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Ms. Smith from Moore, OK is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Explore and Play the First Grade Way!

Help me give my students design and build engineering centers, Magna-Tiles, and other hands-on materials, as well as some number rockets and alphabet beads for my learning stations.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $663

This project is fully funded

My Project

I teach active and curious first graders who love to learn through play. I would love to have the number rockets to help solidify their number recognition skills and practice counting. I would like to add the alphabet beads to my classroom to support students' letter recognition, alphabet sequencing, and spelling.

My first-grade students enjoy learning through engaging and hands-on activities.

The gear builders, Magna-Tiles, Playstix, and design and build engineering centers are a way to incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) into the classroom. These materials will encourage problem solving skills and open-ended thinking, which are essential skills for young learners to acquire.

Ms. Smith Southgate Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of 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

16 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP750X - Design Build Engineering Centers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
DG547 - Magna-Tiles<sup>&reg;</sup> - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 1 $129.99
PP186 - Lakeshore Number Rockets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
EE228 - Giant Alphabet Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP845 - Lakeshore Gear Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
TT264 - Measurement Fine Motor Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DB251 - Playstix<sup>&reg;</sup> • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$485.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$39.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$562.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.32

Total project goal

$662.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$662.15

5 Donors

-$330.49

Donations toward project cost

-$281.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.57

match offer

-$330.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$280.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.18

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$0.00

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