{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Appoquinimink Pre-School Center","outOfStateSupporters":26.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5597750,"projectId":9823333,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to our preschool classroom. Your support directly enhances the way our young learners experience literacy every day.\r\nHands-on materials are essential to literacy development in preschool, where children learn best through play, exploration, and sensory experiences. Because of your contribution, our students have access to tactile tools such as letter tiles, sandpaper letters, and building blocks. These materials help children connect abstract concepts—like letters, sounds, and story structure—to real-world experiences they can see, touch, and manipulate.\r\nThese resources support fine motor development, strengthen memory, and make learning more joyful and engaging. By actively manipulating materials, our preschoolers are gaining a deeper understanding of letter formation, phonics, and vocabulary—laying a strong, developmentally appropriate foundation for future reading and writing success.\r\nWe are deeply grateful for your investment in our students. Your generosity is helping to create a rich, engaging learning environment where children can grow with confidence, curiosity, and a love of learning.","fullyFundedDate":1760385585143,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-an-adventure-that-never-ends/9823333/","projectTitle":"Literacy: An Adventure that Never Ends","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cole","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5597750_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1533560059124","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5597750"},{"teacherId":6605790,"projectId":9831830,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our DonorsChoose project. Because of you, our students now have access to engaging, high-quality literacy materials that are already making a meaningful impact in our classroom.\r\n\r\nThese resources have helped create a more interactive and inclusive learning environment, where students are excited to participate, explore language, and build foundational reading skills. The materials allow us to differentiate instruction, support diverse learning needs, and provide hands-on opportunities that strengthen early literacy development.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your generosity has helped foster a love of reading and learning in our students. Seeing their excitement, confidence, and growth reminds us daily how powerful community support can be. We are incredibly grateful for your investment in our classroom and in our students' success.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our learners and for helping make literacy come alive!","fullyFundedDate":1760711065160,"projectUrl":"project/playing-with-literacy/9831830/","projectTitle":"Playing With Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Amy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6605790_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760492006696","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6605790"},{"teacherId":10310982,"projectId":9825399,"letterContent":"I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the donations. The light table and all of the materials that came with it has given my classroom a whole new life. \r\nOur science center is now full of excitement, kids always going in and out of the area, using the different textile letters, shape blocks, buttons and translucent shape blocks to create with on the light table. The kids love using the new materials and the light table has truly given us the opportunity to add so many new science, math and social emotional lessons into my classroom. My kids love to play together but the materials are so fun sometimes they have trouble sharing, classic pre k skill that always needs work. This is the perfect way to practice this, so thank you! \r\nThank you for helping my diverse learners, thank you for supporting this generation and for helping to build our future up, we may have little scientists in our future because of you.","fullyFundedDate":1760405401081,"projectUrl":"project/multi-sensory-literacy-learners/9825399/","projectTitle":"Multi-Sensory Literacy Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hahn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10310982"},{"teacherId":2074421,"projectId":9842915,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in funding our play-based literacy project. Your investment is already making a meaningful difference for our youngest learners, and I am truly grateful for your belief in the power of early childhood education.\r\n\r\nOne of the most rewarding parts of my role is that I not only get to work closely with some of the coolest kids around, but I also have the opportunity to push into multiple preschool classrooms. This allows the materials you funded to reach a wide range of students and supports learning across different settings throughout the school day.\r\n\r\nThe resources provided through your donation are being used in various preschool classrooms to support early literacy, expressive and receptive language, fine motor development, and social skills. Through storytelling and the use of puppets, we bring language and stories to life in a way that is engaging and accessible for young children. Puppets spark curiosity, encourage participation, and give children a playful way to explore characters, settings, and emotions. After listening to stories, students use the puppets to retell them in their own words, strengthening comprehension and vocabulary while also building confidence and creativity.\r\n\r\nMany of the other materials allow children to explore letters, early literacy concepts, and prewriting skills through play and self-guided discovery. These hands-on experiences create natural opportunities for conversation, collaboration, and meaningful learning.\r\n\r\nChildren learn best through play, and when they are given novel, engaging, and preferred materials, the impact on their learning is exponential. Because of your generosity, our students are experiencing literacy in ways that are joyful, motivating, and developmentally appropriate.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our students and for helping create rich, playful learning experiences that will have a lasting impact.","fullyFundedDate":1760910883522,"projectUrl":"project/fostering-language-and-literacy-in-our-l/9842915/","projectTitle":"Fostering Language and Literacy in Our Littlest Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Taylor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2074421_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534024072489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2074421"},{"teacherId":3288539,"projectId":9831710,"letterContent":"I am so excited. My students have already enjoyed opening the new items and are excited by both big and small things. The white board is a favorite for displaying our circle time literacy items and it's the perfect size. The kids have enjoyed opening the curricular materials and they have adopted the items onto their does first then boards and are working for these items (which is amazing- it means they don't know they are working through play!!) I am so excited to have enough vocab materials for each child to have their own set of things we are working on. These materials have made it easier to increase literacy instruction.","fullyFundedDate":1760799268460,"projectUrl":"project/little-lions-love-literacy/9831710/","projectTitle":"Little Lions Love Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Yankwitt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3288539_orig.jpg?crop=336,336,x0,y49&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627506585469","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/yankwitt"},{"teacherId":9577211,"projectId":9220809,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom! The new gross motor equipment — hula hoops, soccer balls, footballs, and playground balls — has brought so much excitement and energy to our students.\r\n\r\nWhen the box arrived, the children could hardly contain their excitement! They were eager to open it and start playing right away. The first day we used the equipment, the playground was full of laughter and teamwork. The students took turns rolling balls to one another, practiced tossing and catching, and even created their own \"hula hoop obstacle course.\" It was wonderful to see how much joy and cooperation these simple tools brought to their playtime.\r\n\r\nWe're using the new materials to build coordination, balance, and teamwork skills during our daily outdoor and movement times. The hula hoops have also become part of our \"Move and Count\" activity — where students jump, hop, or spin while counting aloud, helping them build both gross motor and math skills at once!\r\n\r\nOur next step is to continue using these materials during our fall \"Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds\" unit, where students will learn how movement helps keep their bodies strong and their hearts healthy. These resources are helping us make learning active, engaging, and fun every day!\r\n\r\nThank you again for your kindness and support. 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