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Mrs. Beal from Santa Maria CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Shine a Light

Help me give my students a light table and manipulatives for hands-on exploration.

  • $685 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Learning by doing is essential to our naturally curious transitional kindergarten students. The TK students in my class are 4 and 5 years old. These students are beginning their educational journeys, and I want to create a love of learning.

Our school is located in California and is a designated Title I school.

The students in my classroom come from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. I want to create a strong educational foundation for my early learners in TK. I hope that you can contribute and support this important project.

My Project

Light tables are a great learning tool that enhance sensory play opportunities. The activities and learning experiences are endless and encourage a range of skills and development such as fine motor development, pre-writing skills, hand and eye coordination, color recognition, and so much more!

Children are naturally drawn to the gentle glow of the light table, and my students will enjoy spending long periods of time creating with manipulatives, which is great for stretching those budding attention spans.

A light table would be a wonderful, enriching addition to our early learning classroom!

Mrs. Beal
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL526 SpaceSaver ColorChanging Light Table • Lakeshore Learning Materials $399.00 1 $399.00
LC590X Light Table Manipulative Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50

Materials cost

$498.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$45.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$581.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.63

Total project goal

$684.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$684.22

84 Donors

-$547.91

Donations toward project cost

-$478.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.02

match offer

-$122.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$103.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.49

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$0.00

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