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Ms. Porter from Spokane, WA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How Painting Can Heal

Help me give my students watercolors. I love to use watercolors with Kindergarteners. It is one of the few times my whole class goes silent. They get to play with paint while exploring academic and social-emotional areas.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Porter's classroom raised $537

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are a joyful bunch of Kindergartners. They enjoy working and learning together. Each year, I build a strong community focused on being a class family. It is important to me my students learn how to be human and how to treat other humans; no matter the difference. My students like to work hard and play harder. Kindergarteners are the funniest, most creative, compassionate, and bold humans I know. They never cease to amaze me with their optimism for school.

Somethings about me:

I am a Kindergarten teacher. I taught 2nd grade for two years, then I was part of a district-wide layoff. Over 200 teachers were laid off. I was recalled into a Kindergarten position. I was blown away by the Kindergarten world and completely fell in love with it. I furnished and financed the majority of my classroom myself. But I am limited in spending money on new and creative technology because of the financial cost. The most impactful lessons can often be set aside or limited due to a lack of funds. I greatly appreciate any donations that serve my students and their futures.

My Project

Let's Paint!

Last year, I had a class of 20 Kindergarteners all sitting 6 feet apart.

Teachers were told students had to stay 6 feet apart and could not play academic or social games. I struggled to teach without using best practices. Most curricula have students playing games, partner discussions, activities, and small group instruction. All of those academic resources, are not COVID safe. How could I get a group of 20 five-year-old bodies to stay in one spot and learn all day?

I struggled with this concept almost all year; until I bought a class set of watercolors. I never heard my class quieter. Students were engulfed in learning. From then on, we used watercolors for anything we could.

First, the students got to learn about color, line, and shape. We worked on mixing colors to create new ones. We connected emotions to colors. How a person can feel blue, red, yellow, or even green. I tied this learning to our SEL curriculum, The Zones of Regulation. We then learned how to paint lines. I tied in the writing curriculum Handwriting Without Tears. We painted every letter of the alphabet and numbers 1-20. We even created our own watercolor dictionaries. My class used watercolors to learn about shapes. We painted shapes by connecting the dots and learned about vertices and edges. By the end of the year, my class was able to whip out their watercolors, go grab a cup and paper towel, and get to work. They began to illustrate their stories. We painted almost every day from April to June.

This year, I want to start strong. I want to give my students the tools they need to overcome their environment. I believe that painting can do that. Please consider donating to help me achieve my goal.

Ms. Porter Camp Adams Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

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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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
00309-0009 - Crayola Educational Watercolor Pans - Oval, Set of 16 Assorted colors, Pan • Blick Art Materials $7.19 20 $143.80
00309-1029 - Crayola Educational Watercolor Pans - Oval, Set of 8 Assorted colors, Pan • Blick Art Materials $3.74 20 $74.80
09605-1005 - Richeson Bulk Pack Watercolor Paper - 11" x 14", 88 lb, Pkg of 350 sheets • Blick Art Materials $72.79 1 $72.79
01727-1016 - Niji Pearlescent Watercolor Pans - Assorted, Set of 16 colors, Pans • Blick Art Materials $3.74 10 $37.40
00395-1249 - Talens Angora Watercolor Inclusive Skin Tone Set - Set of 24 Colors, Pans • Blick Art Materials $17.59 2 $35.18
05838-0069 - Blick Academic Synthetic Golden Taklon Brush Set - Set of 6 • Blick Art Materials $22.45 1 $22.45

Materials cost

$386.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $33.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$456.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.48

Total project goal

$536.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $536.51

2 Donors

-$456.03

Donations toward project cost

-$456.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$80.48

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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