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Mrs. Borak from Meriden CT is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Creating a Preschool Experience

Help me give my students a Cricut with accessories for an amazing learning environment to be creative in our classroom!

  • $589 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

This classroom is a mixture of three and four year old children. The children work in developmentally appropriate areas building skills for both social and academic growth. We have 15 children who truly care about each other and take pride in showing what they have accomplished.

As a class, we work independently in areas learning social skills, academic skills, and teamwork.

By watching the children's interactions and listening to conversations we create areas that they will enjoy as well as learn through their "work"

I want to be able to create learning centers that are vibrant with color and imagination.

My Project

I want to create an environment where my class will be so engaged in their "work" they will retain the concepts and skills needed for Kindergarten and beyond!

With the Cricut, it will help my class experience activities with thematic manipulatives and props.

In Preschool the pressure to be ready for Kindergarten is intense. I provide a preschool environment where the children can learn at a developmentally appropriate pace. With the Cricut, I will be able to create items for every skill, theme, unit, season, etc.

Children learn best through play. We "work" daily in our learning centers to learn skills and concepts to prepare the children for Kindergarten and beyond!

Mrs. Borak
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Explore Air 2 Mint • Amazon Business $229.99 1 $229.99
Cricut EasyPress • Amazon Business $129.99 1 $129.99
Cricut Bright Pad Mint • Amazon Business $64.98 1 $64.98
Oracal 651 Vinyl Sheets (63 Pack) • Amazon Business $28.50 1 $28.50
Colorbok 68126B Mega Paper Pad Mega Paper Pack, Primary, 12" x 12" • Amazon Business $9.60 1 $9.60

Materials cost

$463.06

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$500.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.24

Total project goal

$588.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$588.25

4 Donors

-$369.12

Donations toward project cost

-$313.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.37

match offer

-$219.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$186.26

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.87

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$0.00

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