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Mrs. Gauci from East Palo Alto, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning the Alphabet

Help me give my students the tools to learn the alphabet, beginning words, and numbers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gauci's classroom raised $383

This project is fully funded

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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 Project

There are many ways to learn the alphabet and numbers. I believe that learning should be fun! Children learn through play. I hope to stimulate their curiosity for learning through their hands.

Learning locks, letter stampers, and play dough cards will help my students learn their letters, beginning words, and how to count objects.

My children will manipulate the locks and keys to open the locks and their minds to learning letters, numbers, and words. They will use the dough stampers to write their names and other words in play dough. They will use play dough to develop their fine motor skills while learning to count, write numbers and letters, and manipulate the dough on the mats.

Learning should be exciting! It should be fun and invigorating! Learning should stimulate curiosity. It should get children exploring and experimenting. These tools will help me to challenge my children to want to learn every day.

Thank you for considering my children and our class for your donation. We are so very grateful to you.

Mrs. Gauci Costano School of the Arts 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.

East Palo Alto, CA View local requests

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

24 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Uppercase Alphabet & Number Dough Stampers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Alphabet Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Addition Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
Lakeshore Lowercase Alphabet Dough Stampers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Simple Words Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Learn the Alphabet! Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Lakeshore Feelings & Emotions Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
Lakeshore Complete-The-Scene Dough Mats - In the City • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
Lakeshore Complete-The-Scene Dough Mats - Our Natural World • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
Lakeshore Learn to Count! Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$254.90

Vendor shipping charges

$12.74

Sales tax

$23.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$324.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.31

Total project goal

$382.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$382.09

2 Donors

-$382.09

Donations toward project cost

-$324.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.31

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$0.00

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