{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Ogden Preschool","outOfStateSupporters":22.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10243821,"projectId":10078050,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my classroom! I have been able to use the materials you provided to create more engaging activities for my students, resulting in more progress. The playdough as been amazing for many students during articulation therapy. I used the lamination and created mats with target sounds, they can \"smash\" the target sounds with playdough as they make the sound.\r\n\r\nThe mesh bags have helped organize grab-and-go therapy activities. In a preschool setting we do mainly push-in therapy so having small activities to grab that target students goals has helped me get more meaningful therapy time and more accurate data. Thank you for helping make meaningful learning experiences possible for my students through your generous support.","fullyFundedDate":1771343621150,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-tools-for-engaged-learning-and/10078050/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Tools for Engaged Learning and Communication","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10243821"},{"teacherId":7192118,"projectId":9810736,"letterContent":"We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your generous purchase of a laminator for our preschool. Your thoughtful contribution will have an immediate and lasting impact on our classrooms, and we are truly grateful for your support. It is because of kind and community-minded individuals like you that we are able to continue creating a rich, engaging, and well-prepared learning environment for our young students.\r\n\r\nA laminator may seem like a simple piece of equipment, but in a preschool setting, it is an incredibly valuable tool. It allows our teachers to create durable, reusable learning materials that can withstand daily use by little hands. From alphabet cards and number charts to visual schedules, matching games, and hands-on activity pieces, laminated materials help us provide consistent and interactive learning experiences. Your gift will help ensure that these resources last longer, remain clean, and are accessible to many groups of children over time.\r\n\r\nBeyond durability, the laminator also helps us enhance the creativity and flexibility of our teaching. Our educators are constantly designing new activities tailored to the needs and interests of their students. With this laminator, they can quickly create customized materials that support different learning styles, reinforce key concepts, and encourage independent exploration. This means more engaging lessons, more opportunities for hands-on learning, and more moments of discovery for the children in our care.\r\n\r\nYour generosity also helps us use our resources more efficiently. By preserving materials through lamination, we reduce the need to frequently replace worn-out items, allowing us to allocate funds to other important areas such as books, art supplies, and classroom experiences. In this way, your single contribution continues to give back in multiple ways, supporting both our teachers and students every day.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your gift directly benefits the children. At the preschool level, learning is deeply connected to interaction, repetition, and play. Having high-quality, long-lasting materials makes it easier for children to engage confidently and independently. Whether they are practicing letter recognition, sorting shapes, or following a daily routine, these tools help build foundational skills that will support their future learning. Your contribution is helping create those small but meaningful moments that shape a child's early educational journey.\r\n\r\nWe also want you to know that your kindness does not go unnoticed. Acts of generosity like yours strengthen our sense of community and remind us that we are supported by people who believe in the importance of early childhood education. It inspires both our staff and families, and it sets a wonderful example of giving and care.\r\n\r\nOnce again, thank you for your thoughtful and impactful gift. We are incredibly appreciative of your support and the difference it will make in our classrooms each and every day. Your generosity is helping us provide a nurturing, creative, and effective learning environment for our preschoolers, and for that, we are truly thankful.","fullyFundedDate":1764689011911,"projectUrl":"project/laminating-for-learning/9810736/","projectTitle":"Laminating for Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birch","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7192118_orig.jpg?crop=721,721,x0,y237&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1589307544832","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachersarahinsped"},{"teacherId":7053870,"projectId":9917536,"letterContent":"This project was a game-changer for our classroom, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. \r\nI see my students able to listen to lessons for the first time in a long time, and it is because they have sensory fidgets and materials to keep their wee hands busy. Neurodivergent struggles are real and often stigmatized. Respecting their high-energy brains and bodies keeps them engaged and learning. \r\nI also have to mention that we did not anticipate the good time it would be for me and my staff to put the sensory bins together. \r\nI guess it's not only the kids who benefit from soothing textures and compelling items in small boxes. \r\nThank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1764689072178,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-bins-to-help-us-keep-learning/9917536/","projectTitle":"Sensory Bins to Help Us Keep learning.","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Christina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7053870_orig.jpg?crop=1008,1008,x0,y858&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741969933220","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teacher-christina"},{"teacherId":8811167,"projectId":9935755,"letterContent":"Once again I would like to say how grateful I am that you chose to help fund my project! As many of the materials on the list were for different units (transportation/community helpers, dinosaurs, music, etc.), we have been able to pull out new/novel activities when that unit came up on the calendar. \r\nMy students have loved all of the sensory materials, especially the slime. There are times that there are 4-5 students all at one table playing slime. That is something (peer proximity) that many students struggle with but when there is slime involved, they don't seem to mind. \r\nThey have also especially loved the new books. Many of my students refuse to eat school lunch and breakfast so we do allow them to look at books as they are required to stay in their seat. The firetruck is the absolute favorite. \r\nAgain, thank you so very much! Your generosity has definitely helped support my students' development!","fullyFundedDate":1764689155577,"projectUrl":"project/emotional-thinking-and-language-are-crit/9935755/","projectTitle":"Emotional Thinking and Language Are Critical Skills for Early Childhood","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8811167_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x752,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668742781723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8811167"},{"teacherId":10267023,"projectId":9722669,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donation, we have been able to implement new sensory and fine motor activities with our students. We have been able to set up sensory calm down areas, implement new fine motor skill activities, and engage in regulation learning activities that have helped our students recognize how they can be supported and successful in the classroom.\r\n\r\nOur students have loved exploring and engaging with the new items that we received from this project. The water bubblers, wiggle cushions, and chewables were a big hit, and the sound puzzles are always fun and engaging to use with the students. We have been able to utilize so many new things from our project that it is hard to list everything, but our students have loved learning about all the different items that they can use in OT sessions and in class to help them stay regulated and engaged. \r\n\r\nOur current project is being able to address students' needs effectively in their classrooms, helping them to improve their fine motor and sensory processing skills. This includes engaging in sensory exploration activities to find out what benefits each individual student in their environment and working on fine motor skills like writing, cutting, and lacing. All of our activities will hopefully help them to enhance their fine motor skills and sensory regulation skills in their classrooms.","fullyFundedDate":1760741961973,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-enhance-therapy/9722669/","projectTitle":"Help us enhance Therapy!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Dallin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10267023"},{"teacherId":8811167,"projectId":9750830,"letterContent":"I want to thank you again for supporting my classroom project! The materials have been amazing that I have used so far and my student's absolutly love having new toys to explore. With the increase in students overall emotional developmental delays, the book about feelings and the feelings/emotions activities have been the most helpful to me, many we even use each week. When I notice that a student may be sad or mad, we look at the pictures, choose the corresponding squishy emotion fidget and talk about how we can work towards feeling happy again.\r\nMy students also loved the musical instruments which we used when be read Rap a Tap, Tap. They have also been helpful with our phonemic awareness with tapping out syllables and tuning into specific sounds. \r\nThe exciting thing is, I still have some materials that we have yet to use as I ordered them according to different units. Next week we start dinosaurs for two weeks and I am excited to introduce the dinosaur sensory set so that they can explore dinosaurs in a different way than just manipulating the plastic ones.\r\nBy far, my students' favorite items are the putty slime and the butter slime. Sometimes we have 5-6 students playing with it together which is a wonderful thing!","fullyFundedDate":1758818188923,"projectUrl":"project/lets-talk-learn-play-and-explore-toge/9750830/","projectTitle":"Let's Talk, Learn, Play and Explore Together!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8811167_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x752,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668742781723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8811167"},{"teacherId":10243821,"projectId":9688094,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity. The laminator and lamination supplies have already helped us create countless AAC-focused books and activities that support receptive language and articulation. The Teachers Pay Teachers gift card has also allowed me to purchase many engaging resources that continue to better my therapy every day.\r\n\r\nThe students are absolutely loving the crayons for coloring and personalizing their activities, and our students with vision impairments have especially benefited from the light-up toys they bring excitement and engagement to their therapy sessions. The sheet protectors have been a huge help in keeping student data organized and protected. We haven't used the bubbles yet, but we're excited to find just the right activity where they'll spark joy and motivation.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our classroom. Your kindness makes a daily impact on our students, and we are truly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1760742012092,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-tools-for-preschool-communicati/9688094/","projectTitle":"Engaging Tools for Preschool Communication","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10243821"},{"teacherId":7053870,"projectId":9516643,"letterContent":"This school year was a big one for me. I switched the grade I teach this year after 18 years, and I had to rethink many of my lesson plans and prepare new tools for this new age group. \r\nIt was a daunting feeling, but thanks to you and other donors, I was put at ease right away, knowing I would have the necessary supplies I needed to succeed. \r\nYou have helped my students this year to be successful, too! \r\nWe received timers that are so cool! They are small and easily accessible, and they are visual, so students know exactly how much time is left on it. They have been essential for us. \r\nWe also received supplies to make schedules. This might seem like a small thing, but my students this year NEED a visual cue to get them where they need to go next. And the sad fact is, there was a lot of trial and error in getting the schedules right, so, knowing we had the stuff to redo as needed was really helpful. \r\n\r\nThank you, thank you. \r\nThank you for trusting us teachers with your donations and for trusting us to know what our students need. \r\nIt means so much.","fullyFundedDate":1755691009020,"projectUrl":"project/new-kindergarten-needs-new-supplies/9516643/","projectTitle":"New Kindergarten needs New Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Christina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7053870_orig.jpg?crop=1008,1008,x0,y858&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741969933220","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teacher-christina"},{"teacherId":6916059,"projectId":9481195,"letterContent":"The books donated to our preschool are the foundation to our Read it Again Literacy Program. Ogden Preschool teachers have been hard at work developing lesson materials to use with each book that are appropriate for our students with special needs. The lessons focus on vocabulary, narrative, phonological awareness, and print knowledge. \r\nWe make reading a multisensory experience for our preschool students. Our teachers do great incorporating visual, auditory, tactile and motor experiences while reading. One book that was loved was Rap a Tap Tap. It has a repetitive phrases \"Rap a Tap Tap, what do you think of that?\" The children were able to shake maracas repeating the line Rap a Tap Tap. \r\nAnother curriculum focus of our preschool is learning to identify emotions and participate in strategies that return to students to a state that is ready to learn. The children have enjoyed looking for emotions in the Read it Again books. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks was a book that the children could relate to. The students loved the chaos and mayhem. They also understood the sadness the other dinos felt and the sadness T-wrecks felt when no one wanted to play.\r\nWe are so grateful for your generosity in donating the funds to acquire these books to teach preliteracy skills to our students.","fullyFundedDate":1755690950830,"projectUrl":"project/read-it-again-books/9481195/","projectTitle":"Read it Again Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Price","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6916059"},{"teacherId":7053870,"projectId":9168042,"letterContent":"You helped me fund my project last spring. This collection of books about emotional regulation has helped me reach 5 separate classrooms since then, with children ages 3-6 years. \r\nLast spring, I introduced the books, particularly the ones about anxiety, as I had some very young students struggling with crippling anxiety, and I had a tough time relating my grown-up anxiety to what they were going through. The books gave a relatable character for them to listen to and explain the feelings on their level. \r\nThis school year I have slightly older kids. They love the colors of the spots. They thrill at checking in with their feelings. They do it several times a day. It is amazing to see them truly consider what their emotion is in the moment. Even when they are very angry or distressed. That's hard for me to do! \r\nMostly, though, they love the breathing exercises the book outlines. The breathwork is fun and engaging, and a wonderful, hopefully lifelong, practice for them.","fullyFundedDate":1742913985353,"projectUrl":"project/emotional-regulation-for-preschoolers/9168042/","projectTitle":"Emotional Regulation for Preschoolers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Christina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7053870_orig.jpg?crop=1008,1008,x0,y858&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741969933220","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teacher-christina"},{"teacherId":7192118,"projectId":9183237,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support of our school's project to provide quality supplies to our students. We have been able to start off the school year with the necessary supplies to engage our learners in several different learning activities. The donations received from your generosity have helped us maximize our learning time and keep our learners engaged in a variety of experiences. From the bottom of our hearts we thank you for your support in our public special education preschool classroom. We will continue to use and be grateful for our supplies.","fullyFundedDate":1742912760184,"projectUrl":"project/preschool-supplies/9183237/","projectTitle":"Preschool Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birch","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7192118_orig.jpg?crop=721,721,x0,y237&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1589307544832","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachersarahinsped"},{"teacherId":6861379,"projectId":9755550,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation! The students love their daily snack and we use spoons and cups each day. We have been laminating new core word books each week to practice with the students. The lamination keeps them going for many years to come. \r\nThe lamination helps with the core word books, interactive books we use at circle time and our heggerty phonemic cards we practice with the students each week. We can't wait to use our liquid watercolor with our eyedroppers to make monsters for Halloween. Thanks you so much for donating to my classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1758806892093,"projectUrl":"project/rainbow-watercolors-lamination-and-more/9755550/","projectTitle":"Rainbow Watercolors, Lamination and More!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Juergens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6861379_orig.jpg?crop=1753,1753,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726863562454","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6861379"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_108934","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":null,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":58,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":37,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":45,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Not specified","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR District Record","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":null},"inStateSupporters":77.4,"schoolId":108934,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Ogden Preschool on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Ogden Preschool","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/utah/ogden-school-district/ogden-special-needs-preschool/108934"}