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Mrs. Christina Barreto from Yonkers, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Just Give Me My Play Money!

Help me give my students play money and fun read-aloud books to master place value and financial literacy! With your support, they’ll learn to "make sense of cents" and build strong financial foundations for the future!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Christina Barreto's classroom raised $514

This project is fully funded

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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

Hello, potential donors! As a math interventionist, I have the privilege of working with students who are facing challenges in math, both in general education and those with special needs., While not all students are always motivated to grow, I’ve found that they thrive when learning is creative and engaging. This is why I constantly seek new ways to help them grasp foundational concepts in math. This project is designed to bring in tools that will support their learning in a hands-on, meaningful way.

Understanding the foundations of place value, an area that is critical for both math success and future financial literacy.

Play money allows my students to manipulate bills and coins, helping them build a concrete understanding of place value by directly seeing the relationship between numbers and currency. This tactile experience will enhance their ability to grasp abstract concepts like ones, tens, and hundreds in ways that traditional methods cannot. Manipulatives help take abstract concepts and make them tangible, students can visualize and physically interact with the numbers, making learning more meaningful.

The read-aloud books will complement the hands-on practice with engaging stories that connect math to everyday life. These books reinforce concepts like counting, saving, and spending, which are critical building blocks not only for math success but for financial literacy skills that they will carry into adulthood. These stories will help students see the importance of these skills beyond the classroom and into the real world.

My goals for this project are to ensure that my students not only master the basics of place value a critical concept that supports future success in math but also begin building the foundation for future financial literacy. Understanding how numbers work is key to understanding how money works—an essential skill they will carry with them throughout their lives.

Mrs. Christina Barreto Museum School 25 Grades 3-5

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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.

Yonkers, NY View local requests

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

30 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Paper Money • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 3 $119.97
Lakeshore Jumbo Double-Sided Magnetic Money • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 2 $99.98
Lakeshore Magnetic Math Manipulatives Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
Millions, Billions, & Trillions: Understanding Big Numbers • Amazon Business $15.37 3 $46.11
How Much Is a Million? • AKJ Education $6.56 3 $19.68
Zero the Hero • Amazon Business $16.22 1 $16.22
Octopuses Have Zero Bones: A Counting Book About Our Amazing World (Math for Curious Kids, Illustrated Science for Kids) • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
A Dollar, a Penny, How Much and How Many? (Math Is CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$386.63

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$436.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.02

Total project goal

$513.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $513.45

2 Donors

-$256.72

Donations toward project cost

-$218.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.51

match offer

-$256.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$218.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.51

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 $0.00

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