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Mrs. Lori from Cactus TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Puzzle It Out

Help me give my students 22 opportunities to "Puzzle It Out". These puzzles and challenge games will give our students, ages 3 to 11, numerous challenges to building their problem-solving abilities in multiple ways.

  • $491 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The students at our school speak at least one of 12 different languages or dialects from approximately 10 different countries. We have immigrants and refugees from Africa, Asia, Central America, and Mexico. Their families come into a new land, community, and school to gain new opportunities in America. The students have to not only learn the school basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic, but they have to learn a new language at the same time!

Our students are true puzzle solvers as they navigate new situations, expectations, languages, and lessons, each and every day.

They are working to figure out how the oral sounds the teacher is making relate to the object the teacher is holding or projecting on the overhead screen. They have to crack the code of how to sound out and spell words with a new alphabet. They might even have to unravel the mystery of indoor plumbing in this new, strange land.

I love to be able to bring problem-solving techniques to my students and help them figure out how to do all the new things in their new school. Our students are amazing and they are always a fun challenge.

My Project

I have chosen puzzles, mind-benders, and memory games to challenge and build problem-solving in our students. Our school has a Maker Room that all students attend twice a week. The activities here focus on STEAM-based learning and range from art projects, to engineering challenges, to coding on laptops. We were looking at another way to teach problem-solving, and puzzles seemed to be a logical addition.

Our students enjoy quality, hands-on challenges that don't necessarily require fluency in English, and puzzles work for this opportunity.

Long term, this will develop approaches that they will use to unravel math problems, assemble sounds to create words, and break apart unfamiliar words to create understanding and comprehension by use of cognates, prefixes, suffixes, and root words. In the short term, the kids are having fun.

These carefully chosen activities will work for our students:

* of ages 3 to 11

* who speak multiple languages, but are working to learn English

* who need a challenge that seems like game-play, but is building grit

* who need to build teamwork skills, and

* who desire to work alone or develop independence

Mrs. Lori
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles for Kids Ages 4-8 by Quokka – World Map and Space Puzzles with 100 Unique Irregular Wood Pieces for 6-8-10 Years Old - Gift Toys and Games for Boys and Girl 3-5 • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Jigsaw Puzzles for Kids Ages 4-8 – 3 Toddler Wooden Puzzles for 3-5 Years Old by Quokka - 100 Uniquely Carved Wood Pieces Designed for Your Children’s Joy – Gift Toys for Boys and Girl 6 7 yo • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Puzzles for Kids Ages 4-8 – 3 Toddlers Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles for 3-5 Years Old by Quokka - 100 Uniquely Carved Wood Pieces Designed for Your Children’s Joy – Gift Toys for Boys and Girl 6 7 yo • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Wooden Puzzles for Kids Ages 4-8 by Quokka – 2 Jigsaw Puzzles with 60 Unique Irregular Wood Pieces for 3-5 Years Old - Enjoy Arctica and Funny Bugs - Gift Toys and Games for Boys and Girl 6-8-10 • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
4 Packs 24 PCs Jigsaw Puzzles for Kids Preschool Educational Brain Teaser Boards Toys Animal Zoo Bus Marine World Construction Sites Children Enlightenment 3 Years Old and Up • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Torched Mind Bending Wooden Jigsaw Travel Puzzle, Small Portable Board, Difficult Hard Puzzles for Adults and Kids, 50 Pieces, 6” x 6” • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Original 3D Wooden Brain Teaser Puzzle by Sharp Brain Zone. Genius Skills Builder T-Shape Pieces. Educational Toy for Kids and Adults. Gift Desk Puzzles (Original) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
iPlay, iLearn Kids Puzzles for Ages 4-8, Wooden Floor Puzzle for Ages 3-5 Toddlers, Large Round World Map Jigsaw Puzzle, Geography Educational Toys, Gifts for 6 7 Years Old Boys Girls Children • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
WOOD CITY Dinosaur Wooden Educational Puzzles Ages 3+, 6 Pack • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Solar System Spy Puzzle with Flashcards and Magnifying Glass 2ft X 3ft- Large 48 Piece Space Floor Puzzles for Kids Ages 4-8 Years Old-Gift for Boys and Girls 3,4,5,6,7,8 • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
54 PCs Memory Match Cards Matching Game for Kids, Educational Game for Toddlers, Matching Pair Cards, Family Party Favor, Birthday Gifts, Perfect Board Game for 3 Years Old and Up, Back to School Gift • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
I SPY Memory Game • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
UNIWA Wooden Toddler Puzzles, 5 Pack Dinosaur Wooden Puzzles for Kids 1 2 3 4 Years Old, Educational Toys Gift for Boys and Girls Preschool Learning Toys, Bright Vibrant Color Shapes • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Imagimake: Mapology World- World Map and Its Countries- Learning Aid & Educational Toy- Jigsaw Puzzle- for Kids Age 4 and Above • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
TOP BRIGHT 100 Piece Puzzles for Kids Ages 4-8 - Urban Jigsaw Puzzle for 4 5 Year Old • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Movement Memory Game for Toddlers & Kids – Educational Matching Game w/ African Animals - Memory Card Game with 28 Sets - Memorize and Match - Exercise & Improve Memory, Focus & concentration • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
2 Pack Wooden Russian Blocks Puzzle + Hexagon Puzzles for Kids & Adults, Jigsaw Brain Teasers Toy 3D Russian Blocks Game Geometry Logic IQ STEM Educational Toys for Children • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Melissa & Doug Farm Cube Puzzle • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
48 Piece Dinosaur World Puzzles for Toddlers 2-4 Year Old Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles for Kids Ages 3-5 Boys and Girls Gifts with Storage Bag and Puzzle Stand • Amazon Business $9.88 1 $9.88
Coogam Metal Wire Puzzle Set of 16 with Pouch,Brain Teaser IQ Test Disentanglemen Iron Link Unlock Interlock Game Chinese Ring Magic Trick Toy for Party Favor Kids Adults Challenge • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Stages Learning Materials Picture Memory Everyday Objects Card Game, Blue, Size 5 x 3 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles Set for Kids Age 3-8 Year Old 30 Piece Colorful Wooden Puzzles for Toddler Children Learning Educational Puzzles Toys for Boys and Girls (4 Puzzles) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$355.72

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.60

Total project goal

$490.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $490.65

20 Donors

-$479.72

Donations toward project cost

-$417.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.93

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