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Mrs. Torres from Elizabeth, NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Helping Little Hands Achieve Big Things

My students need manipulatives and art materials to strengthen their fine motor skills and get them ready to write.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Torres's classroom raised $512

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 Students

"I wish I can take this book home so Mami can read it to me" was the expression of one of the students in our classroom after reading the story "No, David, No!" by David Shannon during reading time. This is us! A group of students thirsty to learn and lead by a group of professionals exposing them to the best experiences to spark their imagination and promote a solid foundation during the preschool years.

Our students are like caterpillars; hungry for learning experiences to spark their imagination and very emphatetic.

They are very unique because they come from different social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds including Haití, Bangladesh, Brazil, African Americans, Hispanics. Our students are also at different academic levels ranging from early learners to late learners.

Our family In school includes two students with special needs also. As a teacher, I'm constantly straving to bring the best experiences for my students. It makes me very happy to see them learning and growing .

My Project

The manipulatives and art material we need will help our students to ordinate the muscles on their tiny hands. children will be able to develop the large and small muscles while fostering hand-eye coordination. At the same time children can develop their self esteem, creativity and writing skills.

Open ended materials are very powerful for preschoolers because they help them develop a sense of freedom, initiative and self confident while having fun.

At this moment, most of my students are at the very beginning writing stage, scribbling. Their small and large muscles are week reason why they hold their crayons and writing materials with a fisted grip. Our goal after using this material is to help them develop a splayed finger grip.

Play dough, tempera, magna tiles, buttons and others will encourage our students to think while verbally planning on how to use the material, explore with the material and at the end use words to recall on what they did and how. All these benefits while getting their tiny hands ready to write.

Mrs. Torres Donald Stewart ECC 51 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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More than three‑quarters 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
DG547 - Magna-Tiles® - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 1 $129.99
TT625 - Peg Number Boards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 2 $73.98
AX20 - Lakeshore Dough Assortment Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $56.99 1 $56.99
EV212 - Regular Dot Art Painters - 6-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 2 $29.98
AA374 - Blank Softcover Book - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 2 $25.98
LC583 - Translucent Buttons • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 2 $19.98
LC2831 - Flexible Foam Shapes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 2 $19.98
BY455 - Colored Wiggly Eyes - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
EE751 - Collage Flowers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
TA5316 - Fingerpaint Paper • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
TA51AC - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Assorted Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.29 1 $2.29

Materials cost

$399.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.79

Total project goal

$511.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $511.92

4 Donors

-$255.96

Donations toward project cost

-$217.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.39

match offer

-$255.95

Match offer toward project cost

-$217.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.39

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 $0.00

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