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Ms. Uppena from Mineral Point WI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Empathy With Puppets

Help me give my students puppets to develop social and emotional learning skills through storytelling!

  • 4 donors
  • $404 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

Our library was able to get a small puppet theatre this year. We now need some puppets to use with it! Using puppets would be a great way to help students gain confidence while pretending to be a character. Puppets allow students to engage in storytelling while also building fluency and confidence.

Puppets are an effective way to foster cooperation, enhance creativity, and improve cooperation!

Our English Language Learners can use puppets to learn new vocabulary and retell stories.

Puppets can be used to model behaviors and emotional regulation. Teachers can use the puppets to tell a story and students can then retell the story.

Ms. Uppena
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Marvel Education Company Marvel Education Co Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Puppet and Props, Set of 53, Brown - Preschool-Early Childhood - Toddler • School Specialty $68.47 1 $68.47
Marvel Education Company Marvel Education Co There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Puppet and Props, Set of 8 - Glass - Toddler • School Specialty $54.44 1 $54.44
14" Robot, Hand Puppet • Amazon Business $34.95 1 $34.95
Folkmanis Winged Dragon Hand Puppet, Green, red, 1 ea • Amazon Business $33.39 1 $33.39
Lakeshore Go Away, Big Green Monster! Storytelling Puppet Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Folkmanis Barred Rock Rooster Hand Puppet, Black, White, Red, Yellow • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
YOTTOY Mo Willems Collection | The Pigeon & Duckling Set of 2 Finger Puppets in Package • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Folkmanis Mini Chick Finger Puppet, Yellow • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
4PCS Three Little Pigs Finger Puppets - Mini Animal Puppets for Kids Storytelling and Playtime Puppet Theater Plush Cartoon Finger Puppet for Toddlers • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
4PCS Finger Puppets - Little Red Riding Hood Finger Puppets for Toddlers Theater Storytelling and Playtime Plush Cartoon Kids Gifts • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Super Z Outlet Velvet Cute Animal Style Finger Puppets for Children, Shows, Playtime, Schools - 10 Animals Set • Amazon Business $7.83 1 $7.83

Materials cost

$294.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.54

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$342.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.52

Total project goal

$403.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $403.47

2 Donors

-$201.74

Donations toward project cost

-$171.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.26

Matching donations from our partners

-$201.73

Match offers toward project cost

-$171.47

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.26

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 $0.00

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