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Mrs. Groves from North Franklin CT is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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When The Band Comes Marching In

Help me give my students a 15-player rhythm set and heavy-duty drums to increase interest in music and the arts.

  • 2 donors
  • $273 goal

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My Project

On of my favorite instrument songs to teach to preschoolers is called "When The Band Comes Marching In" by Super Simple Songs. It is so fun to allow children to select which instrument they would like to play, and then take turns switching instruments for the duration of the song. The song mentioned above is only one of many, many activities that could be done in a preschool classroom with instruments. We have one little problem though - we don't have instruments in our classroom!

My amazing little learners love to learn new things and explore all kinds of early childhood materials.

I would love to have a selection of new instruments that children would be able to choose from and learn how to play. Maybe an interest in music could become a catalyst for children to continue to pursue music as they move on to middle and high school!

Mrs. Groves
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
15-Player Rhythm Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $139.00 1 $139.00
Lakeshore Heavy-Duty Drums - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$188.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.45

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.81

Total project goal

$272.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $272.08

1 Donor

-$136.03

Donations toward project cost

-$115.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.40

match offer

-$136.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.41

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 $0.00

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