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Learning Essentials: Literacy and Math That Meet Every Learner

Help me give my students literacy and math materials that support hands-on, accessible learning, this project empowers special education scholars to build foundational skills, confidence, and independence through engaging, developmentally appropriate instruction every day.

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Ms. Leeanne Springbrook Elementary School
Kent, WA Grades PreK-2

My Project

Your generosity has a powerful and lasting impact on my special education scholars. By supporting this project, you are providing essential literacy and math materials that make learning accessible, engaging, and meaningful for every student in our classroom. These resources are carefully chosen to meet diverse learning needs and support students at a wide range of developmental levels.

For many of my students, traditional instructional materials can feel overwhelming or inaccessible.

Hands-on literacy and math tools allow them to interact with learning in concrete, meaningful ways. Tactile letter and number materials, visual supports, and structured practice tools help students strengthen foundational skills such as letter recognition, phonemic awareness, number sense, and problem-solving. These materials also support individualized instruction, allowing students to practice skills at their own pace while building confidence and independence.

Beyond academic growth, these resources play an important role in supporting social-emotional development. When students feel successful, they are more willing to take risks, persist through challenges, and engage with peers and teachers. Accessible materials reduce frustration and anxiety, creating a learning environment where students feel safe, capable, and valued.

Your donation directly affects daily classroom instruction. Because of you, lessons become more interactive, differentiated, and responsive to student needs. Students gain repeated opportunities to practice skills in ways that align with how they learn best, leading to stronger outcomes and a deeper love of learning.

Most importantly, your support communicates belief in my students’ potential. It shows them that their learning matters and that there are people beyond the classroom who care about their success. Thank you for helping create meaningful learning experiences and for making a lasting difference in the lives of my special education scholars.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

10 students impacted
Ms. Leeanne Springbrook 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

10 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Trace & Write Number Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 2 $79.98
AtMini Sand Tray for Classroom Wooden Montessori Sand Tray with Lid for Kids Writing Letters and Numbers, Preschool Classroom Must Haves, Kindergarten Learning Tools (Green) • Amazon Business $26.55 2 $53.10
Magnetic Counting Rods • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Melissa & Doug Standard Unit Solid-Wood Building Blocks with Wooden Storage Tray, 60-Piece Hardwood Sorting & Stacking Toys for Building & Balancing, Preschool Learning Toys for Kids Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $49.49 1 $49.49
My First Pegboard Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
See-Inside Counting Tubes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Positional Words Resource Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Hulats Learn to Write - Number & Letter Tracing Boards with Direction Arrows - Wooden Alphabet Learning Montessori Toys 4+ Year Old Toddler Writing Tools Beginner Preschool Classroom Must Haves • Amazon Business $38.95 1 $38.95
Learning Resources Magnetic Apple Fractions, Montessori Toys, Math Games, Play Food for Kids, Set of 10, Ages 5+ • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
YYDeek Alphabet Learning Toys, Lock and Key Toddler Toy for Ages 2-4, Preschool Learning Activities, Kindergarten Classroom Must Haves, ABC Montessori Toys for 3 Year Old • Amazon Business $34.89 1 $34.89
Durable Pound A Ball Toys for Toddler, Stacking, Learning, Active, Early Developmental Hammer Montessori Toys, Fun Gifts for Boy & Girl - STEM Educational Toy - Great Birthday Gift Ages 1 2 3 • Amazon Business $32.66 1 $32.66
Bigjigs Toys Montessori Flower Stacker • Kaplan Early Learning Company $32.36 1 $32.36
Shake & Add! Number Boxes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Find the Letter Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Attmu Wooden Puzzles for Toddlers, 6 Pcs Alphabet Puzzle ABC Shape Number Animal Farm Puzzle, Learning Toys for Kids, Preschool Educational Activities Toddler Gift Toys for Girls Boys Christmas Easter • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
It’s a Snap! Counting Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Giant Geometric Shapes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
Tweezer Tongs Color Sorting Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
Vomocent Wooden Music Tree Toy for Kids, Marble Ball Run Track Game for Toddlers, Marble Tree Educational Montessori Toy Boy Girl Gifts • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
QUOKKA Wooden Puzzles for Toddlers 2-4 – Chunky Matching Puzzles Set –Toddler Montessori Animal Toys with Jumbo Animals Toddler Puzzles Ages 1-3 I FSC Certified Wood • Amazon Business $25.64 1 $25.64
Color Rings Sorting Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
TOOKYLAND Peg Board Toddler Toys, Counting Wooden Toys with 55 Pegs, Wooden Math Manipulatives,Montessori Math and Numbers for Kids & Kindergarten Learning Activities • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Play Brainy Farm Animal Sorting and Stacking Toys for Toddlers Ages 1-3 - 6 Sets of Animal Stacking Blocks Toddler Toys for Girls and Boys for Preschool Concepts & Early Learning Baby Gifts • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Sorting and Stacking Toys Blocks for Toddlers 1-3, Soft Safari Animal Bath Toys Age 2-4, Numbers Nesting Stackable Toys for Baby 12-18 Months, Montessori Toys Gifts for 1 2 3 Year Old Boys Girls • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
QUOKKA Wooden Puzzles for Toddlers 2-4 – 3X Set Montessori Toys Puzzles for Kids Ages 3-5 – Wood Educational Baby Game 12-18 Months – Gift Learning Mushrooms Flowers Leaves for Boy & Girl 3-5 • Amazon Business $21.84 1 $21.84
TOY Life Wooden Puzzles for Toddlers 2-4, Sea Animals Puzzles for Toddlers 1-3, Wood Puzzles Educational Montessori Toys Gifts for 1 2 3 Year Old, Baby Kids Learning Toy • Amazon Business $21.00 1 $21.00
Tactile Numbers 1-30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
Wooden Puzzles Shape Color Matching Board Games Preschool Educational Montessori Toys for Kids 3 4 5 6 Years Old Boys Girls Brain Teaser Puzzle Logic Game with Bell Cards • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Dailyfunn Montessori Toy Wooden Sorting Cup&Fishing Game 2-in-1 Colors Shapes Sorting Matching Learning Toys for Toddlers 1-3 Year Old • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
ibwaae Wooden Peg Board Beads Game Color Sorting Toys Counting Matching Game Bead Counting Fine Motor Skill Montessori Toys for Toddlers (Rainbow) • Amazon Business $19.39 1 $19.39
Learning Toy for Toddlers 1 2 3 Year Old, 10 Farm Animal Toys & 10 Barns, Counting, Matching & Sorting Montessori Educational Sensory Toys, Christmas Birthday Easter Gift for Baby Boy Girl 1-3 • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Aizweb Color Shape Sorting Toy for Toddler 3 Year Old, Wooden Montessori Toy Shape Sorter Color Matching Box Game, Early Educational Learning Sensory Toy for Baby Boy Girl • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Toddler Puzzles Montessori Toy Wooden Shape Sorting Puzzle Sensory Toy Toddler Activities Preschool Learning Educational Autistic Developmental 1 2 3 Year Old Girl Boy 1-3 Dementia Game Easter Gift • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Coogam Montessori Toy Wooden Shape Peg Puzzle, Fine Motor Color Matching Sorting Board, Early Learning Educational Activity Toy Gift for Preschool Toddler Baby 3 4 5 Year Old • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
QZMTOY Wooden Peg Board Beads Game, Learning Montessori Toys,Color Sorting Stacking Matching Toys for Toddlers, Counting Toy for Kids, Educational Games for Fine Motor Math, Gift for Girls and Boys • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Learning Resources Sunshine Shape Sorter, Multicolored (LER9808) • Quill.com $16.55 1 $16.55
TOWO Wooden Stacking Rings Baby –Lovely Caterpillar Counting Game - Colour Sorting Puzzle - 5 Pegs Ring Stacker - Counting Rings Early Learning Wooden Toys for 1 Year Old Gift First Birthday Boy Girl • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Ulanik Small Balls in Cups Toddler Montessori Toys for 3 Year Old + Kids Preschool Wooden Matching Games for Learning Color Sorting and Counting - 12 Balls • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Bekayshad Wooden Puzzles Toddler Toys Gifts for 1 2 3 Year Old Boys Girls, Animal Jigsaw Puzzles Montessori Toys, Learning Educational Christmas Birthday Gifts for Girls Boys Ages 1-3 • Amazon Business $15.98 1 $15.98
Tree Puzzle - Montessori Puzzle Early Montessori Toys for 3 Years Old • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Learning Resources All About Me Sorting Houses - 12 Pieces, Ages 3+ Fine Motor & Sorting Skills, Montessori Toys, Special Education Actives, Imaginative Play • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Learning Resources Peekaboo Learning Jungle Toddler - 10 Pieces, Ages 18 Months + , Toddler Montessori Toys, Stacking Shape, Sorting and Matching Skill, Educational Games • Amazon Business $15.57 1 $15.57
CozyBomB Toddler Alphabet Flash Cards - Preschool Activities Learning Montessori Toys ABC Wooden Letters Jigsaw Numbers Alphabets Puzzles Flashcards for Age 2 3 4 Years Old Educational for Kids Baby • Amazon Business $15.37 1 $15.37
Adena Montessori Infant Toddlers Coin Box Montessori Toys for 6-12 Months Babies 1 Year 2 Year Old (2 in 1,Coin&Ball, Blue Door) • Amazon Business $15.28 1 $15.28
Ancaixin Montessori Toys for Babies 6-12 Months, Wooden Toys for 1 Year Old Boys and Girls, Educational Carrot Harvest Toy for Toddlers, Shape Sorting Matching Puzzle, Developmental Birthday Gifts • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
J-hong Matching Eggs 12 pcs Set Easter Eggs - Educational Color & Shape Recognition Sortere Skills Study Toys, Montessori Toys, STEM Educational Toy Gift for Toddler 1-3Year Old • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
MCGMITT Rainbow Stacking Toy, Silicone Rainbow Stacker for Toddlers, Montessori Nesting Blocks, Building Creative Color Shape Matching Toy Set, 7 Layers (Brown) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
OESSUF Nesting Dolls | Russian Silicone Nesting Dolls for Toddlers | Matryoshka Doll Montessori Educational Toy | Penguin Stacking Nesting Doll Toys | Gift for Kids 3 Years Up • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
DINORUN Wooden Montessori Toddler Toys - 3 in 1 Sensory Toys for Color Shape Matching, Learning Fine Motor Skills, Educational Toys for Toddlers 1-3, Travel Toys for Boys Girls Gifts • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Learning Resources Snap-n-Learn Surprise Squirrels - Toddler Montessori Toys, Preschool Activities, Counting and Fine Motor Skills, Sorting and Pattering, Color Recognition, Gifts for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Funsland Wooden Toddler Puzzles - 4 Pcs Eco-Friendly Animal Patterns Jigsaw With Handles - Infant Kid Fine Motor Skill Learning Educational Montessori Toys for 1-3 Years Old • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
Cupcake Toy Toddler Toy Learning Colors and Shape-Shape Sorting Toys for Toddlers-Geometry Manipulatives Toddler Sensory Toys for kids 1-3 - child Montessori Toys for 18 month old girls boys • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
YUNCHY Toddler Fine Motor Skill Toy, Bee to Hive Matching Game, Montessori Wooden Color Sorting Matching Toy, Preschool Educational Learning Toys Gift for Toddler 3 Years Old • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Alphabet Puzzle Wooden Puzzles for Toddlers, ABC Puzzle Shape Alphabet Learning Puzzles Toys with Puzzle Board & Letter Blocks for Preschool Girls Boys Lowercase Letter Puzzle • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
USATDD Counting Animal Toys Color Matching Games Preschool Learning Activities Sorting Stacking Toys Math Couting Educational Sensory Montessori Toy for Toddlers Kids Ages 3 4 5 • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Zartores Montessori Toys for 1 2 3 Year Old Boys Girls Gifts, Wooden Shape Sorter Toys for Ages 2-4, Toddler Learning Toy Puzzles Easter Basket Stuffers Birthday Gift Ages 1-3 • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Attmu Alphabet Puzzles Wooden Puzzles for Toddlers Toy, Shape ABC Puzzle Alphabet Learning Toys Preschool Educational Toys Gift for Girls Boys • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$1,353.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $118.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$20.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,522.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$268.70

Total project goal

$1,791.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,791.31

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 $1,791.31

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