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Mrs. Spencer from Lehi, UT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands on Learning

Help me give my students headphones, 3D shapes, pattern blocks, counting bears, and an interactive number line for math teaching. Also, magnetic letters, alphabet and sound games and supplies for magnetic sentence construction.

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My Students

Kindergarten is often the first academically rigorous exposure a child has to learning. I love creating an environment that introduces learning as a FUN activity. My Kindergarten students love demonstrating how smart they are in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.

Tangible classroom activities provide the backdrop for engaged learning in Kindergarten.

This DonorsChoose Grant will help my students explore the foundational building blocks of literacy - the gateway to all other learning. The addition of tangible individual alphabet sets, classroom headphones, dry erase boards and markers and decodable books will provide ample opportunity for the exploration of letters and the sounds letters make. With this knowledge base, Kindergarten students can begin their decoding career in reading which will open up learning in all subject areas.

My Project

I feel Kindergarten teachers have a unique challenge when they welcome students into their classrooms. For many children, this is their first formal 'school' experience. They are introduced to academic rigor for the first time in their life.

"I love coming to school and learning is so much fun," are some of my favorite things to hear from my Kindergarten students.

The key to 'fun' is being able to interact, in a tangible way, with explicitly taught material.

After teaching students about hearing the first sound in words, they get to explore that concept by matching the first sound a 'picture word' makes to the letter that makes that sound. Students enjoy matching the foam Uppercase letter with the matching lowercase letter. My students love being able to take a picture and then use magnetic letters to spell the simple CVC word. In small groups we use magnetic, dry erase boards and magnetic letters to spell, identify first sound letters. This tangible interaction with letters, sounds helps students to interactively practice what they are taught. The same holds true with 3D shapes they can hold in their hand and use to build structures or number lines they can 'hop' on or puzzles that match numbers to pictures representing that number. Learning is fun!

Mrs. Spencer Sego Lily Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Lehi, UT View local requests 56 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Inspired Thinkers Magnetic Letters - 240-Piece Alphabet Magnets for Kids w/ Foam Uppercase & Lowercase Letters, Double-Sided Dry Erase White Board - Classroom Supplies • Amazon Business $21.99 7 $153.93
EE498 - 3-D Geometric Shapes Tub • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 5 $149.95
2 Pack of SIMOLIO Kids Headphone with 75dB, 85dB, 94dB Volume Limited, Durable & Foldable Headphones with Mic for Kids, On-Ear Children Headphones with Storage Bag for Travel,School Daily(Pink,Yellow) • Amazon Business $24.99 5 $124.95
LL800X - Phonics Magnetic Sorting Tiles - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $115.00 1 $115.00
AA391 - Number Line Math Activity Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
REVVIT Alphabet Matching - Wooden Pegs, Board and Cards - Letters, Colors, Fine Motor Skills. Preschool and Classroom Learning Activity Set (Includes 26 Pegs) • Amazon Business $22.95 2 $45.90
Magnetic Dry Erase Labels Rectangle, 72Pcs Small Name Plates Tags White Board Writable Flexible Magnet Stickers for Whiteboards Refrigerator, 2.1 x 1.2 Inch • Amazon Business $19.98 2 $39.96
LL248 - Alphabet Sounds Picture Magnets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Learning Resources Snap-n-Learn Alphabet Alligators, Fine Motor Toy, 26 Double-Sided Pieces, Ages 18 Months + • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Bmag Counting Bears with Matching Sorting Cups,Number Color Recognition STEM Educational Toy for Toddler, Pre-School Learning Toy with 90 Bears,2 Tweezers,11 Activity Cards,1 Storage Box • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
edxeducation Plastic Pattern Blocks - Set of 250 - Early Geometry Skills - Math Manipulative for Shape Recognition, Symmetry, Patterning and Fractions - Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Key Education Sentence Building for Kids—Sight Word Builder for Early Reading, Speech, Writing, Language, Literacy Resource for Kindergarten-2nd Grade • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
JJ466 - Word Building Puzzles - 3-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$787.62

Vendor shipping charges

$18.12

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$847.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.57

Total project goal

$997.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$997.12

1 Donor

-$997.12

Donations toward project cost

-$847.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.57

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$0.00

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