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Ms. Michele from Reno, NV is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Bridge the Gap

Help me give my students the materials that they need in order to be ready for Kindergarten. All my students are delayed in some form, and these materials will help to bridge that gap.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Michele's classroom raised $627

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

The students in my classroom are all delayed in any of the following areas; cognitive, social, emotional, and speech and language. The materials that I have selected for my classroom will help them to gain access to the curriculum in a more fun and engaging way. Many of the students struggle with understand various concepts so they need to learn in ways that are more hands on.

Providing them with sensory bins will help them to expand their social skills by playing with their peers, speech and language by adding in new vocabulary, and cognitive by counting, sequencing, story-telling, etc.

The books will benefit them in various ways; language, social interactions with each other and advance their cognitive skills by comprehending what is being read to them. As well as, creating a love for reading. The science related materials will provide them with more than just knowledge in the area of science. It provides them with social opportunities, turn taking, sharing, math (sequencing, counting, corresponding, and colors), and expands their speech and language skills.

The materials previously listed will be used in various ways throughout the preschool classroom. They are not limited to one subject area and will allow my students to be able to progress in all the areas that they are struggling in.

Ms. Michele Bernice Mathews Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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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
Dazmers Farm Animal Toys Sand Play Set - 28-Piece Sensory Bin with Play Sand, Farm Animals, Tools, and Storage Tray - Hours of Fun for Creative Indoor and Outdoor Kids Play • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99
Sensationally OT - Mermaid Sensory Sand bin - 2+ Pounds of Sensor Sand, Learn Through Play, All in one Sensory Play Experience, Storage Container with Claps to Prevent Spills, • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99
Sensationally OT - Unicorn Sensory Sand Bin, Amazing Sensory Bin, All in one, Learning Through Play • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99
INvench Construction Dinosaur Play Sand Set - 38 Pieces Sensory Bin Sand Kit Include 2 lbs Magic Sand, Construction Vehicle, Dinsoaur Figures, Dinosaur & Castle Molds for 3 4 5 Year Old Toddlers Kids • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Water Doodle Mat - Kids Painting Writing Color Doodle Drawing Mat Toy Bring Magic Pens Educational Toys for Age 2 3 4 5 6 7 Year Old Girls Boys Age Toddler Gift • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Boley My First Microscope Kit - STEM Science Learning Microscope for Kids with Binocular Viewer and Realistic Butterfly Toys - Educational Beginners Set for Toddler and Preschool Aged Children • Amazon Business $25.86 1 $25.86
Winter Wonderland Snow Sand Playset, Creativity Toy Sensory Bin with Arctic Animal Figures, 2 Lbs of Sand and Snowman Molds for Boy Girl Kid Toddlers Age 3-8 • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Carolart Farm Sensory Toys, Sensory Bins for Toddlers, Preschool Farm Sensory Toys with Sensory Sand, Bricks, Farm Animals, Farm Tools,Farm Sand Play Set for Boys and Grils… • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
hand2mind Changing Seasons Sensory Tubes, Sensory Fidget Tubes, Learning Weather for Kids, Anxiety Calming Tools, Stress Relief Toys, Occupational Therapy Toys, Calm Down Corner Supplies (Set of 4) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Montessori Toy Color Mix Games - Preschool Color Sorting Toy Color Paddles for Early Childhood Education-Toddler Color Recognition Play Matching-Science Discovery and Classroom Teacher Supplies • Amazon Business $21.96 1 $21.96
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Outer Space Toys - Preschool and Toddler Sensory Toys, Kids Gifts for Boys and Girls Ages 3-5+ • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Melissa & Doug National Parks Wooden Picture Matching Magnetic Game Kids Animal Magnets Activity for Boys and Girls Ages 3+ - FSC-Certified Materials • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Dinosaur Dig - Dinosaur Toys for Kids Ages 3-5+, Preschool Learning Activities, Kids Gifts for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
Who Pooped on Me? • Amazon Business $17.06 1 $17.06
Montessori Animal Match - Insect Animal Figurines with Matching Cards Language Montessori Materials Preschool Learning Toy NEWT008 • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll (You Rock Group) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
MIKNEKE Montessori Animal Figures with Flash Cards, Realistic Animal Figurines Toys, Montessori Materials Homeschool Preschool Science Educational Matching Game for Toddler Kids (Zoo) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
This Book Is Perfect!: A Funny Interactive Read Aloud Picture Book For Kids Ages 3-7 • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
I'm Not Scared, You're Scared • Amazon Business $12.47 1 $12.47
See You Later, Alligator • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
The Serious Goose • Amazon Business $10.68 1 $10.68
The Leaf Thief: (The Perfect Fall Book for Children and Toddlers) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Search & Find: Around the Neighborhood • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
My First Search & Find: Dinosaurs-Search for Dinosaurs and Identify Colors, Numbers, and Rhyming Words along the Way! (My First Search & Find) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug • Amazon Business $9.26 1 $9.26
The Hiccupotamus (Hiccupotamus and Friends) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Everything Is Mama • Amazon Business $3.82 1 $3.82

Materials cost

$494.74

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$532.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.91

Total project goal

$626.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$626.07

1 Donor

-$626.07

Donations toward project cost

-$532.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.91

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$0.00

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