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Ms. Rita Paniccia from Grand Rapids, MI is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Me Teach a Growth Mindset to My Students!

Help me give my students a Growth Mindset! I want my students to understand the power of mistakes, the power of the word YET, and allow them the opportunity to accomplish all their goals!

  • $229 goal

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My Project

I am a Montessori children's house teacher (pre-k & Kinder). The older children model behavior for the younger, and give them lessons once they've been mastered.

Growth Mindset (GM) is a social-emotional strategy that was created by Carol Dweck for adults who gave up after failure.

It has recently been adapted for children.

She created the book with the same name, which honors the belief that intelligence and other qualities, abilities, and talents can be improved with effort, learning, and dedication over time.

She established the power of "YET" and making mistakes and how important mistakes are to our learning. I would like to have the recommended children's books relating to GM, plus the teacher's reference books for teaching a GM to their students.

These GM strategies will stay with them for a lifetime!

Ms. Rita Paniccia Ridgemoor Park Montessori School Grades 3-5

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More than a third of 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Skullduggery Allosaurus in Rock Fossil Replica • Frey Scientific $62.84 1 $62.84
Delta Education Island Ecosystem Kit, Grade 5 - 8 • Frey Scientific $39.44 1 $39.44
When Sophie Thinks She Can't... • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Most Magnificent Thing • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Bubble Gum Brain : Ready, Get Mindset... GROW! • AKJ Education $9.86 1 $9.86
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48

Materials cost

$149.34

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.27

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$193.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.21

Total project goal

$228.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $228.06

5 Donors

-$225.71

Donations toward project cost

-$193.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.35

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