms. D'Andrea
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stages Learning Materials Language Builder 3D- 2D Noun Flash Cards and Realistic Toy Figures Vocabulary Autism Learning Products for ABA Therapy and Speech Articulation • Amazon Business $285.53 1 $285.53
Wily Fox USA Sensory Busy Book Toys Autistic Children, Toddler Speech Therapy Activity Board Toys Montessori Educational Learning Toys, Autistic Toys Book, Montessori Toys for Toddlers (Speech Therapy • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Busy Book for Kids, Montessori Toys for Toddlers, Autism Sensory Educational Toys, 12 Pages Toddler Preschool Activity Binder and Early Learning Toys Book - for Boys & Girls Develops Fine Motor Skills • Amazon Business $24.86 1 $24.86
REVVIT Alphabet Matching - Wooden Pegs, Board and Cards - Letters, Colors, Fine Motor Skills. Preschool and Classroom Learning Activity Set (Includes 26 Pegs) • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95
Jumbo 130 Colors and Shapes Educational Sensory Bin for Toddlers and Kids. Ideal sensory toy full of with lid, pipe cleaners, craft sticks, straws, feathers, pom poms with guided activites. Ages 1 3 5 • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Montessori Learning Toys Slide Puzzle Color & Shape Matching Brain Teasers Logic Game Preschool Educational Wooden Toys for Kids Boys Girls Age 3 4 5 6 7 Years Old Travel Toys Birthday Gift Christmas • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
BMTOYS Lacing Beads for Kids - 70pcs Threading Beads Occupational Therapy Toys for Kids 3 4 5 6 7 8 Year Old Fine Motor Skills Developmental Activities Autism OT • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50

Materials cost

$407.41

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$443.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.27

Total project goal

$521.79

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