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Mrs. Saks from Norfolk VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Language at Home

Help me give my students hands-on activities like sorting kits and games for early language development at home.

  • $196 goal

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My Students

I’m a speech therapist at a Title I school in an urban area. I’ve been at the same school for over 25 years and serve over 50 children. Even though my job gets more challenging every year due to my students’ needs continuing to increase, I stay because of all the amazing kids I get to work with.

Even though a large portion of my children can’t speak and have significant physical and medical concerns, each and every one of them perseveres to find a way to communicate, even if it’s a facial expression or giggle.

They challenge and encourage me every day. But mostly, they make me smile every day; in person and virtually!

My Project

I provided speech-language therapy to students in a Title I school. We continue to work with our students 100% virtually. Many of my students do not have the materials to encourage early language development while not physically in school.

My students need language-based activities to provide language stimulation while at home.

These materials can be provided to my students so that their parents and caregivers can support their language development in their home environment. Caregivers often do not know where to start when teaching children to communicate. These materials will provide a great starting point to give the children the language models they need.

Mrs. Saks
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Primary Concepts Category Sorting Learning Kit, Educational Set of 50 Objects in 10 Categories for Children • Amazon Business $45.48 1 $45.48
Kibbit - Bingo Style Game Targeting Descriptive Language, Sentence Structure, and Ability to Follow Multi-Component Directions • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Wily Fox Sensory Busy Book Toys for Autistic Children, Toddler Speech Therapy Activity Board Toys Montessori Educational Learning Toys, Autistic Toys Book, Montessori Toys for Toddlers (Speech Therapy • Amazon Business $28.99 1 $28.99
Key Education Sentence Building for Kids—Sight Word Builder for Early Reading, Speech, Writing, Language, Literacy Resource for Kindergarten-2nd Grade • Amazon Business $15.50 1 $15.50
Picnmix Happy Farm Puzzle Board Game for Toddlers 3 Years Old Preschool, Learning Sensory Toys for Kids. 32 Piece Plastic Cards Also for Bath Activities. Matching Educational Puzzle Board Games. • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00

Materials cost

$133.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$165.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.29

Total project goal

$195.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $195.26

1 Donor

-$165.97

Donations toward project cost

-$165.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.29

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 $0.00

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