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Every child will start the school year off with these sturdy yellow folders. They are called Thursday folders because important parent communication goes home on a weekly basis, on this day. The folders keep the information safe, until it makes it home. They are a little more expensive than the average folder, but well worth the cost. They are extremely sturdy and they will last the entire school year, which saves us from replacing them throughout the year.","fullyFundedDate":1761209389394,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-connection/9738394/","projectTitle":"Classroom Connection!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7451209_orig.jpg?crop=1532,1532,x0,y454&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1601747749309","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7451209"},{"teacherId":7451209,"projectId":9738100,"letterContent":"Oh my goodness! I was able to pass out these backpacks for winter break! 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My hope is these resources will be used to improve their testing scores!\r\n\r\nThis completely made my day.\r\n\r\nYour kind and generous act is increasing student achievement while making learning fun!\r\n\r\nThank you for valuing our youngest learners!","fullyFundedDate":1761209389939,"projectUrl":"project/reinforcing-and-learning-at-home-part-1/9738100/","projectTitle":"Reinforcing and Learning at Home Part 1!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7451209_orig.jpg?crop=1532,1532,x0,y454&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1601747749309","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7451209"},{"teacherId":7451209,"projectId":9738315,"letterContent":"Oh my goodness! I was able to pass out these backpacks for winter break! They were absolutely thrilled! They were exploring the classroom with the backpacks on their back. \r\n\r\nIt really is wonderful to see the genuine excitement on their little faces. They are so appreciative to be receiving brand new backpacks, that they get to keep, loaded full of beautiful resources to practice their learning at home. They will be begging their grown ups to work with them. My hope is these resources will be used to improve their testing scores!\r\n\r\nThis completely made my day.\r\n\r\nYour kind and generous act is increasing student achievement while making learning fun!\r\n\r\nThank you for valuing our youngest learners!","fullyFundedDate":1761209390254,"projectUrl":"project/reinforcing-learning-at-home-part-2/9738315/","projectTitle":"Reinforcing Learning at Home Part 2!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7451209_orig.jpg?crop=1532,1532,x0,y454&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1601747749309","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7451209"},{"teacherId":7451209,"projectId":9082100,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for these amazing gifts for my little friends.\r\n\r\nI am blown away by your thoughtfulness.\r\n\r\nMy friends have been beyond excited. They each received their own dry erase learning book to use during the school year and at home. They absolutely love being able to write and erase over and over again with the dry erase marker. I also have the same preschool wipe clean book that can be used by my students in the classroom as well. This is always such a popular item in the classroom each year!\r\n\r\nYour kind act has positively impacted the educational experiences of my entire class!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for providing this wonderful educational opportunity for them.","fullyFundedDate":1746699660422,"projectUrl":"project/letter-and-number-formation/9082100/","projectTitle":"Letter and Number Formation","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7451209_orig.jpg?crop=1532,1532,x0,y454&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1601747749309","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7451209"},{"teacherId":7822880,"projectId":9138565,"letterContent":"We just finished the insect study when these books arrived. I was so happy when the books arrived so I could read it to them! The photos are so vibrant! We could see each the beautiful and colorful part! \r\n\r\nWhen they received their books, some asked me to read the title, and showed me the front cover, back cover and spine. I saw that they could turn the pages correctly! The hardcopy was easy for them to hold. They also couldn't wait to do the activities in the book but I told them to wait until they get home so they can have fun with their parents!\r\n\r\nThere is a copy of the book in our reading area that my students can read but because of you, they have their on copies at home.","fullyFundedDate":1746489456340,"projectUrl":"project/we-love-bugs/9138565/","projectTitle":"We Love Bugs!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McNeil","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7822880_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1618942221418","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7822880"},{"teacherId":7822880,"projectId":9135026,"letterContent":"We just finished the insect study when these books arrived. Therefore, I had already read the book earlier in the semester. When the students saw the books, they knew the title! Some took the book out, read the title, showed me the front cover, back cover and spine. I saw that they could turn the pages correctly! Since this is a board book, it was easy for their fingers to turn the pages. \r\n\r\nThere is a bigger copy of the book in our reading area that my students can read but because of you, they have their on copies at home.","fullyFundedDate":1746715132776,"projectUrl":"project/growing-and-changing-like-the-very-hungr/9135026/","projectTitle":"Growing and Changing Like the Very Hungry Caterpillar","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McNeil","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7822880_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1618942221418","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7822880"},{"teacherId":7451209,"projectId":9071443,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for this amazing gift for my students and the classroom. Your generosity positively impacted my little friends to help spark their creativity, imagination and cognition. They were beyond excited and worked diligently on their beautiful art projects.\r\n\r\nSome students do not have the vocabulary to express their feelings, needs and wants. Now they have the materials they need to communicate and work through what they are experiencing.\r\n\r\nI was blown away by some of these drawings. I uploaded a couple pictures for you to see how the paint sticks were used.","fullyFundedDate":1746699633402,"projectUrl":"project/quick-dry-painting/9071443/","projectTitle":"Quick Dry Painting","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7451209_orig.jpg?crop=1532,1532,x0,y454&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1601747749309","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7451209"},{"teacherId":7451209,"projectId":9082106,"letterContent":"This is incredible news! My project was funded during teacher appreciation week and the materials were ordered quickly. We are now playing the game in our classroom. I am beyond excited about your generosity. Thank you for putting materials in the hands of young learners. Every child received this game to play at home with their family. The kids are missing out on the many benefits from working with educational materials at home. 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