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Ms. Shanna from Lake Isabella CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Learning to the Beat of Music

Help me give my students with special needs a variety of drums and a music player so they can learn reading and math to the beat of music.

  • 9 donors
  • $331 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

My students love listening to and making their own music. I'd like to incorporate this more into instructional strategies for my special education classroom.

Using their choice of a drum my students can read and count to the beat as we work on phonological awareness and math skills.

We can drum out the number of syllables in a word, beat the drum if a word pair rhymes, drum to represent the quantity of a number and rote count. The more active my students are in their learning opportunities the more they retain information. This will be a fun way for my students to learn- and they wont even know they're working!

Ms. Shanna
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bongo Drum • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
Greadio CD Player Boombox Cassette Player Combo with Bluetooth,AM/FM Radio,Stereo Sound with Remote Control,AUX/USB Drive,Tape Recording,AC/DC Powered,Headphone Jack,LCD Display for Home,Kids,Gift • Amazon Business $57.51 1 $57.51
Lakeshore Heavy-Duty Drums - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Crocodile Creek Toddler Wave Drum • Kaplan Early Learning Company $18.86 2 $37.72
Foraineam 2 Pieces 8 Inch Lollipop Drum with Drum Beater Lollipop Hand Drum Musical Educational Percussion Instrument • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98

Materials cost

$222.18

Vendor shipping charges

$5.50

Sales tax

$20.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$281.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.65

Total project goal

$330.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$330.99

5 Donors

-$158.67

Donations toward project cost

-$143.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$161.96

Match offers toward project cost

-$137.67

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.35

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$0.00

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