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Mrs. Amadon from Groton, CT is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading with Tonies!

Help me give my students a love of reading with Tonie boxes and story time Tonies!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Amadon's classroom raised $989

This project is fully funded

My Project

Help me create lifelong readers by enriching my students' reading experience with Tonieboxes! Tonieboxes are audiobook devices that are designed to be screen-free, are made for kids, and work with Tonie characters. Each character is either a fiction or nonfiction story with music and they're designed to make learning and reading fun and exciting. I'm requesting a variety of Tonie characters that go along with popular stories in our school so that students can read along while they listen to increase their reading fluency. I'm also requesting "creative Tonie" characters that I can record my own audio to for custom assignments. With the headphone splitters I've added to my list groups of kids can even listen together and work collaboratively.

These Tonieboxes and Tonies will loaned out from the library to be used by the entire school, including our Social Emotional Learning Team for student regulation, positive behavior modeling, and reward time.

These will be invaluable resources for our students and our staff.

Mrs. Amadon Charles Barnum Discovery Magnet 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.

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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

365 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Toniebox Audio Player Starter Set with National Geographic Astronaut, Dinosaur, Whale, Penguin, and Playtime Puppy - Listen, Learn, and Play with One Huggable Little Box - Green • Amazon Business $154.95 1 $154.95
Tonies for Teachers Audio Player Starter Kit with Pete The Cat, Healthy Habits, Laurie Berkner, National Geographic Dinosaur, and Yeti - Red • Amazon Business $149.99 1 $149.99
Toniebox Audio Player Starter Set with Playtime Puppy - Listen, Learn, and Play with One Huggable Little Box - Pink • Amazon Business $99.95 1 $99.95
Toniebox Audio Player Starter Set with Playtime Puppy - Listen, Learn, and Play with One Huggable Little Box - Light Blue • Amazon Business $99.95 1 $99.95
Belkin Rockstar 5-Jack Multi Headphone Audio Splitter (Light Green) - Headphone Splitter Designed To Connect Up To 5 Devices For Classrooms, Audio Mixing & Shared Experiences - For iPhone, iPad & More • Amazon Business $12.44 2 $24.88
Tonies Horton Audio Play Character from Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Tonies Pete The Cat Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Tonies James and the Giant Peach Audio Play Character by Roald Dahl • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Tonies Pete The Cat: Rock On! Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Horse Audio Play Character for Tonies • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Tonies The Very Hungry Caterpillar Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Tonies x Calm Mindfulness Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Tonies Clark The Shark Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Tonies Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Tonies Dragons Love Tacos Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Tonies Giraffes Can't Dance Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Tonies Diary of a Wimpy Kid Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Tonies x GoNoodle Mindfulness Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Tonies Mama Llama Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Tonies Superhero Creative Audio Character - Blue/Red • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$798.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$839.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.23

Total project goal

$988.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $988.21

1 Donor

-$988.21

Donations toward project cost

-$839.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.23

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