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Mr. B from Washington, DC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kickstarting Instrumental Music With Prek-Kindergarten Kids

Help me give my students early music to their strengthen literacy and math skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. B's classroom raised $4,734

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My Project

When was the first time you saw a person in real-life playing an instrument? Do you remember the awe of seeing and hearing a real person making music RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU? Did you feel a desire to try it yourself? Introducing music and instrumental music with young children reinforces math concepts like counting, reinforces concepts of print and literacy, while at the same time teaches them creative skills that come into play in countless situations.

Often in school, we create an artificial separation between the arts and subjects like math and reading, but I would like my students to be able to incorporate math and reading while learning to play different instruments.

I have already begun to teach the students about vocal music and Solfege, and would love to start incorporating instruments. These smaller instruments would allow them to hold them better than standard-sized instruments and build their fine motor skills and coordination. Learning an instrument is also something that students from low SES would likely not have access to, so it would create more equity in their education with that of more affluent students.

As a bonus, music is a great literacy strategy for ESL students because it shows more context and limits vocabulary into more manageable chunks. Learning different instruments would also allow for multi-lingual students to create songs in different languages.

Mr. B Friendship Public Charter School - Blow Pierce Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MINIARTIS Desk Bells for Kids | Educational Music Toys for Toddlers 8 Notes Colorful Hand Bells Set | Kids Musical Instrument with 15 Songbook | Great Birthday Gift for Children • Amazon Business $49.45 20 $989.00
Constructive Playthings Boomwhackers Tubes, Musical Sound Tube for Kids, Percussion Tube, Boomwhackers Classroom Set, Kids Music Toys, Music Stick Classroom Instrument Set, Boomwhackers Set of 9 • Amazon Business $34.72 20 $694.40
My First Songbook Volume 1 • Amazon Business $24.99 20 $499.80
My First Songbook: Volume II (Preschool Prodigies My First Songbook) • Amazon Business $24.99 20 $499.80
MUSICUBE 13 Keys Xylophone for Kids Wooden Xylophone Musical Instrument with Mallets Glockenspiel Instrument Educational Sensory Musical Toys Christmas Gift Choice for Boys Girls Aged 3+ • Amazon Business $24.88 20 $497.60
aPerfectLife Kids Keyboard Piano, 37 Key Portable Electronic Piano for Kids, Digital Music Piano Keyboard Educational Toys for 3 4 5 6 7 8 Year Old Girls Boys (Black) • Amazon Business $19.89 20 $397.80
Huntington KB54 Portable Keyboard w/ Stand and Bench Black • Woodwind and Brasswind $79.99 1 $79.99
Duck Brand Duck Tape Colored Duct Tape, 1.88 Inches x 20 Yards, Purple - Durability • School Specialty $7.19 6 $43.14
4000 PCS 3/4" Colored Dot Stickers Circle Color Coding Labels, 8 Color Style Colorful Coding Label Sticker for Office, Student Classroom(8 Rolls, 3/4 Inches) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49

Materials cost

$3,711.02

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.31

Sales tax

 $222.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$55.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,023.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$710.06

Total project goal

$4,733.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $4,733.72

1 Donor

-$4,733.72

Donations toward project cost

-$4,023.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$710.06

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