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These simple tools help students build focus, responsibility, and confidence as learners.\r\n\r\nThe addition of a cozy bean bag chair in our calming corner also provides students with a safe and comfortable space to reset when emotions feel overwhelming. By learning to take short breaks and practice self-regulation, students can return to learning feeling calm, ready, and successful. Your support is helping us nurture not only academic growth, but also the social and emotional skills that students need every day.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your generosity and for believing in our students. Your support is helping create a peaceful, productive, and student-centered classroom where every child has the opportunity to learn, focus, and grow.","fullyFundedDate":1764700923446,"projectUrl":"project/peaceful-partitions-building-a-private/9871652/","projectTitle":"Peaceful Partitions: Building a Private Spot for Calm and Focus","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Howser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8145019_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y123&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767914004666","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrshowser"},{"teacherId":2405626,"projectId":9933537,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for contributing to our project. This new whiteboard was an amazing addition to our math collaborative project, allowing everyone to have a standing group to discuss math. Students are learning to describe, discuss, and work problems together and this was so helpful.\r\n\r\nIn addition, my students love finding out who the \"Lucky Duck\" is each day. These ducks will be a great reminder to continue to be scholarly, trustworthy, accepting, and responsible in the classroom and beyond.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us add these meaningful items to our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1767582862035,"projectUrl":"project/write-and-bright/9933537/","projectTitle":"Write and Bright","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Clappin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2405626_orig.jpg?crop=2665,2666,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597210546485","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/megan-clappin"},{"teacherId":1526341,"projectId":9852279,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to fund our Dash Robots! My students absolutely love using these robots during our makerspace time. They are excited to experiment, problem-solve, and learn how to make the robots move and follow different directions.\r\n\r\nWorking with the Dash Robots helps students build early coding and critical-thinking skills while having fun. It has been wonderful to see their confidence grow as they test ideas, make adjustments, and celebrate their successes.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made hands-on learning possible in our classroom, and my students and I are truly grateful. 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This technology helps make learning more engaging and gives students a fun, meaningful way to showcase their work.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make this possible and for supporting our classroom in such a practical and impactful way. We truly appreciate your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1764697590119,"projectUrl":"project/green-screen-videos/9931822/","projectTitle":"Green Screen Videos","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Heather","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1526341_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1480458696282","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hdion"},{"teacherId":1526341,"projectId":9934103,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of the 3D Doodlers and stickers! My students are absolutely thrilled. The 3D Doodlers have quickly become their favorite activity in our makerspace. They love bringing their ideas to life, experimenting with designs, and proudly sharing their creations with one another.\r\n\r\nThe stickers have been just as exciting. Students enjoy using them to decorate pictures, make cards, and add personality to their projects. These materials spark creativity, encourage collaboration, and make our learning environment even more joyful.\r\n\r\nYour support has made a meaningful impact in our classroom, and my students and I are incredibly grateful. Thank you for helping make creativity and hands-on learning possible!","fullyFundedDate":1764708137127,"projectUrl":"project/creation-is-the-key-to-learning/9934103/","projectTitle":"Creation is the Key to Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Heather","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1526341_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1480458696282","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hdion"},{"teacherId":2678519,"projectId":9850526,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in helping fund my project! Coming into kindergarten a few years ago, I had to take the available materials that were not being used by others. That meant that I was lacking the complete sets for our listening center. Although teaching sharing is a great skill, it is so important to have a book in each child's hands to work on skills like tracking, recognizing sight words in text, finding beginning sounds in words, and so on. So having these books to complete my sets is so exciting, as they support student learning in literacy immensely! \r\n\r\nWhen I opened up all the books, the students were so excited to see what we had received! And they have not read all of the stories in the listening center, so it also made them excited to see what books they will be reading in the future. To me, that is so important that they continue to want to keep reading, and by their eagerness, I think that they do have that passion already instilled for loving reading. Thank you once again for your kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1764727555365,"projectUrl":"project/learning-through-literature/9850526/","projectTitle":"Learning Through Literature","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Saindon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2678519_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y176&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1608306972706","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dsaindon"},{"teacherId":1526341,"projectId":9808131,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping fund this project! We go through a tremendous amount of art materials, especially during free exploration time. Students from all three TK classes are able to move between classrooms, which means these materials are shared by nearly 60 students each day—you can imagine how quickly they are used!\r\n\r\nThe students absolutely love taping, gluing, and creating with pom poms, beads, and cardboard. These open-ended materials encourage creativity, fine motor development, collaboration, and imaginative play. It has been wonderful to see students so engaged as they design, build, and proudly share their creations.\r\n\r\nYour generosity helps make this kind of hands-on, creative learning possible for all of our students. Thank you for supporting our classrooms and our young learners!","fullyFundedDate":1760982729405,"projectUrl":"project/stem-art-steam/9808131/","projectTitle":"STEM + Art = STEAM","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Heather","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1526341_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1480458696282","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hdion"},{"teacherId":1121267,"projectId":9698535,"letterContent":"On behalf of my students, thank you. Your generosity has made kindergarten science a lot more interesting and fun. The students love using their new tools to explore and learn. My classes favorite thing to do is go into our school garden and us the microscope and slides as a tool to look around the garden with the magnify glasses. When they find a match they get excited and want to learn more. We also enjoy using the science viewers before going outside to the garden, or just out to play. The magnetic letters help us when we come in to write a sentence about what we have seen.\r\nYou have helped create little scientists in training.","fullyFundedDate":1757506236128,"projectUrl":"project/stem-is-fun/9698535/","projectTitle":"STEM is fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1121267"},{"teacherId":1526341,"projectId":9715163,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating the standing magnetic whiteboard! My students absolutely love using it during our learning and makerspace time. They enjoy building on it with Magna-Tiles and other magnetic objects, experimenting with designs, and working together to create new structures.\r\n\r\nThe vertical surface encourages collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity, and it has quickly become a favorite spot in our classroom. Your generous support has added an engaging and versatile learning tool that my students use every day.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make hands-on, joyful learning possible for our students. We are truly grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1758068039238,"projectUrl":"project/stem-center-for-all/9715163/","projectTitle":"STEM Center for ALL","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Heather","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1526341_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1480458696282","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hdion"},{"teacherId":1526341,"projectId":9612237,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom. Your support has brought an incredible array of sensory materials into our learning space, and the impact has already been extraordinary. My students have been fully engaged, curious, and joyful as they explore each new item. The sensory experiences you've helped provide have not only enriched their learning but also created opportunities for creativity, communication, and hands-on discovery that simply wouldn't have been possible without you.\r\n\r\nOne of the biggest highlights for the students has been the water play materials. The children were immediately drawn to the bright, colorful swimming fish, and they spent a long time using nets to try to catch them. What seemed at first like simple play quickly turned into meaningful learning. They developed fine motor skills as they scooped and caught the fish, practiced patience and problem-solving as they figured out how to move the nets just right, and even worked together to see who could catch the most. Watching them collaborate, laugh, and stay completely focused was a wonderful reminder of how powerful hands-on sensory experiences can be.","fullyFundedDate":1755708525810,"projectUrl":"project/the-next-level-in-our-sensory-game/9612237/","projectTitle":"The Next Level in Our Sensory Game!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Heather","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1526341_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1480458696282","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hdion"},{"teacherId":1526341,"projectId":9378074,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Makerspace with the new vacuum and hot glue guns! These tools have already made a huge difference. The hot glue guns allow students to bring their creative ideas to life, and the vacuum has quickly become one of our favorite items—it helps us clean up our (very frequent!) messes so we can jump right into the next project.\r\n\r\nThe hot glue guns will come in handy when we start gluing wood pieces together to make new creations. \r\n\r\nWe truly appreciate your generosity and the way it helps our students learn, create, and explore every day.","fullyFundedDate":1755708523291,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning-gets-messy/9378074/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Learning Gets Messy!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Heather","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1526341_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1480458696282","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hdion"},{"teacherId":1526341,"projectId":9403257,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for bringing hands-on learning to our classroom. 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