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Mrs. Osborn from Summerfield FL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Engaging Young Minds

My students need hands-on center activities for literacy and math, such as sight-word puzzles, Hot dots pens and subtraction cards, a set of ten frames, a 1-100 pocket chart, and more.

  • $358 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

When I made the decision to move from 5th grade to kindergarten, I had no idea what an amazing ride I was in for. These sweet five-year-olds are thirsting for knowledge and beyond excited while acquiring it. I am constantly looking to find or create new lessons and activities to keep up with them.

I work at a Title I school where the entire population receives free breakfast and lunch.

Many if not most of my students have little access to educational materials outside of school, so it is that much more important that their school time is as meaningful and productive as possible. They are an amazing group, and I am constantly amazed at how much they are learning and how quickly they're learning it. With five-year-olds, however, they need constant stimulation. I have spent a great deal already building up my classroom, but they need more.

My Project

Being that kindergartners are still very dependent and coming in at several different levels, developmentally-leveled learning centers are very important. They need materials that will challenge them at their own levels yet be simple enough that they can do them in their learning groups without teacher assistance. Being that we have literacy and math centers almost every single day, center activities can become boring, non-engaging, and thus unproductive if they are not changed up on a regular basis. I have carefully selected center materials for both literacy and math that will provide the highest quality learning experience and active engagement for my students, such as sight-word puzzles, Hot dots pens and subtraction cards, a set of ten frames, a 1-100 pocket chart, and more. It warms my heart to see the excitement in their eyes when I bring out bright new hands-on materials to assist in their learning experience.

Kindergarten is the foundation for all learners, and a strong foundation will pave the way for our future successful young adults.

Your donations will help my students continue their path, learning at advanced rates with pride and excitement. It will ensure that every day is important and beneficial. Your donations will keep learning active and fun and quench my students' thirst for learning while keeping them coming back for more.

Mrs. Osborn
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ130X - Sight-Word Puzzles - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
AA391 - Number Line Math Activity Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
BD230X - Hot Dots Power Pen - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
JJ157 - What’s the Rhyme? Sorting Houses • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DD727 - Hands-On Ten-Frames - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP465 - Beginning Operations Activities - Single License CD-ROM • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
CF616 - 1-100 Pocket Chart Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
HH950 - All About Letters - Single License CD-ROM • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
BD803 - Subtraction Hot Dots Quiz Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$269.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$303.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.64

Total project goal

$357.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$357.60

5 Donors

-$272.60

Donations toward project cost

-$231.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.89

match offer

-$85.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

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$0.00

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