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Mrs. Seed from Portland, ME is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Preschool Science

My students need animal life photos, reptile specimen and the bug and insect learning center to help them engage in meaningful conversations, using new vocabulary.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Seed's classroom raised $284

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My Students

How do you introduce science to preschoolers? PreK children are tactile. Having materials they can easily manipulate is engaging and encourages children. They need materials they can explore over and over to see how they change and become something new.

I work in a school with high poverty, 78% of the students receive free and reduced-price lunch.

48% of the students in this school speak a language other than English. The school consists of about 450 students, Prek-5th grade. We are located in a large city in Maine. Being in an urban area, we have minimal green space around the school. My classroom is made up of 18 Pre K children. They spend 5 hours a day learning and playing with another Pre K classroom.

My Project

The students work hard in a routine filled day with a literacy based curriculum. I am working on balancing the literacy curriculum with Math and Science. As teachers, we are trying to enhance the learning school wide through hands on science. Children learn through their senses. The ability to manipulate materials in a play environment with peers encourages using the new vocabulary they have been learning. High quality materials are engaging to students. Being able to manipulate and explore these materials is a huge part of their learning. Just like babies put everything in their mouths, preschoolers like to touch items like the reptile specimen. They will use the bug and insect learning center for counting and sorting items. The animal life photos will start many conversations that I can help clarify with facts as the students ask questions.

These materials will be shared among many classrooms to give many children a new science and math experience, and give my students more peers they can talk to using their new language of science.

If students are introduced to the language of science and math in preschool, then carried on through K, it will become a part of a student's natural vocabulary.

Mrs. Seed Gerald E Talbot Community 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.

Portland, ME View local requests

More than half 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

75 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA191 - All About Animals Photo Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
DD978 - Animals Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DD974 - Bugs & Insects Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
HH584 - Reptiles Specimen Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
FF933 - Farm Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
PP573 - Life Science File Folder Games • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
TT154 - Magnet Cars - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LL493 - Bugs Number Sequencing Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$197.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$240.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.49

Total project goal

$283.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $283.28

1 Donor

-$283.28

Donations toward project cost

-$240.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.49

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