Past projects 176
Light Exploration
Funded Jan 21, 2021Thank you again for you generous donations to my class. The light table and manipulatives your generosity provided gave the students in my class hours of fun.
It was wonderful how they were able to use the table in so many different ways. The students loves using it with the manipulatives we got. When they did this I was able to work on so many different math still. This included counting, sorting and color recognition. I loved when they used it to look at different animal X-rays when our Dramatic Play center was a veterinarian's office.
Please know that these resources will be used again and again by different students every year and I will continue to be grateful for your help each time they do.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
This classroom project was brought to life by Con Edison and 11 other donors.Publishing in Pre-Kindergarten
Funded Oct 28, 2018The materials your donations have been put into very good use throughout this school year. Although I did not have a lot of students come to school in-person, the ones that did have loved going to the writing center to write and to use all of the materials your donations provided.
It has been wonderful to have a full supply of crayons, markers and colored pencils for my students to write and draw with. They have especially enjoyed having scotch tape and a stapler in the center. I have loved not having to buy these things myself. Thank you again for your generous donations.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
We Love Books!
Funded Oct 23, 2020Thank you again for the generous support of this project. I love high quality books and this project has supplied my classroom with so many great books. Now that I am teaching 3K I was in need of books that were appropriate for three year olds. Now I have them.
Since the books arrived in my 3kindergarten class I have been sharing them with my students. The students have also been enjoying looking at them while in the library center. Many of the books are board books and will last a long time even with small children reading them daily. So my students will continue to benefit from them for years and years.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Donor and 2 other donors.Let's Sit
Funded Oct 20, 2019Although my thank you is coming very late I hope you know how very grateful I am for you generous support of my Pre-Kindergarten classroom and students. Your donations provided my students with great bean bag chairs for our library.
My students really enjoy sitting in the bean bag chairs while the read in our classroom library. They are also a great place for them to sit and calm down when they are upset. And my favorite is when they fall asleep in them when they come to school sick or tired.
I know they will continue to enjoy the bean bag chairs for years and years.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
Scholastic Makes Us Smarter
Funded Jun 27, 2019Although my thank you is very late I wanted to tell you how very grateful I am for your generous donations to my Pre-Kindergarten class. My students last year really enjoyed the Scholastic Magazines your support provided. They got to read about so many different science and social studies topics. When Covid closed our school for four months it was incredibly helpful that the subscriptions came with a digital component, This helped me continue to use the magazine remotely with my students.
Thank you so much for knowing every child should have the very best.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
Cleaning Up the Germs
Funded Jan 30, 2019Thank you so much for your generous donations to my Pre-Kindergarten classroom. I am very sorry that it has taken me so long to share my gratitude. I am so grateful when others help me provide my students with the things they need to keep our room safe and clean.
We used the wipes, and paper towel provided by this project to keep our room clean for over a year. This has been especially helpful during the Covid pandemic. Our tables and everything else in the room need to be cleaned constantly. Although the supplies are mostly used by the educators in the room the students do get to help clean the classroom tables with the wipes. We couldn't provide these supplies without your help.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
This classroom project was brought to life by Quill.com and 5 other donors.Cleaning Up Our Dressing Up
Funded Dec 18, 2018Thank you again for your generous donations to my Pre-Kindergarten classroom. The furniture your donations provided made it easier for my students to clean up all of their dress-up clothes and the dolls clothes more independently then before. Everything now has its own place that is labeled and once I show the students the labels once they are able to do it on their own. Teaching them this independence is a very important skill they learn in Pre-Kindergarten.
It is sad how furniture is rarely replaced in public schools. Lots of the furniture in my classroom had been there for 25 years. It is just wonderful to have these new pieces and it is wonderful to know generous people like you. I am forever grateful.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
This classroom project was brought to life by Someone Who Cares and 3 other donors.Dough to Play With
Funded May 1, 2019I want to thank you for your very donations to my Pre-Kindergarten class. I am sorry it has taken me so long to thank you but you should know that my students have been enjoying this resources for awhile and we continue to do so.
Your donations have provided us with so much play-dough in so many colors. It is so nice having such a big variety to choose from. We are able to pick different colors to go along with the different themes we study throughout the year. We also have enough that the students are able to have their very own play dough. This is very important now during the Covid pandemic.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
This classroom project was brought to life by LIFEWTR® and 3 other donors.Books in Every Center
Funded Sep 10, 2018Thank you again for your generosity my Prekindergarten students and I really enjoyed the books your donations provided our classroom.
The students really enjoyed finding books in all of the centers and I loved having the books to help teach the learning focus of each center. By the time the students had to go home for remote learning we had already instilled a love of reading and of high quality books into the students. Because we had such a great library I was also able to send some books home with the students so they could continue to read at home. This wouldn't have been possible without your help.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
Paper and a Pencil Sharpener Please!
Funded Aug 14, 2018Thank you so much for your generous donations to my Pre-kindergarten class. The last year has been a hectic one and my students used these resources in the classroom and at home while completing Pre-kindergarten remotely.
My class definitely used all of the paper and pencils your donations provided. It was great being able to send worksheets and pencils home with the students so the could continue working at home without burdening the parents. And the pencil sharpener is going to continue to be used by my students. Hopefully it will be around for years and years.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Smirk
This classroom project was brought to life by News Corp and 4 other donors.