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

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TK Explorers: Learning Through Outdoor Play

Help me give my students a fun collection of playground and sand play toys for outdoor learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Alvarado's classroom raised $464

This project is fully funded

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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

Our transitional kindergarten (TK) students are full of energy, imagination, and a natural love for hands-on exploration. To support their development through outdoor learning, we are hoping to add a variety of fun and educational playground materials to our outside time. With your help, we can provide items like sandbox buckets and shovels, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, beanbags, and sensory bin letters and numbers for our sand area.

These outside materials offer many opportunities for learning and development.

As students scoop, dig, and pour in the sandbox, they build fine motor skills, cooperation, and creativity. Sensory letters and numbers help reinforce early literacy and math concepts in a playful, tactile way. Chalk and beanbags promote gross motor development, while bubbles bring joy and spark language and social interaction.

Outdoor play is essential to healthy development in early childhood. Your generous support will help us create an engaging outdoor environment where our TK learners can move, explore, and grow through meaningful play. Thank you for helping our students learn with joy, movement, and imagination!

Mrs. Alvarado Maxwell Academy Grades PreK-2

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

18 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Super Sand Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
Lakeshore Letters Beanbag Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Lakeshore Real-Working Cash Register • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Sift & Find Alphabet Shells • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Lakeshore Sift & Find Number Shells • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Float & Find Alphabet Bubbles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Big Bubbles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 2 $25.98
Jumbo Chalk Bucket • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 2 $13.98

Materials cost

$314.90

Vendor shipping charges

$15.74

Sales tax

$28.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$394.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.56

Total project goal

$463.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$463.73

2 Donors

-$92.39

Donations toward project cost

-$80.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.36

match offer

-$369.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$314.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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$0.00

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