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In my classroom my students struggle with sitting at circle time and having the flexible seating truly assisted their attention span because they were able to sit and engage in the activity without eloping or escaping from the area. \r\n\r\nHaving people like yourself that give with an open heart truly made a difference in my classroom academics. Thanks so much for your generous donations to my kiddos. This will give my students the materials to build on each of their individual skill which will be them forever.","fullyFundedDate":1765235299909,"projectUrl":"project/literature-stars/9849040/","projectTitle":"Literature Stars","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Guinals","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7650565_orig.jpg?crop=1471,1471,x41,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760991323475","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/t-guinals"},{"teacherId":10309796,"projectId":9821255,"letterContent":"The materials had a strong positive impact on student learning by increasing engagement, participation, and access to early literacy skills. The literacy puzzles supported letter recognition, matching, and problem-solving while allowing students to work at their own pace and experience success. The alphabet stepping stones added a movement-based component, helping students connect letters and sounds through kinesthetic learning, which increased attention and motivation. Sensory items further enhanced engagement by supporting regulation and focus, allowing students to remain involved in learning activities for longer periods of time. Together, these materials created a multi-sensory learning environment that met diverse learning needs and promoted active, meaningful participation.\r\n\r\nYour support makes a direct and lasting impact in our classroom. You are helping create a learning environment where students can build confidence, independence, and a love for learning through meaningful literacy experiences. I am incredibly grateful for your belief in my students and for helping give them the tools they need to grow.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your kindness and support. My students and I truly appreciate you.","fullyFundedDate":1760332773455,"projectUrl":"project/learning-through-touch-and-movement-lit/9821255/","projectTitle":"Learning Through Touch and Movement: Literacy for Every Child","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Schwager","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10309796"},{"teacherId":7657666,"projectId":9823498,"letterContent":"Thank you for the incredible resources that our NSE students received. Our students are benefiting from the resources as they are learning to decode and encode new words. This is helping to build their confidence with reading! We are utilizing the resources to support small group instruction. \r\nNSE recently had our winter reading challenge, and students were able to select a new book to keep for participating! The excitement they had was incredible. Thank you for making a lasting impact on our students and helping to foster a love of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1760390604906,"projectUrl":"project/a-love-of-literacy/9823498/","projectTitle":"A Love of Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Apgar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7657666_orig.jpg?crop=2048,2048,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1606943347899","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7657666"},{"teacherId":1918988,"projectId":9823399,"letterContent":"My students have loved being able to listen to our Math stories to practice counting from 1-10. They have also been working with the stories to recognize the numbers 1-10. The books we were able to add to our library have been popular with my students. We were so fortunate to be able to add so many books to our classroom library for math. \r\n\r\nThe manipulatives that we received are awesome. The ice cream cones were so fun to use, and we are still using them for counting. The light boards make number identification just a little bit more fun! Finding the number and having it glow on the screen is the best!\r\n\r\nWe were so lucky to be able to receive such great resources for my Kindergarten students, thanks to the State of Delaware grants on Donors Choose. This generosity helped not just my classroom but so many others in Delaware and is so very appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1760389213606,"projectUrl":"project/turning-pages-counting-numbers-a-story/9823399/","projectTitle":"Turning Pages, Counting Numbers: A Story-Based Math Journey","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Schultz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1918988"},{"teacherId":10311869,"projectId":9828514,"letterContent":"Thank you SO much for the donation to my art classroom at my Title I school North Smyrna Elementary in Smyrna, Delaware. It is so greatly appreciated that I was able to add more exciting things to my classroom to benefit literacy and learning. \r\n\r\nThe Little People Big Dreams books have been a big hit. We do read aloud days and on art choice day, the students can elect to read them independently. \r\n\r\nThe colored pencils holders are a huge help. They help with the organization of the pencils so that we can use them. \r\n\r\nThe MakeDo cardboard screw kits have been a huge hit. The kids love to tinker with making things out of cardboard using the screws.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you SO much for everything.","fullyFundedDate":1760628296917,"projectUrl":"project/help-our-art-classroom-at-nses/9828514/","projectTitle":"Help our art Classroom at NSES","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Overgaard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/overgaard"},{"teacherId":1495550,"projectId":9828148,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations to this project by allowing me to purchase many new board and card games for my students to enjoy with their families. The games purchased have a focus on literacy allowing my little learners to practice literacy skills as they are also building social skills of cooperation, sportsmanship, and turn-taking AND having fun with their family at the same time!\r\n\r\nIn addition, my school is starting a 3rd grade club program where many of these games will be enjoyed during the school day by students in this club. I hope that they can build happy memories as well as literacy skills during this time.","fullyFundedDate":1760678489739,"projectUrl":"project/building-literacy-skills-through-family/9828148/","projectTitle":"Building Literacy Skills Through Family Game Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fitzgerald","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1495550_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y772&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760480525865","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1495550"},{"teacherId":4858463,"projectId":9816656,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the educational resources that I received. I was able to get a variety of different materials to help with the varying levels of student needs I come across. Within the resources I recieved, there are materials I can work on cognitive skills, social-emotional needs, adaptive skills, fine motor skills, and even play skills. So many options!\r\n\r\nThe resources will help so many children in our school district. I have a unique position in which I am able to go into the childcare centers in our district and work with children with special needs at their least restrictive environments when those are the childcare they attend. By pushing in to the classrooms, all the staff and children benefit from the educational impact and support I am able to provide during these sessions. Every year, more and more students will wind up benefitting from the classroom materials I received. The gifts will keep on coming as more and more students come through the various childcares. \r\n\r\nThank you!!","fullyFundedDate":1760461821882,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-exploration-for-young-learners/9816656/","projectTitle":"Literacy Exploration for Young Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Beebe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4858463_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1507653514514","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4858463"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_44497","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":649,"numTeachers":39,"percentFrplEligible":67,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":34,"percentWhite":44,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":10,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 3","studentTeacherRatio":"16.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":56.6,"schoolId":44497,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about North Smyrna Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"North Smyrna Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/delaware/smyrna-school-district/north-smyrna-elementary-school/44497"}