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Ms. Salazar from South Gate, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Using Our Five Senses with Sensory Play

Help me give my students light table sensory materials, a sensory sand ice cream set, mold-and-play sensory sand, water pumps, touch-and-feel balls, and magnetic blocks.

  • $735 goal

This project expired on July 17, 2025.

This project expired on July 17, 2025.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My students have a great time learning through play. They have learned about their five senses and use them throughout school to experience new learning. The sensory table materials will allow the students to use the sense of touch and sight to explore and learn about letters, numbers, colors, and shapes through various sensory materials. The unique textures are inviting and allow students to explore through light and color.

Learning through sensory play helps get students engaged.

Once they are attracted to a center or material/toy, they are willing to learn on their own. The colorful sensory sand can stimulate my students' imaginations. Continuing with sensory learning, the see-inside water pumps will allow my students to observe what happens to the water when submerged and what happens when the pump is pushed.

The touch-and-feel balls will help the students continue learning about a variety of textures and the sense of touch. The magnetic blocks will allow my students to build upward or side to side, allowing them to explore magnetism through play.

Ms. Salazar Willow Elementary School 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.

South Gate, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Light Table Sensory Play Materials - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
Lakeshore See-Inside Magnetic Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
See-Inside Water Pumps - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
Lakeshore Touch & Feel Activity Balls • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Mold & Play Sensory Sand - Pink • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Mold & Play Sensory Sand - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Mold & Play Sensory Sand - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Mold & Play Sensory Sand - Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Sensory Sand Ice Cream Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$513.92

Vendor shipping charges

$25.70

Sales tax

$47.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$624.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.18

Total project goal

$734.53

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