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Ms. DeFreese from Elkton VA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Give Them Music for the Feelings They Cannot Express.

My students need a soft place to sit and listen to a variety of music as well as easy to operate equipment. They will need a variety of instruments both familiar and new to experience.

  • $1,138 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My classroom is made up of 'at risk' students. They must qualify to participate in our program. After a screening process which identifies financial, medical, family stressors and learning disabilities, which place the child at risk of being unprepared to start Kindergarten, they are offered the opportunity to enroll.

Often, my students life experiences outside of our classroom are out of their control.

This is evident in how they respond to their classmates, teachers and sometimes the environment around them. I would like to develop a multisensory classroom in which they may find a variety of outlets for their feelings, creativity, imagination and just plain enjoyment.

At this time, I would like to create a music center as part of our free choice time each day. I would like to provide my students with a variety of instruments and recordings. This will allow me to match instruments to themes, holidays and seasons to keep their interest and imagination alive.

My Project

A past class memory I have has inspired this project. After reading aloud the book, Parade by Donald Crews, and then watching a video of a marching band, my class wanted to form their own parade! I only had 5 instruments to share between 18 students. We had to divide up in small groups stopping every so often to allow each child to try out the few instruments, one was borrowed. What started out as fun, soon lost its spark due to the lack of instuments. With the added instruments from the 30 Player rhythm set, the Instruments from Around the World, and the Sounds of Nature Set we will be able to have a selection for whole class activities and will also be able to rotate instruments in and out of the center to keep interest high.

I want them to hear and feel the rhythms of a variety of world music while tapping and twirling, smiles spreading across their face.

I have asked for an assortment of traditional, natural and multicultural instruments for our class to explore the diversity of our world. I want them to hear the soothing sounds of the instruments of nature while remembering a frightening storm of the past and realize that in it is music and release.

The comfy listening corner will allow the children to feel comfortable and confident in exploring the music and instruments that are foreign to them. It will be placed in a corner of our room where noise is welcome and separate from quieter play areas. The Cassette/CD player will find its home in this corner also. There the children will listen to music and record their own music to share with classmates and family. I see this as the most popular center in the classroom!

Ms. DeFreese
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF624 - Comfy Corner Listening Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $299.00 1 $299.00
LC1430 - 30-Player Rhythm Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $179.99 1 $179.99
CASSETTE/CD/AM-FM LISTENING CENTER 6 STATIONS - BASIC MODEL • School Specialty $161.87 1 $161.87
RE100X - Instruments from Around the World Collection • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
FR760DX - Multicultural Music CD Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $76.99 1 $76.99
LC210 - Sounds of Nature Instrument Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost

$906.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $16.19

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$966.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$170.58

Total project goal

$1,137.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,137.21

2 Donors

-$513.64

Donations toward project cost

-$509.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

match offer

-$537.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$456.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$86.23

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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