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Mrs. H. from VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Exploration Centers Build Better Learners

Help me give my students the alphabet sound tubs and other tools to learn letters, sounds, and numbers in our exploration centers.

  • $511 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We live out in the middle of nowhere. Our county is 65-70 miles long and less than 15 miles wide. School is a very large part of our children's social and academic world. All children in the Pre-school Initiative Program are "at risk" in one or more ways. Our children have special needs and are very special individuals.

It's exciting to be a part of a child's first school experience full of awe and wonder.

The growth is all encompassing.

My Project

Through exploration my children will be able to hear and picture the letters, sounds and numbers in their minds. With the alphabet sound tubs and magnetic pictures we'll be able to identify and sort our letters. This will lead into beginning sound skills. With the play dough, alphabet and number mats, my children will be able to see and feel the shapes of the letters and numbers. Hands on experiences enhance our ability to remember what we're learning. The alphabet books helps us visualize the pictures with the same beginning sounds. This is especially helpful for the children in the beginning stages of learning. The Alphabet Zoo activities are great to introduce and follow up our zoo animal unit.

Mrs. H.
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC856 - Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
GG837 - Alphabet Books • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
AX30 - Lakeshore Dough Assortment Set 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $57.99 1 $57.99
LA627 - Teaching Tubs Storage Rack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
PP938 - The Alphabet Zoo • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
LL248 - Alphabet Picture Magnets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LA299 - Learn the Alphabet! Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LL688 - Learn to Count! Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$397.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$433.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.57

Total project goal

$510.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$510.47

3 Donors

-$391.95

Donations toward project cost

-$376.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$67.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$56.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$51.52

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$0.00

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