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Ms. Her from Saint Paul MN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Open Them, Shut Them, Squeeze! Build Those Muscles!

Help me give my students puppets, playdough mats, and colorful tape to promote more eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.

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Open them, shut them, squeeze! Build those muscles. Our earliest learners explore, discover, and manipulate the environment through touch and feel. We are beginning to strengthen our fingers by kneading play dough, learning to cut with scissors, and building all kinds of structures.

Training scissors, dough mats, and colorful tape extend opportunities for students to create using their little hands to build bigger masterpieces.

These materials also help train our fingers and hand muscles to get stronger and exercise our eye-hand coordination.

Furthermore, the art of building oral language will present itself when students use puppets to retell and create their own stories. Students will use rich vocabulary to describe and expand on how they engineered a structure, composed an art piece or staged a play.

Ms. Her
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Let’s Talk! Storytelling Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $239.00 1 $239.00
Lakeshore Super-Safe 1" Craft Tape Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
Clear Adhesive Roll - 50' x 18" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Leitee 71 PCS Fine Motor Toys Counting Sorting Sensory Bin Filler, 60 Hedge Balls 4 Tweezers 2 Scissors Clips 5 Cups for Boys Girls Early Education and Sorting Counting Training Development • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Craftzilla Colored Masking Tape – 11 Roll Multi Pack – 825 Feet x 1 Inch of Colorful Craft Tape – Vibrant Rainbow Colored Painters Tape – Great for Arts & Crafts, Labeling and Color-Coding • Amazon Business $19.75 1 $19.75
Sintuff 150 Pcs People Craft Sticks 5.3 Inch Jumbo People Shaped Craft Sticks Natural Wooden Craft Sticks for Student DIY Project Making Classroom Home Decoration Craft • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Lakeshore Feelings & Emotions Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
Lakeshore Complete-The-Scene Dough Mats - Our Natural World • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LovesTown Preschool Training Scissors,6 Pcs Dual-Colour Children Safety Scissors Pre-School Training Scissors Safety Scissors Art Craft Scissors • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98

Materials cost

$467.18

Vendor shipping charges

$19.97

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$524.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.50

Total project goal

$616.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$616.66

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$616.66

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