My students need hands-on materials such as kid-friendly drills, craft punches, mini erasers, and peg boards to develop their fine motor skills in creative and fun activities.
In my school district, poverty effects almost every student. Located in rural Montana on an Indian reservation, over 80% of students qualify for free lunch and more than 50% enter Kindergarten without any prior early childhood education. Many students enter kindergarten having never written their name or even read a book. While it may seem hard to believe in this day and age, poverty directly impacts every facet of their lives and affects their ability to learn and communicate with the world around them.
I desperately need your assistance to help my students escape the barriers of poverty and provide them with the opportunities to be successful in school and life.
I have a classroom full of creative students who are eager to learn. Your donation will enable me to provide creative and engaging fine motor activities that will develop essential skills for writing, building hand and eye coordination, and teaching perseverance through practice.
My Project
These materials will be part of my classroom's Fine Motor Activities Center Time. An essential skills activity time where students participate in activities that build their fine motor skills. Many students come to school with a large deficit in their fine motor development, affecting their ability to complete even the simplest of tasks such as cutting paper or writing their name. My yearly classroom budget is less than $200, making it impossible to provide new and innovative materials for students, much less the basics. I desperately need your help to provide engaging and exciting hands on materials that can be used to develop students' fine motor skills.
Fine motor fun for all.
Having a good pincer grab is vital to good handwriting. I will be able to strengthen their pincer grasp by completing some of the following activities: lacing necklaces with noodles, beads and straws, using tweezers to pick up erasers and place them in the shape of letters and numbers, and using peg boards and paper hole punches to make creative designs. I will also be able to strengthen their upper arm muscles, also essential to writing, by using the kid friendly drills and the Spirograph Junior.
Educational Insights Design & Drill Activity Center
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$28.89
3
$86.67
NextX Art Toy Color Matching Mosaic Pegboard Puzzle Games Early Learning Educational Toys for Boys and Girls
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$16.99
3
$50.97
Learning Resources Handy Scoopers
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$9.49
5
$47.45
Learning Resources Froggy Feeding Fun Activity Set, 65 Pieces
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$15.19
3
$45.57
WorldoorMini Paper Craft Punch Card Scrapbooking Engraving Kid Cut DIY Handmade Hole Puncher for Festival Papers and Greeting Card with Random Colors and Random Cutting Shape,Set of 40
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$27.99
1
$27.99
BULK - Set of 12 Plastic Tweezers for Children - Fine Motor Tools, Occupational Therapy, Special Needs, Sensory Bin, Preschool Tools
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$13.99
2
$27.98
Amscan Festive Christmas Snowman and Candy Eraser Party Favour (Pack of 144), Multicolor, 6" x 5 3/4"
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$12.87
2
$25.74
ArtBin Store-In-Drawer Cabinet, 30 Art and Craft Supply Storage Drawers, 6830PC
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$25.64
1
$25.64
144 Pcs. Mini Easter Eraser Assortment- Approximately 5/8 Inches - 1 Inch - New
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$11.99
2
$23.98
Spirograph Junior
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$21.97
1
$21.97
Learning Resources Magnetic Letter Construction Set
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$20.45
1
$20.45
AINOLWAY Water Beads, 30 OZ ( 80,000 beads) Crystal Water Gel Bead For Orbeez Spa Refill, Kids Sensory Toys, Vase Filler, Home Décor, Transparent Jelly Pearls 9 Pack Water Beads
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$18.99
1
$18.99
Fun Express Mini Smile Face Erasers - 144 Pieces
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$6.47
2
$12.94
Party Perfect Assorted Bugs and Animals Mini Eraser Mega Value Pack Favours, Rubber, 7" x 7" (Pkg. Size), Pack of 500
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$12.24
1
$12.24
Anpro 120 Pcs Strong Ceramic Industrial Magnets Hobby Craft Magnets-11/16 Inch (18mm) Round Magnet Disc for Refrigerator Button DIY Cup Tiny Magnet Craft Hobbies, Science Projects & School Crafts
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$11.99
1
$11.99
US Toy - Miniature 3/4" Apple Erasers, Ages 3 Years & Up (1-Pack of 144)
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$5.97
1
$5.97
Materials cost
$466.54
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.00
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$503.54
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$88.86
Total project goal
$592.40
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$592.40
1 Donor
-$592.40
Donations toward project cost
-$503.54
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