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Ms. S. from San Diego, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy and STEM- Think It! Build It! and Show it!

Help me give my students important hands-on tools to foster learning that will build foundational skills that will be building blocks of all future learning.

  • $398 goal

This project expired on July 10, 2025.

This project expired on July 10, 2025.

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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

Universal Kindergarten is a program that services our youngest learners using hands-on techniques to learn 21st century skills in a fun way. We have a UTK classroom where the students are different stages and speak different languages. They need different ways to understand new concepts in a hands-on, concrete way. Help me make sure that my students are learning important literacy and STEM skills with these fun puzzles and thinking and building sets.

Students will use essential nursery rhyme puzzles and different sized wooden shapes to help learn critical thinking skills, problem solving, and pattern matching in creative and innovative ways.

My students will spend countless hours learning important skills with these tools that will build a solid foundation for future learning.

Ms. S. Mendoza Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Diego, 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

20 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Nursery Rhymes Storytime Viewer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 4 $79.96
Wooden Rainbow Stacking Toy, Large Wood Rainbow Stacker Arch Game, Montessori Arch Bridge Rainbow Building Blocks, Colorful Stacking Blocks Puzzles for Kids 3 4 5 Years Old, Rainbow Decor (8 Layers) • Amazon Business $25.99 2 $51.98
Le Toy Van - Wooden Petilou Forest Stacker Puzzle & Bag Educational Balancing Activities Toy | Great Gift for Kids and Toddlers | Suitable for Age 18+ Months Old • Amazon Business $18.83 2 $37.66
kecristv Montessori Toys for 1 2 Year Old Boys Girls, Toddler Toys Age 1-2, Wooden Toys for Ages 0-2 2-4, 1 2 Year Old Girl Boy Birthday Gifts, Education Toddler Puzzles Toys - Ferrule • Amazon Business $8.88 2 $17.76
Le Toy Van - Wooden Toys - Andes Stacking & Bag - Petilou Forest Building Blocks Stacker & Bag Educational Balancing Activity Toy - Wooden Blocks Tropical Animal Toys - Kids Toys Age 18 Months + • Amazon Business $16.25 1 $16.25
Coogam Wooden Shape Color Sorting Clock – Teaching Time Number Puzzle Stacking Sorter Jigsaw Montessori Early Learning Educational Toy Gift for Year Old Kids • Amazon Business $15.98 1 $15.98
Little Folk Visuals Old MacDonald Bilingual Rhymes Felt Set - 10 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $15.26 1 $15.26
Lakeshore Hey Diddle Diddle Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
Lakeshore Humpty Dumpty Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
Toddler Montessori Toys Wooden Beads Sequencing Toy Set, Stacking Blocks, Matching Shapes, Lacing Beads, Shape Sorter Toys for 2 3 4 5 Year Old Boys Girls, STEM Preschool Learning Toys Gifts for Kids • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74

Materials cost

$273.57

Vendor shipping charges

$5.30

Sales tax

$25.03

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$338.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.65

Total project goal

$397.65

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