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Mrs. McKinley from Amarillo TX is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ringing Out The Year!

Help me give my students music instruments that will encourage them to love playing melodies!

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These colorful handbells and resonator bells will be such an exciting addition to my kindergarten thru second grade music classes. Since we have been making music all year - singing, building rhythms, listening for melodic direction - it would be thrilling for them to get to experience making melodies as a large class with the sets of bells and cases of resonator bells.

They will each have an opportunity to create their own melody on the resonator bells and experience the joy of playing the handbells as a handbell choir.

These students have worked so hard all year and to finish out the year with these instruments will surely boost their love for experimenting with sound and their own creativity.

Mrs. McKinley
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MINIARTIS Glockenspiel Xylophone | Educational Music Toys for Toddlers | 8 Notes Colorful Resonator Bells for Kids with 15 Songbook & Green Case | Great Birthday Gift for Children • Amazon Business $31.90 20 $638.00
16 Pcs 8 Note Diatonic Metal Hand Bells for Kids Valentines Gift Musical Instruments Baby Kids Music Toys Set Colorful Hand Percussion Bells for Toddlers Children Adults Family School Church Classroom • Amazon Business $35.99 2 $71.98

Materials cost

$709.98

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 FREE

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 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$750.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.46

Total project goal

$883.09

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Total project goal

 $883.09

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 $883.09

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