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Ms. Tammy from Santa Clara CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Alphabet Rocks!

Help me give my students a surface to write on and alphabet beads to learn in recognizing alphabet letters.

  • $469 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our preschool program serves children ages 3 to 5 from predominantly low-income families that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The families cover a wide range of cultures. Commonly, one of the first things I need to do is to help make the child comfortable with school. With the unforeseen pandemic, this year we will remain in distance learning until it is safe to return for in-person learning.

My Project

It is important to provide basic materials during distance learning without putting this burden on parents who are already struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. The children will be using beads, teddy bears, linking cubes, and clipboards during distance learning. They will practice lacing, play sorting and counting games with these materials.

These alphabet beads and clipboards will allow my children to learn the letters and trace their names through hands-on and fun activities during distance learning.

These materials will promote language, literacy and basic math skills for my children.

Ms. Tammy
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Officemate Plastic Clipboard, Letter, Arctic Blue, 9" x 12 1/2" • Staples Advantage $6.04 12 $72.48
Learning Resources Beads & Lacing, Lacing Lowercase Alphabet • Staples Advantage $20.49 2 $40.98
Baby Bear Counters, 6 colors, Set of 102 (LER0729) • Staples Advantage $17.99 2 $35.98
Roylco Manuscript Letter Beads Uppercase, Multicolor 288/pkg (R-2184) • Staples Advantage $17.29 2 $34.58
LA550 Character Kids Peel Stick Frames • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Pacon Little Fingers Doodle Pad, 9"x12", White, 12 Packs of 60 Sheets Per Pack (PAC3421) • Staples Advantage $21.99 1 $21.99
RA529 Linking Cubes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LA299 Learn the Alphabet Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
LL688 Learn to Count Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
Shapes Chart • Staples Advantage $9.49 1 $9.49
Creativity Street Pony Beads, Assorted Colors, 1000/Pack (3552) • Staples Advantage $4.39 2 $8.78
Teacher's Friend Charts, Alphabet Chart • Staples Advantage $6.99 1 $6.99
Ziploc Storage Bags, Quart, 48/Box (314469) • Staples Advantage $6.99 1 $6.99
Ziploc Storage Bags, Gallon, 38/Box (314470) • Staples Advantage $6.99 1 $6.99
Chenille Kraft Company Creativity Street Felt Sheet Pack, Assorted Colors, 12 Sheets/Pk • Staples Advantage $4.29 1 $4.29
Scotch Blue ORIGINAL Painter's Tape, 0.70" x 60 yds. (2090-18E-G) • Staples Advantage $3.52 1 $3.52
Pacon Sentence & Learning Strips, Elementary Students (5166) • Staples Advantage $2.61 1 $2.61

Materials cost

$332.63

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$30.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$398.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.25

Total project goal

$468.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$468.31

2 Donors

-$214.03

Donations toward project cost

-$199.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$234.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$199.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.12

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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Project Activity

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