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Ms. Terry from Silver Spring MD is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Community Helpers Teaching Preschoolers

Help me give my students dolls and costumes to learn about (and be!) people in their communities.

  • $351 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I teach an AM and PM section of preschool students; students' ages range from three to five. For the first time, my special education preschoolers have typical peers attend their class with them, so they can learn from one another. My morning group has been together since the beginning of the year, and it is hard to tell who are the kiddos with and the ones without IEPs. Friendships have formed, and they look out for each other! My PM section has opened recently with a group of young threes, and they are learning how to be in school.

My students are special not only because some of them have developmental delays (but don't know it and still give 110%!), but because of some other factors.

One of those factors is that we are in a low income neighborhood. Many of my students and their families hail from different countries. It is such a pleasure to learn about their cultures. However, some of my students and their families need support navigating school and the special education process.

My Project

One of the curricular themes taught in my classroom is entitled "Our Community." I am requesting community washable dolls to introduce community helpers in a developmentally appropriate and concrete way. I am also requesting three costumes I do not have yet so students can "be" and experience that particular helper.

I think that these materials will allow students in my sections to make more meaning of what a community helper is, as well as provide some examples of who a community helper can be.

By showing the community helper dolls prior to reading a text about a community helper, students can see and feel what that helper looks like. They can also dress up as a community helper that interests them, and use language to describe who they are.

Ms. Terry
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC275X - Our Community Washable Dolls - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $139.00 1 $139.00
LC815 - Construction Worker Costume • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC802 - Astronaut Costume • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC807 - Doctor Costume • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$248.97

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$14.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$297.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.52

Total project goal

$350.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$350.16

7 Donors

-$176.00

Donations toward project cost

-$149.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.40

match offer

-$174.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.12

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$0.00

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