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They were eager to touch, explore, and immediately began asking questions like, \"What happens if I roll this one?\" and \"Why does this ball bounce higher?\" The balls encouraged language development as students described textures, sizes, and movements, while also strengthening gross motor skills and problem-solving through active exploration.\r\n\r\nBecause of your contribution, our learning doesn't stop with this unit. Next, students will use the balls for creative art projects such as rolling ball paintings, graphing and sorting activities, and outdoor movement challenges that promote cooperation and STEM thinking. These materials will continue to support learning all year long, giving students repeated opportunities to explore cause and effect, develop motor skills, and learn through joyful discovery. 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Your kindness has helped remove a major barrier and has given us reliable access to the materials we need each day.\r\n\r\nWith this printer, I am able to create and print individualized learning activities, visual supports, literacy materials, and hands-on resources that directly support our curriculum. Our students benefit from having engaging, developmentally appropriate materials that reinforce early reading, writing, math, and fine-motor skills, helping them feel confident and successful in the classroom.\r\n\r\nYour investment in our classroom truly supports both teaching and learning, and I am incredibly grateful for your belief in our students. Thank you for helping create meaningful learning experiences for our young learners and for being a part of their educational journey.","fullyFundedDate":1758899063207,"projectUrl":"project/printing-for-pre-k-creating-learning/9666595/","projectTitle":"Printing for Pre-K: Creating, Learning, Growing!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cosovic","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10233930_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756585742677","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cosovic"},{"teacherId":8931184,"projectId":9262876,"letterContent":"My students have been grateful for all the donations. They have been impacted by your generosity more than you know. They were so excited when they opened the package and they have been ambitious to take on different roles within the classroom. \r\nWith your contributions, my students well being and health has been on the mind in order to keep different parts of our classroom sanitary. Our students are working on independence and trying to take care of themselves and learning how to be mindful of sneezing and coughing.","fullyFundedDate":1746471687213,"projectUrl":"project/loose-parts/9262876/","projectTitle":"Loose Parts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Crispino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8931184_orig.png?crop=1020,1020,x0,y47&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692651879074","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8931184"},{"teacherId":10233930,"projectId":9666724,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our project, \"A Cozy Corner for Big Feelings and Little Learners.\" Your generosity provided our classroom with sensory tools, social-emotional learning books, and comforting stuffed animals—all of which have already made a meaningful impact.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials arrived, my students were excited and curious. They were especially drawn to the sensory items and soft stuffed animals, which have quickly become favorites during calm-down time. The SEL books are a wonderful addition to our library and are helping us have thoughtful conversations about feelings and how to handle them.\r\n\r\nWe're currently working on identifying emotions and using words to express how we feel. These materials support that work in a hands-on, accessible way that's just right for early learners.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students tools that help them feel safe, supported, and understood. Your kindness truly makes a difference in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1757269470072,"projectUrl":"project/a-cozy-corner-for-big-feelings-and-littl/9666724/","projectTitle":"A Cozy Corner for Big Feelings and Little Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cosovic","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10233930_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756585742677","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cosovic"},{"teacherId":8097410,"projectId":9547686,"letterContent":"We are SO very grateful for this awesome machine in our classroom to create materials, labels, projects, and more for our Pre-K students! The Cricut has allowed for our students to become more independent with the use of labeling and recognizing their names, letters, and more! Our classroom has become more organized and has even allowed for us to create differentiated materials!\r\nThe Cricut Xtra Joy has allowed for us to transform our Library Area to label the interaction buttons with letters for our Word Wall! Students have been super excited engaging in this activity especially because this area of play was not as popular! Now, students can't wait to go to the library!","fullyFundedDate":1756768823041,"projectUrl":"project/xtra-joy-in-pre-k/9547686/","projectTitle":"Xtra Joy in Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Grieci","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8097410_orig.jpg?crop=294,294,x0,y12&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668203513771","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8097410"},{"teacherId":8097410,"projectId":9439743,"letterContent":"We are SO amazed as to how much FUN our students are having learning literacy independently. Students now LOVE to come to the library area to learn letters, sounds, and words! They have an amazing time pressing the interactive buttons to allow for literacy to come alive in our Pre-K classroom!\r\nOur next steps are to incorporate unit vocabulary using our buzzers with visuals. We believe this will be a great way for students to engage and explore the Creative Curriculum and all of the topics we will dive into this year!","fullyFundedDate":1755860974458,"projectUrl":"project/buzzing-toward-literacy-independence/9439743/","projectTitle":"Buzzing Toward Literacy & Independence","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Grieci","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8097410_orig.jpg?crop=294,294,x0,y12&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668203513771","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8097410"},{"teacherId":8097410,"projectId":9297693,"letterContent":"WOW... Thank you all for your appreciation and support to our Pre-K learning experience this year. We were so fortunate to have wonderful new, fun, and engaging water activities for our water unit of study. With these tactile and hands-on experiences, students were able to connect, participate, and embrace learning through play especially in our Sand & Water Area. The students were so excited when they received these exciting materials which transformed their learning experience. These materials will be useful each year when we partake in our Water unit of study! Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1746626630130,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-essentials-water-unit/9297693/","projectTitle":"Classroom Essentials & Water Unit","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Grieci","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8097410_orig.jpg?crop=294,294,x0,y12&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668203513771","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8097410"},{"teacherId":9015318,"projectId":8118268,"letterContent":"My students had an amazing experience engaging with all of the wonderful clothing materials and resources your generosity has supplied them! When I first displayed the materials to my students, they were overjoyed and bursted out with \"Wow!\" It made my heart melt to see how excited my students were to engage with new resources. My young learners had the chance to deepen their knowledge throughout the unit studying different types of clothing and why we wear them, how we take care of clothing, where we get our clothes, and how people make clothes. My students and future students will continue to engage with these clothing resources for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1704726538218,"projectUrl":"project/clothing-unit-fun/8118268/","projectTitle":"Clothing Unit Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Martinez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9015318_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753197604900","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9015318"},{"teacherId":9015318,"projectId":9044115,"letterContent":"My PreK students loved the Hot Dots so much! They picked up the books and interactive pen and started learning with their friends immediately. My young diverse group of learners were so excited to try the different Hot Dots learning materials in each interest area I placed them in, such as our math center, library, discovery and literacy/ writing center. This materials have engaged even our shyest learners and builds confidence in pre-reading in a fun and accessible way.\r\nI can't tell you how much your support has impacted my students this year and will continue to impact all the little learners who enter my classroom in the future. 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