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Mrs. Zimmer from Charlotte NC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Big Feelings, Small Puppets

Help me give my students a puppet theater for role-playing to support social emotional learning and allow children to learn important social behaviors, conversation skills, and how to use specific strategies. to help manage their big emotions!

  • $466 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

Puppets have a unique power for children when it comes to explaining important social and emotional lessons. Why? They make everything a little less personal. It can be hard to help children navigate difficult emotions like anger or sadness especially when kids have experienced something they don't want to talk about, or feel like it's negative or worry they will get in trouble.

Role-playing with puppets helps kids learn social-emotional skills in a fun, non-critical way.

The fact that playing with puppets is also just straight-up fun and acts as a stress reliever for everyone involved is just a bonus!

Mrs. Zimmer
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR650X - Lets Talk Kid Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
TT190X - Lets Talk Multicultural Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $109.00 1 $109.00
Melissa & Doug Deluxe Puppet Theater - Sturdy Wooden Construction • Amazon Business $76.95 1 $76.95

Materials cost

$334.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$396.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.90

Total project goal

$466.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $466.00

4 Donors

-$466.00

Donations toward project cost

-$396.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.90

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 $0.00

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