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Ms. Hylton from Saint Louis MO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Little Hands - Big Minds, Becoming Smarter, Together!

My students need science tools and learning materials to explore plants, bugs and life cycles. We are asking for a science supply center and life cycle kit, a light table, specimen sets, and more!

  • $1,110 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

You can feel the energy when you walk into the classroom. My preschoolers love hands-on learning and exploring their world! The smiles and hugs from the 4 and 5 year old's warm my heart and everyone's around them!

Many of my students come from single parent households or are raised by grandparents or family members.

I also have ELL students in my classroom. A large majority of my students come from low income homes. They face many challenges in their lives before they even get on the bus. My goal as their teacher is to create an environment for my students where they feel loved and supported!

My Project

The best thing about our classroom is that the students get to choose what they want to learn about. I base our themes around my students' interest! Themes vary from class to class and year to year. This year my students loves hands-on, science activities, learning about animals and our world. So far we have studied the ocean, space, winter, and pets. We will be learning all about weather, bugs, plants and spring in April. The materials I have chosen will help us learn about spring and create opportunists for my students to learn through their own experiences. The materials we are asking for are allowing for this. The specimen sets and light table will allow them to look at bugs up close. The science supply kit will give us all new tools to explore with! The growing kits will allow us to watch nature up close and personal!

This donation will provide opportunities for my students to learn that we wouldn't otherwise have.

We do not have many resources in the school to purchase new learning materials. Thank you for helping my preschoolers grow smarter, together!

Ms. Hylton
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL526 - Color-Changing Light Table • Lakeshore Learning Materials $299.00 1 $299.00
LA425 - Hands-On Science Supply Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $179.00 1 $179.00
DG547 - Magna-Tiles® - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 1 $129.99
TT912 - Life Cycle Specimen Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $44.50 1 $44.50
TT914 - Insects Specimen Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $44.50 1 $44.50
BT224 - Giant Bug Collection • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GR700 - Life Cycle Sequencing Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
JJ247 - Scoop-A-Bug Sorting Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
GR242 - See It Grow Plant Lab • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Root Vue Farm Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.71 1 $29.71
Sensory Dome • Kaplan Early Learning Company $22.06 1 $22.06
LL567 - Sequencing Numbers 1-10 Puzzles - Set of 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
Plush Green Frog with Sound • Kaplan Early Learning Company $7.61 1 $7.61

Materials cost

$899.32

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$942.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$166.38

Total project goal

$1,109.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,109.19

1 Donor

-$1,109.19

Donations toward project cost

-$942.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$166.38

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 $0.00

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