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Mrs. Kelley from Baltimore, MD is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands-On Readers: Reading Manipulatives for Special Education Students

Help me give my students Letter tiles, magnetic boards, phoneme segmentation kits, sound boxes (Elkonin), CVC word puzzles, word-building games, fluency sentence strips, tactile letters, and more.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kelley's classroom raised $168

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our classroom is filled with students who are eager to read, but who need extra support to get there. This project will provide hands-on reading manipulatives that make learning to read interactive, engaging, and accessible for all learners.

By using tactile, movable materials like letter tiles, word-building puzzles, and Elkonin boxes, my students will be able to build and decode words with confidence.

These tools support a multisensory approach to reading, which is especially effective for students with disabilities, dyslexia, and other language-based learning differences.

I teach a group of incredible students with diverse learning needs, including autism, ADHD, speech and language impairments, and specific learning disabilities. Many of my students are reading below grade level and require individualized, explicit instruction using hands-on tools.

These students work hard every single day, but reading doesn’t come easily to them. They thrive when lessons are visual, tactile, and movement-based—and that's exactly what these reading manipulatives will provide. Reading manipulatives allow students to physically touch, move, and explore sounds and letters, making abstract concepts concrete.

What Your Donation Will Provide:

Magnetic letter tiles and boards for phonics word building

Tactile letters and sandpaper letters for multisensory learning

Elkonin sound boxes and color-coded chips for phoneme segmentation

CVC and sight word puzzles to support early decoding

Interactive fluency strips and sentence building games

Durable storage bins and trays to keep materials organized and accessible

Your donation will directly support students who need it most. With these reading tools, my students will gain the confidence and skills they need to become successful, independent readers. More importantly, they will experience the joy of reading in a way that feels doable and fun.

Mrs. Kelley Glenmount Elementary Middle School 235 Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Baltimore, MD 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Educational Insights Phonics Dominoes Blends & Digraphs - Reading Learning Activities for Kids Ages 6+, Classroom and Teacher Must Haves • Amazon Business $21.88 2 $43.76
hand2mind Reading Rods Phonics Word-Building, Word Building Activities, Spelling Toys, Montessori Alphabet Letters, Reading Tools for Kids, Science of Reading Manipulatives, Phonemic Awareness • Amazon Business $15.39 2 $30.78
Hapinest Sentence Building for Kids, Learning Game Grammar Reading & Speech Therapy Materials Activities, Kindergarten 1st 2nd Grade Special Education Classroom Must Haves for Teachers & Homeschool • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98
Junior Learning Phonics Board Games Set, 6 Counters, Ages 4-5, Language Skills, Pre K-K, Medium • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$104.51

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $6.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$142.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.12

Total project goal

$167.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $167.47

3 Donors

-$88.74

Donations toward project cost

-$75.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.31

match offer

-$78.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$66.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.81

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