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Mrs. Ryan from Blue Island, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Molding our Brains!

My students need playdoh, tools and alphabet stamps.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ryan's classroom raised $210

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

Pre-Kindergarten is a wonderful year for young students. Pre-Kindergarten means music, movement, and many creative experiences. We all learn best by doing. I want to help my students have many opportunities to actually do things with their hands, have fun, and learn at the same time.

The enrollment at our school is range of cultures, backgrounds, experiences, challenges and abilities.

However, once through the doors, there is a real sense of community, mutual respect and friendship. Our school is located in a predominantly low-income neighborhood, which means that many of our students may not have access to many of the materials outside the classroom as students in surrounding communities. Unfortunately, our school funding leaves little room for new materials, and many of our classrooms are missing some of the essentials materials needed in a Pre-K classroom.

My Project

My students need Play-Doh and Play-Doh kits for hands on, creative experiences, so that they learn their letters, numbers, shapes, and develop stronger fine motor skills. Some of my students have not learned their written name, letters, sounds, or numbers. I want my children to have fun ways to learn their names and letters. It is so much more engaging to create your name in play-doh than to just sit and write it on paper. You learn more through actively doing, than just passively writing on paper. Creating your name or stamping the alphabet in play-dough is engaging and helps the student learn and remember.

My students will be able to stamp the alphabet, match upper and lower case letters.

We will be able to do math activities in a concrete way to help master one to one correspondence. The list goes on and on. While they are 'playing' in the play-dough, they will also be strengthening their fine motor skills which will help them be able to do paper and pencil activities in higher grades.

Mrs. Ryan Horace Mann School Grades PreK-2

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.

Blue Island, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Play Doh Mega Pack (36 Cans) • Amazon $24.99 2 $49.98
Toy Vacuum- Dyson Ball Vacuum With Real Suction and Sounds • Amazon $27.99 1 $27.99
Play-Doh 24-Pack of Colors (Frustration Free Packaging) • Amazon $15.99 1 $15.99
Play-Doh Learn About Shapes and Numbers • Amazon $14.25 1 $14.25
Play-Doh Numbers Letters N Fun Art Toy • Amazon $12.69 1 $12.69
Uppercase Stamp Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $10.16 1 $10.16
Lowercase Stamp Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $10.16 1 $10.16

Materials cost

$141.22

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$178.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.47

Total project goal

$209.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $209.81

1 Donor

-$52.50

Donations toward project cost

-$44.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.87

Matching donations from our partners

-$157.30

Match offers toward project cost

-$133.70

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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