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Ms. Laura Salvaggio from Mesa, AZ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Play Together

Help me give my students the materials needed to increase social skills by taking turns and playing together with each other.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Laura Salvaggio's classroom raised $1,004

This project is fully funded

My Project

My class is made of students with severe delays many of which are medically fragile. With the onset and continuation of Covid-19, many of my students have not had the opportunity to leave home and interact with their peers thus hindering their already delayed social-emotional development. For some students, the first day in class is the first time they have been around their peers.

This project will help provide materials needed for my students to not only learn to take turns and play with each other which is important for their social-emotional and cognitive development.

Being around peers in the classroom might cause a little anxiety for some students so I have included some sensory toys to help calm. I have requested a couple of chairs with small arm rests to help students feel more stable while working together at tables. My students have also spent a large part of their lives seeing others in masks which makes it difficult to recognize emotions. Materials I requested will provide ways to learn about their own emotions and those of others.

Ms. Laura Salvaggio Red Mountain Center Early Education Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Mesa, AZ View local requests 7 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA583 - Stand-Up Magnetic Design Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
EE509BU - Kids Colors™ Stacking Chair - 9 1/2" - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 2 $139.98
PP439 - Lakeshore Water Play Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
Fisher-Price Little People Animal Rescue Playset • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Fisher-Price Little People Launch & Loop Raceway, vehicle playset for toddlers and preschool kids • Amazon Business $41.99 1 $41.99
All About Me 2-in-1 Mirrors - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $35.06 1 $35.06
A Little SPOT of Emotion 8 Book Box Set (Books 1-8: Anger, Anxiety, Peaceful, Happiness, Sadness, Confidence, Love, & Scribble Emotion) • Amazon Business $34.94 1 $34.94
DD939 - Turn Learn Magnetic Gears • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Move2Play, Feed The Fish, Interactive Toddler Toy for Boys and Girls 9 Months and Up • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
HH344 - Stack Build Emotion Kids • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
My First Crayola Touch Lights, Musical Doodle Board, Toddler Toy, Gift, White, Green • Amazon Business $25.97 1 $25.97
Learning Resources All About Me Sorting Neighborhood - 42 Pieces, Ages 3+ Toddler Social Emotional Toys, Fine Motor & Sorting Skills, Montessori Toys, Preschool Learning Toys • Amazon Business $23.75 1 $23.75
EE332 - Float Find Alphabet Bubbles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
Fisher-Price Little People the Helpful Neighbor's Garage • Amazon Business $19.97 1 $19.97
24 Pack Bundle Sensory Fidget Toys Set-Liquid Motion Timer/Grape Ball/Mochi Squishy/Stretchy String/Flippy Chain/Easter Egg/Marble Mesh/Squeeze Bean/Cube for Autistic Kids, ADHD, Anti-Stress Toys • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
ERUGI Wooden Expressions Matching Block Puzzle Educational Games Montessori Toy for Kids Preschool Ages 3 Years and Up,Face-Changing Cube Building Blocks • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Learning Resources Big Feelings Pineapple - 30 Pieces, Ages 3+ Social Emotional Learning Toy For Boys and Girls, Body Awareness, Toddler Learning Toys, Easter Toys for kids • Amazon Business $6.59 2 $13.18
Learning Resources Big Feelings Pineapple - 30 Pieces, Ages 3+ Social Emotional Learning Toy For Boys and Girls, Body Awareness, Toddler Learning Toys, Easter Toys for kids • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59

Materials cost

$757.35

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$54.15

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$852.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.50

Total project goal

$1,003.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,003.36

2 Donors

-$1,003.36

Donations toward project cost

-$852.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$150.50

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$0.00

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