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.
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