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Ms. DLS from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kindness and Diverse Literature Starts in PreK

Help me give my students culturally diverse literature that promotes kindness and empathy.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. DLS's classroom raised $570

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 teach in an ETK (Expanded Transitional Kindergarten) Preschool program which is a full-day program. My enthusiastic PreK learners come to school ready to learn, build language, and explore. It is a program that introduces preschool age students (ages 4-5) to a public school setting. I teach at a Title I school in a small suburb outside of a major city. The majority of my students are Hispanic, and many come from low income families.

Most of my students either have not attended any preschool program or only attended a 2-3 hour a day program.

The ETK program allows parents who work to have a quality preschool program for six hours each day with a credentialed teacher. We offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. Many students have siblings at our school so it makes it easy for parents to drop off and pick up children.

My Project

It's never too early to begin instilling positive attitudes about acceptance and tolerance in children. Reading books about people from other cultures will increase cultural awareness, and help us become more respectful towards people with different backgrounds and perspectives. As a PreK teacher, I am currently teaching 12 students in a distance learning platform due to the pandemic. I strive to teach my students diversity and kindness with multicultural books I read aloud. I want my students to have the joy of reading by providing them a chance to borrow these books into their homes with their family once we are back in person.

Providing a multicultural literature will help students gain a better understanding of both their own cultures and the cultures of others.

Ms. DLS Aldama Elementary School 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

12 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
It's OK to be Different: A Children's Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Lotus and Feather • Amazon Business $16.80 1 $16.80
Kindness is My Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $15.36 1 $15.36
PoPo's Lucky Chinese New Year • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Scribble Stones • Amazon Business $15.02 1 $15.02
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $14.20 1 $14.20
Speak Up • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Think Big (Live Big) • Amazon Business $13.81 1 $13.81
Be Kind (Be Kind, 1) • Amazon Business $13.81 1 $13.81
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
The Empty Pot • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
Dream Big • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
Share a Little Kindess: A Children's Book about Doing Good in the World • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
The Hula-Hoopin' Queen • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Cora Cooks Pancit • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Kindness Starts With You - At School • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Girls Can Do Anything • Amazon Business $10.08 1 $10.08
3 2 1 Awesome!: 20 Fearless Women Who Dared to Be Different • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Courageous People Who Changed the World (1) (Little Heroes) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
I Am Love: A Book of Compassion (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $8.72 1 $8.72
This Little Dreamer: An Inspirational Primer • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
This Little Dreamer: An Inspirational Primer • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dream Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $7.11 1 $7.11
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$410.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$484.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.47

Total project goal

$569.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $569.78

8 Donors

-$469.78

Donations toward project cost

-$399.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.47

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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