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My students are incredibly bright and enthusiastic, but as children who are brand new to school, they need physical, engaging ways to learn. With these new manipulatives, I am watching them actively blend sounds, match phonemes, and build their very first words. Being able to physically hold, see, and manipulate the letters and sounds they are learning to read and write has made abstract phonics concepts click for them in such a wonderful way.","fullyFundedDate":1787182600308,"projectUrl":"project/lets-learn-to-read/10328472/","projectTitle":"Let's Learn to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Collier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1262018_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637470546587","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mcollier"},{"teacherId":1262018,"projectId":10328427,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for funding our tactile phonics project! 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