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Mrs. Combie from Fruitland, ID is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Strong Literacy and Numeracy Foundation from the Start!

Help me give my students fine motor skills games, big books, and number sense activities to build their fine motor, literacy, and math skills.

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My Students

Margret Fuller said, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." My classroom consists of 19 kindergarten students who are learning to read and count so tomorrow they can become leaders.

Each day is filled with excitement as we are introduced to yet another phonogram that will unlock the code and create readers and future leaders.

My students love to gather on the carpet to listen to our read aloud during the day. Whether it be a fiction or non-fiction book, they gather eagerly to hear the words on the page and see the pictures when possible. Numeracy time is also a time my students love because they get to learn all about numbers through hands on learning.

My Project

Building a strong literacy foundation in kindergarten will ensure that students become successful readers and writers later on. There are many tools that we can use in our classroom to help us accomplish this goal. Having some fine motor skills games will provide students with extra practice that will build their finger muscles to prepare them to write the phonograms and later read words they have written. Part of building a literacy foundation is sharing great pieces of literature with our students. Having nursery rhymes and big books give the students the opportunity to learn lessons from the characters in the story, build their vocabulary, and interact with the text.

Both reading and math literacy are essential for building a strong foundation.

By using math games and number talks, kindergarteners are able to learn the foundational number sense skills necessary to succeed in math. My students love to play math games that also help them learn to recognize and work with numbers. Whenever I announce that we are going to play a game, the excitement is built.

Mrs. Combie Treasure Valley Classical Academy Grades PreK-2

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Fruitland, ID View local requests

More than a third 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

19 students impacted 4donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Three Bears big book (Paul Galdone Classics) • Amazon Business $26.49 1 $26.49
QZMTOY Wooden Peg Board Beads Game, Puzzle Color Sorting Stacking Art Toys for Toddlers, Counting Toy for Kids, Toddler Educational Montessori Games for Math Learning, Great Gift for Girls and Boys • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Nursery Rhyme Flip Chart: 20 Favorite Nursery Rhymes That Build Phonemic Awareness and Inspire a Love of Reading • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Think Fun Zingo 1-2-3 Number Bingo Game for Age 4 and Up - Award winner and Toy of the Year Nominee (7703) • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Learning Resources MathLink Cubes Kindergarten Math Activity Set: Dino Time! Educational Counting Toy, Math Cubes, Linking Cubes, Early Math Skills, Set of 115 Pieces, STEM toys, Ages 5+ • Amazon Business $20.49 1 $20.49
Really Good Stuff EZread Letter Tiles • Amazon Business $20.14 1 $20.14
Learning Resources Noodle Knockout! Fine Motor Game, Toddler Fine Motor Skills, 67 Pieces, Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Classroom-Ready Number Talks for Kindergarten, First and Second Grade Teachers: 1000 Interactive Activities and Strategies that Teach Number Sense and Math Facts (Books for Teachers) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Numbers Bingo Game • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$181.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$224.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.66

Total project goal

$264.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $264.39

2 Donors

-$184.58

Donations toward project cost

-$156.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.66

match offer

-$79.81

Match offer toward project cost

-$67.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.97

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