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Mrs. Litvak from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Play for Special Learners in Pre-K!

Help me give my students Please help me give my students items suitable for their developmental age and a gift certificate to make task boxes for them.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Litvak's classroom raised $626

This project is fully funded

My Students

My classroom is a diverse, inclusive classroom of low-income students aged 3 to 5. For most of my students, this is their first learning experience. All of our students receive complimentary breakfast and lunch at school. We are located in the inner city of Pittsburgh and provide a free comprehensive program that is designed to nurture and support each child as we prepare them to transition to kindergarten.

My students are very interested in learning about letters, math, social studies, engineering, and science, and they enjoy exploring technology.

They are dreamers, thinkers, and questioners and love to discover new things about the world around them. Despite their challenges, they come to school each day ready to work and play with smiles and positive attitudes.

My Project

We have recently had a few students join our classroom who have developmental delays, and we have very few toys and manipulatives appropriate for their age level. We need toddler-level items to use to help them learn and play. The items selected will allow them to learn colors, shapes, and cause and effect as well as provide them with sensory experiences.

Having toys and manipulatives that are developmentally appropriate is crucial to a child's development.

If children are not engaged with what they are using, they will not learn.

Storage bins will keep the items safe, and the gift certificate and sheet protectors will allow me to purchase files and create task boxes and games to help them learn.

Mrs. Litvak Chartiers Early Child Center Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Pittsburgh, PA 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

20 students impacted 28donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00
Really Good Stuff Plastic Storage Bins | Classroom Paper Trays - Scrapbook Tray - Craft Supplies - Fun Rainbow Colors - 14.25” x 10” (Set of 6) • Amazon Business $43.89 2 $87.78
ZZ357 - Busy Baby Activity Tote • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
TOYVENTIVE Wooden Kids Baby Activity Cube - Boys Gift Set | One 1, 2 Year Old Boy Gifts Toys | Developmental Toddler Educational Learning Boy Toys 12-18 Months | Bead Maze, First Birthday Gift • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99
ER549 - Explore Play Activity Rattles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
SE919 - Peekaboo Sensory Fish • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
SJH2751 - Pop Play Dimpl™ Digits • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book • Amazon Business $15.96 1 $15.96
KTRIO Sheet Protectors 8.5 x 11 inch Clear Page Protectors for 3 Ring Binder, Plastic Sleeves for Binders, Top Loading Paper Protector Letter Size, 200 Pack • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Phone Blue, Light-up Musical Pretend Phone for Infants and Toddlers • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
My First Crayola Double Doodle Board, Drawing Tablet, Toddler Toy, Gift • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Melissa & Doug Children's Book - Poke-a-Dot: Old MacDonald’s Farm (Board Book with Buttons to Pop) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$494.05

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$531.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.79

Total project goal

$625.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$625.25

27 Donors

-$625.01

Donations toward project cost

-$531.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.24

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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