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Mrs. Brown from Los Angeles, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands-On! Let the Learning Begin.

Help me give my students manipulative and hands-on activities to make fun learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Brown's classroom raised $473

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

My students live in Los Angeles surrounded by poverty. They have limited resources available to them in their neighborhood and school. Many students have experienced trauma in their lives and this makes it difficult to attend school. When they are at school they are eager to learn, feel safe, and try to leave their troubles behind.

Students feel safe at school.

They come to learn, play, and have fun with their peers.

All students at our school receive free lunch and now they are given a hot dinner before they go home.

My Project

My students want to learn. It is difficult to learn when you are a kinesthetic learner. With the dough students will make the letters of the alphabet on the alphabet mats. The Squish & Squeeze Sensory Beads students will be able to mold letters and numbers to help them remember what they are learning.

The Dough, Sensory Dough, Squish & Squeeze Sensory Beads, tactile letters and sand will all be used to help all types of learners in my classroom.

Learning will be fun. While having fun students will be reinforcing what they have learned by molding it with beads, dough, and sand.

Mrs. Brown Menlo Avenue Elementary School 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.

Los Angeles, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DS430X - Mad Mattr<sup>&reg;</sup> Sensory Dough - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $76.99 1 $76.99
AX20 - Lakeshore Dough - Set 1 - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
LA299 - Learn the Alphabet Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 3 $50.97
VR154 - Squish Squeeze Sensory Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
EE259 - Tactile Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 2 $33.98
EE258 - Tactile Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 2 $33.98
VS318 - Clean Sand - 25-Lb Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.99 1 $26.99
TT233 - Mold Play Sensory Sand - 22-Pound Bag • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$335.87

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$30.73

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$401.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.88

Total project goal

$472.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$472.52

2 Donors

-$325.01

Donations toward project cost

-$301.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.35

match offer

-$117.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$99.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.88

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$0.00

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