{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Indian River Early Learning Center","outOfStateSupporters":43.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5654993,"projectId":10199503,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing some outdoor activities for our three year old preschool students. They were all so excited to see the new sand toys out on the playground the other day! We have had great fine motor work as they found different ways to pour the sand. They also love the kitchen set. It is building language and social skills as they play together on the playground. Lastly we are growing our flowers as an end of the year gift for families. Students enjoy watering and caring for their flowers daily.","fullyFundedDate":1777565516237,"projectUrl":"project/nature-learning/10199503/","projectTitle":"Nature Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brooke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5654993_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689020767891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/brooke-zwiebel"},{"teacherId":5654993,"projectId":10176029,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom! These items will be used to reward my students for positive behavior choices all day. Being a three year old is hard, sitting still is hard, and always following directions is hard so with your help we can celebrate these hard tasks with a prize at the end of the day.\r\n\r\nThese simple and small rewards such as, a hot wheels or a transformer light up my students and encourage them to be on their best behavior to receive one of the prizes. I have the prizes displayed on the wall so we can refer to them throughout the day, they can pick the items they want, and visualize taking the prize home to their parents to join in on the celebration.\r\n\r\nWe are building our social emotional skills one day at a time!","fullyFundedDate":1777477062917,"projectUrl":"project/hot-wheels-for-super-behavior/10176029/","projectTitle":"Hot Wheels for Super Behavior!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brooke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5654993_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689020767891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/brooke-zwiebel"},{"teacherId":5654993,"projectId":10093806,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for proving these healthy snacks for my students. These snacks will be available to students who are hungry throughout the school day, and packed to send home to students in need. My students love a healthy fruit cup, applesauce, or cereal cup as a snack to keep them focused and ready throughout the school day. Some students have even asked to take some home to share with a sibling. A large majority of my students come from homes with poverty so I like to do all I can to keep them full and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1774963673218,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-hungry-preschoolers/10093806/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Hungry Preschoolers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brooke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5654993_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689020767891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/brooke-zwiebel"},{"teacherId":10333792,"projectId":10091148,"letterContent":"This project has had a wonderful impact on our preschool classroom by helping us create a library filled with engaging, age-appropriate books that our students are excited to read every day. At three years old, children are developing important early literacy skills, and these books have provided opportunities to build vocabulary, listening comprehension, print awareness, communication skills, and a love of reading.\r\n\r\nOne set of books that has been especially popular is our collection of food group books. The children enjoyed learning about different foods, identifying foods they eat at home, and talking about healthy choices. These books sparked conversations among the students and helped them make connections between what they were reading and their everyday lives.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom looks different throughout the day. We read books together during circle time, in small groups, and individually with students. The books are also available in our classroom library, where children can independently explore, look at pictures, retell familiar stories, and practice caring for books. Many of our students are not yet reading words, but they are learning that books contain information, stories, and ideas. They enjoy turning pages, discussing illustrations, and sharing what they notice with their friends and teachers.\r\n\r\nThe donation allowed us to greatly expand our classroom library and rotate books throughout the year. Having a variety of books available has helped keep students interested and engaged while exposing them to new topics, vocabulary, and experiences. Several students who were not initially interested in books have begun choosing books during free-choice time and asking teachers to read their favorites over and over again.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us provide meaningful literacy experiences for our youngest learners. Your generosity has helped create a classroom environment where children can develop curiosity, language skills, and a lifelong love of books and learning.","fullyFundedDate":1773691268768,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-love-of-reading-one-book-at/10091148/","projectTitle":"Building a Love of Reading, One Book at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fischer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10333792_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773705081787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10333792"},{"teacherId":9244049,"projectId":10194447,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation and supporting my special education classroom. Your donation will go a long way in helping my students succeed. Your donation will help give my students new and different items to help support them succeed in the classroom and get them ready for kindergarten. These materials will help my students explore the outdoors. They loved the binoculars and magnify glasses. We took them outside and went on an outdoor scavenger hunt. When we got the packages they were so excited to see what was inside.","fullyFundedDate":1776437739525,"projectUrl":"project/outdoor-exploration/10194447/","projectTitle":"Outdoor Exploration","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Becky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9244049"},{"teacherId":10311541,"projectId":9827408,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for giving my students a comfortable place to sit in the reading center. The rug and seats make it a cozy area to enjoy a good book. They really like the seats because they are able to be adjusted to each child's preference. \r\n\r\nThey are also enjoying the new books we received. I have been able to add visuals to use with the books, which helps my children participate and interact during story time.\r\n\r\nThe sensory items allow the children to have a calm body and be regulated to actually sit and independently read or listen to a story. All of the items mean so much to our special education preschool classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1760569390839,"projectUrl":"project/comfortable-and-learning/9827408/","projectTitle":"Comfortable and Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dawn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10311541"},{"teacherId":10310590,"projectId":9823819,"letterContent":"My students and I are using the new resources to work on our rhyming skills with our new Launch and Learn Rhyming Game. The students love how the next piece come flying out at them for them to match and rhyme on their boards. They are also working on building and fine motor skills with our building sets and our bug building kits. They get to be creative and inventive in their thinking and creative in their thought processes. Additionally, we have opened up our bug sorting game and worked on some sorting skills while also working on some fine motor using the tongs to pick up the bugs. \r\n\r\nMy students were super excited when they first saw all of the new materials and could not wait to start using them. We still even have a few new games we need to open up and they keep asking when we will get to open up the next new game. \r\n\r\nWe are going to be opening up the next game very soon which works on beginning sounds because we are moving into learning a few of their sounds and hands on learning is the best way for our youngest learners to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1760395977578,"projectUrl":"project/oral-language-phonics-and-phonic-aware/9823819/","projectTitle":"Oral Language, Phonics, and Phonic Awareness Builder","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marvel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10310590"},{"teacherId":9244049,"projectId":9983024,"letterContent":"By funding this project you are giving my students different options for toys to play with during our circle time. We are a special education reschool program and some of my students need support when sitting on the carpet for circle time. I have 18 students in my classroom and some of them struggle sitting still on the carpet, this project will give them different seating options to best fit their needs. Thank you for considering donating to my classroom. Your donation will help my students now and my future students.","fullyFundedDate":1768402137348,"projectUrl":"project/new-manipulatives/9983024/","projectTitle":"New Manipulatives","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Becky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9244049"},{"teacherId":9244049,"projectId":9983012,"letterContent":"By funding this project you are giving my students different options for flexible seating during our circle time. We are a special education reschool program and some of my students need support when sitting on the carpet for circle time. I have 18 students in my classroom and some of them struggle sitting still on the carpet, this project will give them different seating options to best fit their needs. Thank you for considering donating to my classroom. Your donation will help my students now and my future students.","fullyFundedDate":1768402137046,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating/9983012/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Becky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9244049"},{"teacherId":5654993,"projectId":9887684,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing my students with STEM learning materials to be used in our math and science areas. STEM learning teaches exploration, problem solving, curiosity, and motivation to learning preschoolers. I love watching students experiment with new things and learn what all they can make the items do. They also gain great number identification and counting skills with these items. I look forward to introducing more of these items throughout the school year as I change out our science and math centers to match the themes.","fullyFundedDate":1766072127006,"projectUrl":"project/math-fun-in-preschool/9887684/","projectTitle":"Math Fun in Preschool","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brooke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5654993_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689020767891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/brooke-zwiebel"},{"teacherId":5654993,"projectId":9733167,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing dramatic play items for my preschoolers. This center has become the favorite this year as my students expand their imagination, build social skills, and grow their language. Our dramatic play center is currently set up as a fire station as we work through our community helpers unit. These materials are used as every day props to allow the students to clean, wash their clothes, and pretend to purchase different items. Thank you so much for helping to build real world connections and allow for imagination to grow.","fullyFundedDate":1766866272088,"projectUrl":"project/learning-through-play/9733167/","projectTitle":"Learning Through Play!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brooke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5654993_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689020767891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/brooke-zwiebel"},{"teacherId":5654993,"projectId":9854803,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me to provide my students with sensory fillers for our water table. Sensory and fine motor exploration help to build the basics of STEM learning in a preschool classroom. These materials will allow me to create a space in my classroom for daily sensory play.\r\n\r\nEarly education helps provide a solid foundation for future learning.\r\n\r\nThis water table area will teach my students cooperation, engineering, planning, fine motor, and the processes of trial and error. These skills are very important for young children to learn and carry through their lives.","fullyFundedDate":1762267733344,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-fun/9854803/","projectTitle":"Sensory Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brooke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5654993_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689020767891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/brooke-zwiebel"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_131935","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":null,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":26,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":10,"percentWhite":45,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":37,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"Not specified","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR District Record","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":null},"inStateSupporters":56.9,"schoolId":131935,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Indian River Early Learning Center on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Indian River Early Learning Center","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/delaware/indian-river-school-district/indian-river-early-learning-center/131935"}