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Ms. Patterson from New Castle KY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Safe Play Busy Boxes

Help me give my students an opportunity to play with individual busy boxes.

  • $211 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are active and engaged learners. They are natural scientist who learn through hands-on explorations. Students have ample opportunities to investigate natural artifacts. The students have formed a close classroom community who support and care about each other.

Students are responsible and each have jobs which help them learn independence and self-esteem.

The students teach their peers as they share their expertise and encourage one another during their play. They like to pretend and use their imaginations. They have great respect for each other.

My Project

The materials selected will be used by students in the classroom to build fine motor strength. During this time of COVID, safety is mandatory. I am creating tubs using a variety of manipulatives which will keep children engaged while sitting socially distanced from each other in their assigned groups. I have already created a few boxes we are currently using in class, but I want a variety of materials which will help students build fine motor muscles. The material selected support fine motor development.

Many of my students lack strong fine motor muscle, I have chosen materials that build fine motor development.

This skill is needed for writing.

Students will use the boxes in the morning and afternoon while sitting at assigned tables. I chose materials that are interesting to boys and girls.

Ms. Patterson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC126 Alphabet Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP838 SnapBots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
AC225 AlphaBots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC107 Magnetic Designer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
AC226 NumberBots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$146.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$179.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.61

Total project goal

$210.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$210.76

2 Donors

-$100.97

Donations toward project cost

-$93.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.65

match offer

-$100.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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