The cost of a cassette player/recorder, a set of 8 headphones, and an 8-station junction box from Lakeshore Learning is $254, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hanlon's classroom raised $273
This project is fully funded
Hello! I am a kindergarten teacher in a wonderful school in Durham, North Carolina. Many of our students come from low-income homes, and they are some of the sweetest, smartest, and most interesting students you will ever find!
One of the most important things we teach in Kindergarten is helping our students learn to read, as well as fostering a lifelong love of reading. One of the ways that we help instill this knowledge is by using guided reading and literacy centers. In guided reading a teacher meets with a small group of students to work on their reading skills. While the teacher is working with a few students, the remainder of the class is working in literacy centers. These could vary from silent reading to writing to letter practice. One of the most important centers is our listening center. Study after study has shown that the most effective way to prepare children to read is by reading aloud to them. Since it is impossible to read to a group of children while I'm working with another group the answer is simple: a listening center! At the listening center there are sets of books on tape. Currently in my listening center I have an old player and several headphones. Since the player does not have a microphone in it, the student listening is limited to tapes I can purchase to correspond with books I already have. If I was able to have a player with a microphone, I could record the stories myself and increase our listening library by 2000%. In addition I could continue to record stories as we receive books to keep increasing our library. The listening center is one of the kids' favorite centers, as well as, one of the most beneficial. Thank you for providing my students with a new player, some beautiful new headphones, and a brand new listening library!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my proposal and for your generosity.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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