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Help Us Learn Without Tears

Help me give my students a variety of Handwriting Without Tears materials for a solid start to reading and writing foundational skills.

  • $1,546 goal

This project expired on September 15, 2022.

This project expired on September 15, 2022.

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Ms. M Ralph Pfluger Elementary School
Buda, TX Grades PreK-2

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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

Our program offers a strong educational foundation for kindergarten. We also present our students with opportunities to interact with other children to develop appropriate social skills. Most importantly, our program strives to instill excitement and a love of learning. Some of our core values include: The entire community is responsible for the total education of children and families; Everyone needs support; We believe all children can learn and develop if their individuality is respected; We value diversity; Children and adults learn from each other; Children’s “play” is their work; Children must be connected to their past and future; When people work together, everyone benefits.

Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) is a program to help children with handwriting skills in a fun and successful way.

The purpose of the program is to make handwriting available to children as an automatic, natural skill. Teaching a child to write with sensorimotor difficulties can be challenging. HWT is a successful developmentally borne method that targets each child’s individual needs, making handwriting easy.

Countless students cannot write legibly, becoming confused in the formation of letters and clutching their pencils tightly. They get frustrated and bogged down in the mechanics of writing, leaving little energy for expressing their thoughts. HWT is a step-by-step program to assist in the mechanics of writing using multi-sensory techniques to help children improve their handwriting skills. Our class will focus on the first component of the HWT program which is readiness.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

22 students impacted
Ms. M Ralph Pfluger Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Buda, TX View local requests

More than half 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

22 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Handwriting Without Tears 005999 Tears Capital Letters Wood Pieces • Amazon Business $65.96 5 $329.80
Handwriting Without Tears - SAS Slide Stamp and See Screen, 4 X 6 in, Wooden - 022644 • Amazon Business $29.81 5 $149.05
Learning Without Tears Sound Around Box, Current Edition Get Set for School Series, Pre-K, Sensory, Language Concepts, Social Skills, Whole Class and Centers- for School or Home Use • Amazon Business $140.91 1 $140.91
Learning Without Tears Roll–A–Dough Letters-Get Set for School Series, Pre-K, Hands-On Learning, Sensory, Letter & Number Recognition, Formation-Centers, Whole-Class, and Individual-School or Home Use • Amazon Business $26.53 5 $132.65
Learning Without Tears Tag Bags, Get Set for School Series- Pre-K Manipulative- Sensory, Math Skills, Match, Sort, Patterns, Circle Time, Centers, Fine Motor Skills- for School or Home Use • Amazon Business $119.63 1 $119.63
Learning Without Tears Mat for Wood Pieces- Get Set for School® and Handwriting Without Tears®- Pre-K–K, Hands-On Letter Building, Build Mat Man®- For School and Home Use • Amazon Business $14.95 5 $74.75
Learning Without Tears Mat Man Book Set, Current Edition- Get Set for School- Handwriting Without Tears, Pre-K and Kindergarten- Whole-Class, Circle Time, Read Aloud- for School or Home Use • Amazon Business $66.43 1 $66.43
Handwriting Without Tears Slate Manipulative - SLT • Amazon Business $12.45 5 $62.25
Learning Without Tears Word Time Get Set for School-Pre-K Multisensory Lessons-Oral Language, Vocabulary, Literacy, Language Skills-School or Home Use • Amazon Business $45.00 1 $45.00
Learning Without Tears Show Me Magnetic Pieces for Capitals- Get Set for School- Pre-K, Teach Capital Letter Building- Circle Time, 1:1, Small Group, or Whole Class- for School and Home Use • Amazon Business $39.83 1 $39.83
Learning Without Tears FLIP Crayons - Sensory - Get Set for School and Handwriting Without Tears- Pre-K and K, Fine Motor Skills, Writing, Drawing, Coloring- For School or Home Use • Amazon Business $35.21 1 $35.21
Learning Without Tears Color Wall Cards- Get Set for School- Pre-K and TK, Sensory, Alphabet, Letters and Illustrations, Classroom Display and Student Reference- for School and Home Use • Amazon Business $26.53 1 $26.53
Learning Without Tears 1-2-3 Touch & Flip Sensory Cards- Get Set for School Series- Pre-K and Transitional Kindergarten Manipulative- Tracing, Counting, Sequencing, Math Skills - School or Home Use • Amazon Business $22.54 1 $22.54
Learning Without Tears Little Chalk Bits - Sensory - Get Set for School- Handwriting Without Tears, Pre-K–4th Grade- For School or Home Uses • Amazon Business $7.91 1 $7.91
Learning Without Tears Little Sponge Cubes- Get Set for School- Handwriting Without Tears, Pre-K– Sensory - 4th Grade- For School or Home Use • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$1,259.48

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,313.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$231.77

Total project goal

$1,545.13

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