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Mrs. Tina Ward from Mc Kee KY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Puzzle Up for Winter

Help me give my students these amazing puzzles to enhance fine motor development on these snowy days!

  • $297 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are from a small close-knit community in the rural Appalachian heart of Kentucky, where over 30% of families are considered below the poverty level.

A large number of my students are part of the Head Start program which provides comprehensive early childhood education, including health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families.

Our program consists of children ages 3 to 5 years old. Children that do not qualify for the Head Start program of Preschool may enroll starting at age 3 if they have some type of disability such as cognitive, motor, social-emotional, self-help skills, or speech impairment.

My Project

DonorsChoose Featured Favorite puzzles will provide our students with fine motor materials that can be used at home for these long cold snowy winter days. These materials will provide our students with tactile materials that will increase fine motor development as well as manipulatives to enhance cognitive skills. These will be used for parents to use at home with our students. All these materials are made in the USA!

Research has shown that puzzles develop spatial skills, facilitate hand-eye coordination, increase creativity, enhance problem-solving skills, accelerate fine motor development, boost confidence, self-esteem and increase social skills.

Mrs. Tina Ward
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Puzzle Huddle Shapes and Learning FLOOR 32 Pieces • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $24.95 1 $24.95
Confident Wooden Affirmation Puzzle 2 • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Confident Wooden Affirmation Puzzle 1 • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Little Likes Kids Splash Park 48 Piece Puzzle • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Little Likes Kids Camping Outdoors Memory Game • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Little Likes Kids Barbershop Memory Game • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Puzzle Huddle Space Explorer 42 Pieces • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.95 1 $15.95
Puzzle Huddle Ballerina Love 42 Pieces • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.95 1 $15.95
Darlyng and Co Emoji Affirmation Flash Cards • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Little Likes Kids Joyful Carousel 24 Piece Puzzle • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Darlying and Co ABC Affirmation Flash Cards • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Puzzle Huddle Shapes and Learning 15 Pieces • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.95 1 $11.95
Puzzle Huddle Future Chefs Kids 15 Pieces • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.95 1 $11.95

Materials cost

$213.75

Vendor shipping charges

$5.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$251.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.46

Total project goal

$296.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$296.42

1 Donor

-$125.98

Donations toward project cost

-$125.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$148.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.23

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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