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Ms. Esquivel from Austin TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building Big in Pre-K

Help me give my students a Big Builder Construction Set so that they may have the opportunity to further develop their science skills.

  • $512 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate 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

My students are eager four year old students, who are so anxious to get their hands into learning! These students are experiencing the first year of their educational career. They come in very shy, not knowing what to expect and observing their surroundings. This quickly fades as they make friends and notice all the wonderful manipulatives that await them.

The students come from high need families but with high expectations.

Our school is considered a high-risk school due to the economic situation in which they live.

My Project

The Big Builder Construction Set will provide my students with many opportunities to create as they build which will further enrich their fine motor skills. Providing students with many opportunities to invent, which these supplies will provide for, will allow students to further develop their problem shooting skills.

"Innovation is not a process but a state of mind, therefore, it can't be learned but felt ." Ivonne Kinser My students will become innovated individuals as they build structures, which in turn will build up their confidence level.

As teachers, we all want our students to succeed in all possible aspects as they learn to manipulate materials around their environment. This is a reason why I write these project pages on DonorsChoose.org.

My present as well as future students, their parents and myself thank each and every one of you for any and all consideration.

Thank you kindly, Maria Esquivel

Ms. Esquivel
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE676 - Big Builders Construction Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $399.00 1 $399.00

Materials cost

$399.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$434.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.76

Total project goal

$511.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$511.74

1 Donor

-$511.74

Donations toward project cost

-$434.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.76

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$0.00

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