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Mrs. Cook from Buffalo, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Big Feelings for Little Friends

Help me give my students social emotional learning books from the A Little Spot series.

  • $415 goal

This project expired on August 3, 2025.

This project expired on August 3, 2025.

My Project

My students are a truly kind and caring group of kids. They are wonderful at taking care of each other and being a friend to one another.

As amazing as they are at being empathetic human beings, they have a difficult time recognizing how they themselves are feeling.

My goal for this project, is to help my students learn to love and care for themselves as much as they love and care for each other.

The "A Little Spot" book series would be perfect to help achieve this goal. It is just the right level for my students to help them connect with their feelings, which is as important as being connected to the feelings of those around them.

Mrs. Cook Charter School for Applied Technologies Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
3 Product Bundle #1 - A Little SPOT of: SEL Book Sets (Books 1-8, 9-16) & 8 Mini Plush Toys; social emotional learning, fidget toys, calming corner • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $160.00 1 $160.00
8 Book Set: A Little SPOT of Life Skills - Courage, Perseverance, Teamwork, Talent, Thankful, Optimism, Creativity, Giving; social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $62.00 1 $62.00
A Little SPOT of Learning 8 Book Box Set (Books 33-40: Kind Words, Friendship, Learning with Emotions, Goes to School, Letters, Words, Reading, Math) • Amazon Business $47.99 1 $47.99
A Little SPOT of Feelings 8 Book Box Set (Book 25-32: Empathy, Frustration, Calm, Belonging, Worry, Boredom, Flexible Thinking, & Feelings Detective) • Amazon Business $47.99 1 $47.99

Materials cost

$317.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$352.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.25

Total project goal

$415.00

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