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Mrs. Parins from Saint Paul, MN is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensory Table Exploration!

My students need new sensory table materials to encourage play and the use of imaginations in our classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Parins's classroom raised $315

This project is fully funded

My Students

My PreK scholars are amazing! They are the only full day class in our school. They are eager to learn and love being in school. Our school is very diverse and takes pride in welcoming and engaging all scholars and families. We are committed to creating a school where kids feel safe, loved, and motivated.

As a school, we take pride in creating an environment where we celebrate diversity, discuss and study racial equity, and "inspire all scholars to reach high levels of social and academic achievement, and to become future leaders through a collaborative system of support." - from our school's mission statement

My Project

My scholars love our sensory table. During our active learning or play time, you will see at least four scholars playing and interacting in our sensory table. I love to add water, sand, and other exciting materials for my scholars to explore.

We need white sand, kinetic sand, scoops, sifter and sand molds that will allow my scholars to have new, clean materials to dig, make letters and numbers, and practice playing and sharing with friends.

The children will love new sifting materials to watch sand change and move. They will also enjoy the letter and number mold to create and recognize letters and numbers. The scholars will love new sensory materials!

Mrs. Parins Obama Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint Paul, MN View local requests

Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SE203BU - Colored Kinetic Sand - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $42.99 2 $85.98
Sensory Mat 54" x 72" - Blue • Kaplan Early Learning Company $46.71 1 $46.71
Scoops & Sifter Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $42.46 1 $42.46
White Sand (25 lbs) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.51 2 $39.02
Uppercase Sand Molds • Kaplan Early Learning Company $11.01 1 $11.01
Number Sand Molds • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.46 1 $8.46

Materials cost

$233.64

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$267.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.14

Total project goal

$314.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$314.28

2 Donors

-$157.14

Donations toward project cost

-$133.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.57

match offer

-$157.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$133.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.57

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$0.00

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