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Ms. Valerian from Oakland, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Games Make Learning Letters Fun!

Help me give my students fun games to learn letter names and sounds!

  • $277 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 Project

My students are only 4 and 5 years old and research shows that young learners grow the most through play! This project will fill our classroom with fun and engaging alphabet games and activities.

Students will practice letter names and sounds through classic games like memory, go fish, and slap jack!

Instead of rote learning, they will get to interact with peers and practice social skills as they work! They will match lower and uppercase letters on a popsicle puzzle and practice beginning sounds with realia!

Help make our TK and Kindergarten class the most FUN place to be!

Ms. Valerian Achieve Academy Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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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Oakland, CA View local requests

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

50 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Learning Journey: Match It! Memory - Alphabet - Capital and Lowercase Letter Matching Game with 26 Matching Pairs - Memory Games for Kids 3 and Up - Award Winning Toys • Amazon Business $8.83 6 $52.98
School Zone Go Fish Card Game: Play and Learn the ABCs, Preschool to First Grade, Matching, Uppercase and Lowercase Letters, Word-Picture Recognition, Animals, and More, Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $3.49 12 $41.88
JoyCat Alphabet Mystery Box for Kids - 26 PCS Letters Sorting Matching Game Activities Letter Sounds Fine Motor Learning Toys for Preschool Kindergarten Classroom Gift for 3+ Years Kids Toddlers • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Learning Resources Pop for Letters, Early Phonics Game, Alphabet Recognition, ABCs, 8 Pop Cards, Ages 4+, Grades PreK+ • Amazon Business $10.34 2 $20.68
Gojmzo Wooden CVC Word Spelling Games, Preschool Kindergarten Learning Activities, Montessori Educational Toys Gifts for 3 4 5 6 Year Old Kids, Sight Words Flash Cards Reading Letters for Toddlers • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98
Alphabet Slap Jack® | Play 4 Alphabet Games Including Alphabet Go Fish, Slapjack, ABC Letter Matching or Flash Cards | Learn Upper & Lowercase Letters and Sounds | Build CVC Words | PreK to 1st Grade • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Alphabet Ice Cream Matching Toy, 52 PCS ABC Learning Toys for Toddlers, Wooden Letters Game with Uppercase Lowercase, Fine Motor Skills Toys, Educational Montessori Toys Gifts for 2 3 4 5 Years olds • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$185.48

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$235.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.51

Total project goal

$276.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $276.74

1 Donor

-$276.74

Donations toward project cost

-$235.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.51

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