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Mrs. Mercado from Seattle, WA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Connecting Through Storytelling and Sensory Play!

Help me give my students a trampoline, a cozy coupe car, a sensory pad, blocks, a weighted lap book, storytelling kits, and puppets to support their engagement as well as sensory and emotional regulation.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Mercado's classroom raised $1,070

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My Project

My goal in my preschool classroom is for all students to feel safe, happy, and regulated so that learning can take place. All of my students have unique needs and abilities and have different ways of connecting and experiencing the world around them.

One of the best ways to engage my students in learning is to provide concrete visual and tactile materials, sensory supports, and high interest items to help them connect with circle time stories, nursery rhymes, play, and daily learning activities.

The story telling kits and ABC puppets will add an interactive and engaging element to our circle time learning. The weighted lap book, sensory pad, and trampoline will help support children with sensory regulation. I am excited to add Emotions plush toys and a book about sharing to our classroom Social Emotional Learning resources. Finally, cars and dinosaurs are of special interest to my students and the dinosaur Cozy Coupe is a perfect combination of both to add to our recess play area!

Mrs. Mercado Lafayette Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Seattle, WA View local requests 24 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Machine-Washable Alphabet Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $329.00 1 $329.00
Lakeshore Super-Safe Froggy Jumper • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Dinosaur – Amazon Exclusive Large, Green • Amazon Business $64.99 1 $64.99
Solobo Toys: EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE - 2025 Plush TOY OF THE YEAR WINNER (social emotional learning awareness, squeeze stress, calming corner focus tools) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $52.00 1 $52.00
Non-Branded Gel Aquarium • School Specialty $47.02 1 $47.02
Lakeshore Window Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Weighted Washable Calming Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
A Little Book About Sharing - social emotional learning collection (board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 2 $26.00
Lakeshore Three Bears Storytelling Puppets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$766.97

Vendor shipping charges

$33.55

Sales tax

$67.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$909.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$160.43

Total project goal

$1,069.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,069.56

1 Donor

-$534.77

Donations toward project cost

-$454.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.21

match offer

-$534.79

Match offer toward project cost

-$454.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.22

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$0.00

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