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Because of your support, my classroom is now filled with hands-on phonics intervention games and resources that make learning to read an exciting, joyful experience for my first graders.\r\n\r\nAt six and seven years old, building complex reading foundational skills can feel daunting, especially for students who are struggling. These targeted materials have transformed our reading interventions into interactive, high-interest play. Instead of feeling discouraged, my young learners are now eagerly building words, practicing decoding skills, and mastering foundational phonics through tactile practice.\r\n\r\nYour kindness does so much more than provide classroom tools—it gives my students the targeted support they need to feel confident, capable, and proud of their progress. 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These targeted phonics materials have turned challenging lessons into interactive, playful experiences. Instead of feeling discouraged, my students are now eagerly practicing essential reading skills through hands-on play. These resources provide the focused support they need to build phonemic awareness and decoding skills effectively and naturally.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your kindness is helping my students discover that reading can be fun while building the confidence they need to see themselves as successful readers. 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Having these tactile materials gives them a concrete way to visualize and master abstract mathematical concepts. Instead of just working on paper, they can now build, count, and solve problems together. Beyond strengthening their math skills, working with these manipulatives fosters the spirit of community, cooperation, and teamwork that makes my classroom so special.\r\n\r\nYour kindness has given my students the tools they need to embrace new challenges with confidence and enthusiasm. Thank you for investing in my classroom and supporting my young learners on their educational adventure!","fullyFundedDate":1742516335442,"projectUrl":"project/math-success-add-up/9154425/","projectTitle":"Math & Success Add Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bargeron","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9490696_orig.png?crop=401,402,x0,y1&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710192143325","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9490696"},{"teacherId":9490696,"projectId":9141799,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity! Because of your support, all of my energetic, curious, and eager first graders now have direct access to hands-on STEM kits and coding games right in our classroom.\r\n\r\nAt six and seven years old, my students are natural explorers, and these interactive resources have brought a whole new level of excitement to our daily learning. Rather than just consuming technology, my young learners are actively using these materials to build, experiment, and solve problems firsthand. Working with these STEM kits and coding games is helping them develop essential life skills—critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication—that lay the groundwork for their future.\r\n\r\nYour investment is doing so much more than providing fun tools; it is building confidence and preparing my students early on for a rapidly evolving technological world. Thank you for empowering our young thinkers and making hands-on learning possible in my classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1741235110137,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-future-innovators/9141799/","projectTitle":"Fueling Future Innovators","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bargeron","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9490696_orig.png?crop=401,402,x0,y1&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710192143325","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9490696"},{"teacherId":9490696,"projectId":9134191,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity! Because of your support, every single one of my first graders now has their own personal bins and pouches to store their literacy and math materials.\r\n\r\nAt 6 and 7 years old, my students are constantly working to build strong foundations in reading and math. 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These resources do so much more than entertain—they encourage critical thinking, spark creativity, build problem-solving skills, and teach my young learners how to collaborate and communicate effectively with one another.\r\n\r\nAt just six and seven years old, my students are already capable of big ideas. Experiencing STEM concepts in a tactile, interactive way gives them the confidence to explore, experiment, and see themselves as future problem solvers and innovators in a fast-changing world.\r\n\r\nI am so grateful for your investment in my classroom and my students' futures. Thank you for making hands-on learning possible at Brookhaven Elementary School!","fullyFundedDate":1740629328721,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-future-innovators/9129310/","projectTitle":"Fueling Future Innovators","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bargeron","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9490696_orig.png?crop=401,402,x0,y1&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710192143325","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9490696"},{"teacherId":9053154,"projectId":9380351,"letterContent":"I can't begin to note the amount of help and support these donations helped in my classroom. I used these books primarily for my life and social skills unit that I rolled out in my classroom, but often used these books to regulate students or reteach skills.\r\n\r\nThese books focused on building skills that would help them add to our classroom community in a fun, visual way. They aligned with different skills such as patience, gratitude, and teamwork. My group this year struggled with many of these behaviors, so it was nice to have the tools to refer back to important skills that helped refocus our classroom objective. I often used these for read aloud. I would then share with parents the different lessons we were teaching, and the picture book that best aligned with those focuses.\r\n\r\nAgain, I appreciate the support to help build our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1756567712837,"projectUrl":"project/books-that-build-us-life-skills-for-lit/9380351/","projectTitle":"Books That Build Us: Life Skills for Little Leaders!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hiller","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9053154_orig.jpg?crop=800,800,x0,y96&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1715098895109","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9053154"},{"teacherId":9053154,"projectId":9380636,"letterContent":"Thank you for your willingness to donate to this project. The materials were well loved and used throughout the whole school year. Something that I noticed was the ability that students had to build positive relationships with peers. I saw it directly impact our classroom community. My students were so excited about using all the different games. Many of the board games were new to them as they have mostly technology materials at home. It made me happy to see them enjoy what they were doing.\r\n\r\nMoving forward, I would love to use these materials as a way for students to have regulating moments and brain breaks. They were great for moments indoor for recess, but I truly saw those social skills impact a lot of the learning experiences in my classroom also.\r\n\r\nAgain, I appreciate all your help with donating to my classroom closet of fun activities.","fullyFundedDate":1754502601194,"projectUrl":"project/board-not-bored-recess-reinvented/9380636/","projectTitle":"Board, Not Bored: Recess Reinvented!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hiller","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9053154_orig.jpg?crop=800,800,x0,y96&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1715098895109","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9053154"},{"teacherId":7885028,"projectId":9602411,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in providing materials for our counting collections. 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