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

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Teach Me About Nature!

Help me give my students a See It Grow Lab and Story Telling Kits about nature!

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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 Project

Please give my Transitional Kindergarten students a plant lab in order to learn how plants grow and identify them in our Plant Unit. I also need a special Storytelling Board with Magnetic Backing and Storytelling Kits all about nature. Some of the story kits I want are "The Hungry Caterpillar," "The Rainbow Fish," "The Snowy Day," "It Looked Like Spilt Milk," and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear."

These kits are great for Transitional Kindergarten students and talk about nature, making kids think and get creative.

Exploring nature gets kids excited and curious about the world around them!

Mrs. Downard
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Storytelling Kits - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
Lakeshore See It Grow Plant Lab • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
Lakeshore Storytelling Board with Magnetic Backing • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$261.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.10

Sales tax

 $23.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$332.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.76

Total project goal

$391.74

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