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Ms. Trayers from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Teach Empathy To My Kinder Students

My students need various books that will help teach them empathy. Some of the titles include: Our Tree Named Steve, A Girl, a Dog and a Bucket List and The Odd Egg.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Trayers's classroom raised $342

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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

My students come into our classroom smiling every morning. For many of them kindergarten is their first experience with school and they would attend three hundred and sixty-five days a year if they could! They are like sponges soaking up everything.

I like to think that we teach the whole child at our school.

It's not just about the reading and writing, but inspiring the next Van Gogh or Galileo. We incorporate lots of hands-on activities so they can apply what they are learning in different ways. We have over 90% of our students who qualify for free/reduced lunch, which means their families live below the poverty level. I want to make sure they are growing in every area of their lives.

My Project

Roger Ebert said "Ï believe empathy is the most essential quality to civilization". In this world where people rarely look up from their phones and spend so much time posting selfies we have lost the ability to make basic connections with each other. I work very hard to teach my students the basics-how to read, write and add but I also think it's my responsibility to help them develop skills when it comes to empathy.

Imagining yourself in another's shoes is not an easy skill for little ones.

They have just started to experience the world and in Kindergarten they are often experiencing things for the first time. I would use these books to help the students develop the ability to see things from another's perspective. To feel what the characters are feeling and translate that into their daily relationships with their peers and their families. Literature is a great way provoke the ability to think from multiple perspectives.

Ms. Trayers Berry Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Nearly all 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Come On, Rain! • Amazon Business $14.36 1 $14.36
One Hundred Shining Candles • Amazon Business $14.17 1 $14.17
The Odd Egg • Amazon Business $13.48 1 $13.48
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
The Perfect Nest • Amazon Business $12.67 1 $12.67
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List • Amazon Business $11.52 1 $11.52
The Great Shelby Holmes: Girl Detective • Amazon Business $10.72 1 $10.72
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Egg • Amazon Business $10.20 1 $10.20
Towers Falling • Amazon Business $9.65 1 $9.65
The Best Man • Amazon Business $9.38 1 $9.38
Love Is • Amazon Business $9.08 1 $9.08
The Busy Tree • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The House on East 88th Street • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Storyteller • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Maybe a Fox • Amazon Business $7.61 1 $7.61
Manana, Iguana • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
If You Find a Rock • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Our Tree Named Steve • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Key to Extraordinary • Amazon Business $5.85 1 $5.85
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown • Amazon Business $5.61 1 $5.61
Chicks and Salsa • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Great Pet Escape (Pets on the Loose!) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49

Materials cost

$256.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$290.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.26

Total project goal

$341.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $341.73

2 Donors

-$341.73

Donations toward project cost

-$290.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.26

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