Help me give my students new foldable art easels for outside small group activities.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lisa Clifford's classroom raised $605
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Ten of my twenty students are between three to five years old. They have been identified with a special need and are on an Individual Education Plan. These needs include Autism Spectrum Disorder, Speech and Language delays, Cognitive Delays, difficulty with Fine and Gross Motor Skills, along with other associated diagnosis. The additional ten students are typically developing Pre-K students. All of the students are learning how to work cooperatively in the following areas, social-emotional, language, and literacy, fine and gross motor skills, adaptive behavior and cognitive growth.
The school population is made up of all cultures and economic situations.
The school provides free breakfast to all students and has a free or reduced-price lunch program for those who qualify. The teachers and administration present safe, working classrooms for all students to grow and develop in a collaborative atmosphere.
My Project
It is important for students in Pre-Kindergarten to have access to using paint to help with brain development, creative thinking, and imagination. Painting helps students with fine motor control, sensory experience, muscle control by holding a paintbrush and exercising the brain through decision-making skills. These are pre-writing techniques that lead to drawing the strokes in the alphabet and numbers.
Through the use of these easels and art, children learn to transform their ideas into feelings on paper and work on their self-esteem because there is no "right" way or "wrong" way to paint in Pre-K.
In addition, children learn to become scientists because they experiment with mixing colors and create new colors; cause and effect relationships at the early stages! When you ask a child to "tell me about your painting", they also develop verbal language skills that help them stretch and grow their thinking abilities.
Half 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
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