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Ms. Qualls from Irmo, SC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Perk Up my Preschoolers with Puzzles!

The cost of puzzles and puzzle storage cases is $488, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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I have the great pleasure of working with preschool children with disabilities in an elementary school. We are trying to get these special children ready for kindergarten so that they can be better prepared and included in their kindergarten classes. Just like preschoolers all over, my kiddies love to work with puzzles. We have monthly units based around a repetitive or predictable book that helps us enrich their language and communication skills. For each unit, I try to stock each center with relevant supplies, such as putting pizza boxes in the home/kitchen area for our pizza unit and putting falling leaves in the tactile table for the fall unit. One area that I am lacking in is our puzzles. I am lucky if I have two puzzles per unit to put out in addition to our number or animal puzzles that I switch out all year. My students need to be exposed to new vocabulary several times before it sticks in their cute little brains, and when we are able to incorporate fine motor activities in conjunction with new vocabulary, they learn it a lot quicker. The supplies I need are very simple to explain. I need developmentally appropriate puzzles and puzzle racks to store them in, so that the children can be as independent as possible. I teach 13 exceptional students, all of whom would be ecstatic to work with new puzzles! Thank you!

Ms. Qualls
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KAPLAN KNOB PUZZLE CASE • Kaplan Early Learning Company $49.95 1 $49.95
KAPLAN DIVERSITY PUZZLE SET OF 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $49.95 1 $49.95
SINGLE WOOD PUZZLE CASE • Kaplan Early Learning Company $47.95 1 $47.95
RR216 - I Know My Colors! Picture Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning $34.95 1 $34.95
Sequence Progression Puzzles -- Set of 3 • Childcraft, Inc. $29.99 1 $29.99
FT824 - Puzzle Storage Case • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
HIDE SEEK AND LOCK PUZZLES • Kaplan Early Learning Company $28.95 1 $28.95
HAND AND FEET PUZZLE SET • Kaplan Early Learning Company $15.95 1 $15.95
SIGN LANGUAGE PEG PUZZLE • Nasco $15.25 1 $15.25
Halloween Puzzle • Teacher's School Supply $9.99 1 $9.99
Christmas Tree and Presents Puzzle • Teacher's School Supply $9.99 1 $9.99
Moody Bears Puzzles, Max • Teacher's School Supply $9.99 1 $9.99
BEAR FAMILY DRESS-UP PUZZL • Nasco $6.52 1 $6.52

Materials cost

$339.38

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$399.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.75

Total project goal

$487.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $487.50

3 Donors

-$466.56

Donations toward project cost

-$400.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.26

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