Ms. Gumina's Classroom Edit display name

Past projects 30

• Character Parade

  Funded Dec 13, 2023

  Thank you so much for your generosity and support in helping me bring the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to life. We are going to have so much fun learning about the life cycle of a butterfly, naming the characters and different vocabulary words, repeating and acting out the story and tasting all the food the caterpillar eats. It is going to be an exciting week and I can't wait to share the pictures with you!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by Townsend Press and 11 other donors.

• STEAM in PreK

  Funded Nov 22, 2023

  Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. I can't wait to share with my PK team that the project was finally funded! We are going to have so much fun planning these science lessons when we return to school. The kids are going to have so much fun learning and exploring science with these materials. Thank you!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Private Bank® and one other donor.

• Taking Turns Can Be Fun!

  Funded Aug 2, 2023

  Thank you so much for your support.

  These items have been a hit in our classrooms. We have already started doing our small groups with our SLP. The speech language therapist works with her students, I work with another group and the paraprofessionals work with the remaining students. We have been working on communication skills like requesting wanted items and practicing how to share!

  We have created a lesson to use the buses with an interactive book. They have had so much fun with these buses and are the top requested item.

  We also created a food activity with the cutting food bag. We created a visual board that allows our students to point to the image of the food item they would like.

  We created a special area for the farmhouse and animals. When working in a small group to practice our communication skills, we have visuals available on the table to help students request animals or to point to the picture to answer questions we are asking them.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 6 other donors.

• Let's Get Organized

  Funded Apr 28, 2023

  Thank you so much for your support in helping me get my classroom organized and functioning more efficiently.

  The small bins have allowed me to sort and display toys so our students can easily access them.

  The medium size bins have all of our large Legos and blocks in them. The bins have allowed me to neatly stack them for easy access.

  The large bins have become the home for our backpacks that allow us to have more space in out cubbies so we can easily access all of our other daily materials.

  The totes have been used to hold all the materials needed for our small group lessons. We have been working on our communication skills and sharing with the cutting food activity.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and one other donor.

• Learning On the Go

  Funded Apr 28, 2023

  Thank you so much for your support.

  These items have been a hit in our classrooms. We have already started doing our small groups with our SLP. The speech language therapist works with her students, I work with another group and the paraprofessionals work with the remain students. We have been working on communication skills like requesting wanted items and practicing how to share!

  We have created a lesson to use the buses with an interactive book. They have had so much fun with these buses and are the top requested item.

  We also created a food activity with the cutting food bag. We created a visual board that allows our students to point to the image of the food item they would like.

  We created a special area for the farmhouse and animals. When working in a small group to practice our communication skills, we have visuals available on the table to help student request animals or to point to the picture to answer questions we are asking them.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and one other donor.

• Mrs. Clean

  Funded May 10, 2023

  Thank you for your donations. Your support has allowed my classroom to run smoothly and effectively. When teaching three- to five-year-olds, every moment of the day is a teachable moment. They are learning important life skills, motor skills and social skills constantly. They are watching the adults model these skills and getting to practice them themselves.

  This project has allowed me to keep a clean environment but has also helped my student learn the importance of keeping our areas clean. I have been using the wipes to clean our tables. The baby wipes have been used to teach my students how to clean their own faces and hands during mealtimes.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and 3 other donors.

• Accidents Happen

  Funded Jun 8, 2023

  Thank you so much for your donations! These clothes have been a life saver for me and my paraprofessional. When teaching three- to five-year-olds with special needs, accident, spills and sliding down into a puddle and getting our clothes all wet happens.

  We have taken the step to ask all parents to send in an extra change of clothes, but we are all human and sometimes they forget. These cloths have allowed us to quickly move past the accident and get back to learning faster!

  Thank you for supporting my students and helping us create a loving and welcoming school environment.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Supporter and 4 other donors.

• Safety First

  Funded Apr 19, 2023

  Thank you so much for your donations. This wagon helped us out a lot as our ESE classrooms increased the last few months of school. We only have so many hands and this wagon allowed us to transport children around the school campus safely.

  We were able to get to lunch and go through the lunch line more effectively. Learning how to wait your turn can be very hard for young children, this wagon helped keep our students calm as they waited to go through the lunch line and while waiting in the carline for their parents to pick them up at dismissal.

  Thank you for making transitions less stressful and safe!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and one other donor.

• Routine Reading

  Funded Apr 3, 2023

  My students love these Eric Carle books. Thank you so much for helping us get them.

  We use them multiple times throughout the day. I use them during whole group where we learn how to use the books appropriately. We practice turning pages as we sing the story (in the pictures). Then, I differentiate the book activity for small groups. For my non-verbal students, we work on answering questions about the pictures in the story by pointing or imitating words. For my high-level students, we work on finding sight words and answering higher order thinking questions.

  Thank you for helping these preschool students learn how to love books!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and one other donor.

• Home Communication Boards

  Funded Sep 20, 2022

  Thank you so much for these materials that will allow me to create personalized communication boards for my students and their families.

  We have already started implementing the use of the communication boards in my classroom and they are really helping my students communicate their wants and needs. The majority of my students are non-verbal or just beginning to use words. Having the ability to point to a visual with these portable, interchangeable communication boards has really decreased their stress levels and improved their confidence in getting their own needs met. These communication boards give them a way to tell us what items they would like to play with or which food items they would like to eat at mealtimes.

  I can't wait to sit and work with the parents on how to use these communication boards at home, so they continue working on their children's communication skills outside of school.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Gumina

  This classroom project was brought to life by Valhalla Foundation and one other donor.