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Ms. Redmon from Louisville KY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Kids Feeling Good in Their Skin! Books on Emotions/Diversity

Help me give my students a class set of books that promote diversity and promote positive relationships in the classroom. These books also help students learn to manage emotions.

  • $534 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I work in a low income, at risk, inner-city school in one of the most violent neighborhoods of our city. Our preschool students are considered "at risk", and come from low income homes. What makes our kids special are gains no matter how big or small they make throughout the school year whether it comes to behavior or academics in the classroom. I love that we are the first ones besides students parents to mold young scholars minds and that they come from all walks of life!

My Project

I have found that building positive relationships inside and outside of the classroom with families creates the most successful school year. These positive relationships can be created through communications with families and nurturing students and making them feel welcome in the classroom.

Another aspect of creating a successful school year is creating clear and consistent rules and routines and having students learn strategies to manage their emotions and knowing it's okay to make mistakes (being comfortable in their own skin!).

I want to use these books to teach social-emotional skills and support the behavior management system that I am using in the classroom. These books support students making positive choices in the classroom and give them examples of how to make the right choices in the classroom.

Ms. Redmon
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
How Do Dinosaurs Say I'M MAD? • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
The Rainbow Fish • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? • Amazon Business $13.19 1 $13.19
The Way I Act • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15
B is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
B is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon • Amazon Business $11.26 1 $11.26
It's Okay to Make Mistakes • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel • Amazon Business $10.37 1 $10.37
Hair Like Mine (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
Voices Are Not for Yelling (Best Behavior) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Hands Are Not for Hitting / Las manos no son para pegar (Best Behavior) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Words Are Not for Hurting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Way I Feel • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Feet Are Not for Kicking (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Calm-Down Time (Toddler Tools) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Listening Time (Toddler Tools) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Sharing Time (Toddler Tools) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $8.72 1 $8.72
It's Okay To Be Different (Todd Parr Classics) • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
The Skin You Live In • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? (Book & CD) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Journeys: Little Big Book Grade K How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45
David Goes To School • Amazon Business $8.40 1 $8.40
Bear Feels Sick (The Bear Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Duck & Goose, How Are You Feeling? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Duck & Goose • Amazon Business $7.94 1 $7.94
The Feelings Book • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Bear Wants More (The Bear Books) • Amazon Business $7.23 1 $7.23
¡No, David! (No, David!) (David Books) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What I Like About Me! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Llama Llama Time to Share • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry… (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $6.53 1 $6.53
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $5.21 1 $5.21
The Pout-Pout Fish • Amazon Business $4.63 1 $4.63
The Pout-Pout Fish • Amazon Business $4.63 1 $4.63

Materials cost

$413.62

Vendor shipping charges

$3.99

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$453.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.08

Total project goal

$533.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$533.89

7 Donors

-$267.00

Donations toward project cost

-$226.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.05

match offer

-$266.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$226.86

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.03

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$0.00

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