Past projects 100
Magnatile Menagerie
Funded Nov 19, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating all of the Magna-Tile blocks, animals, dinosaurs and people! My students were over-joyed when they arrived to our classroom and loved unboxing everything! They loved the selection of animals, from jungle creatures to farm animals. The students are thrilled to build different types of structures. There are so many of them that the possibilities are endless. These resources will provide my students with the opportunity to improve their spatial reasoning skills. It will also encourage them to work in groups and use language to achieve their goals. It will encourage critical thinking and communication skills.
Young students need hands-on supplies to manipulate and enhance their learning.On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by the photos how many building possibilities there are and how they work together to make creations. I hope I have expressed how much it will benefit their education. Your donation will also help many future Pre-K students in classes to come!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by Con Edison and 3 other donors.Baskets for Books
Funded Oct 11, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating all of the baskets for our library! They were over-joyed when the big box arrived to our classroom. They couldn't wait to visit our newly organized library!
We loved how color coordinated it looks! it is also so easy for them to find the kind of book they are looking for.
On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by the photos how much they have enjoyed receiving it and I hope I have expressed how much it will benefit their education. Your donation will also help many future Pre-K students in classes to come!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 2 other donors.Listening Center Activities to Help our Learning!
Funded Oct 11, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating all of the Tonie Character Listening Center materials! They were over-joyed when the big box arrived to our classroom. They couldn't wait to go to the listening center with all of the fun new characters, songs and stories!
Listening comprehension and vocabulary development are such important skills to develop in Pre-K. These skills really help students become better readers and test takers in the future . Having fun characters makes listening and vocabulary development really fun and enjoyable!
Thank you so much for all On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by the photos how much they have enjoyed receiving it and I hope I have expressed how much it will benefit their education. Your donation will also help many future Pre-K students in classes to come!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 4 other donors.A Tonie Box To Develop Our Listening Skills and Vocabulary
Funded Aug 22, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating all of the Tonie Machine and music and story figurines. They were so excited when all of the materials came in! They could not wait to put on the headphones and start listening to Mickey Mouse, Arielle the Mermaid, Nemo the Clownfish read them stories and sing songs from their favorite movies!
These materials are already improving their education. Their listening comprehension and vocabulary is improving after only a few weeks of use. I love watching them draw pictures of what they are listening to. The Tonie Machine is easy to use and really helps fosters their independence. They love being able to switch soundtracks and skip songs or replay their favorite songs over and over again without asking for help.
On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by their photos how much they have enjoyed receiving the Tonie Box and I hope I have expressed how much it will benefit their education. Your donation will really help our students understand and enjoy our listening center. The materials are also super sturdy and will benefit many future Pre-K classes to come!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 2 other donors.Building A Rainbow
Funded Aug 2, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating all of the different types of rainbow blocks. They were so excited when all of the blocks and rainbows came in! Now they can't get enough time building exciting structures in our classroom. They are so disappointed when we have to clean up for lunch or dismissal because they are having so much fun.
These materials are already improving their education. Their communication and vocabulary have increased incredibly by working together. I can also see progress in their special awareness. They are getting better at rebuilding structures from a picture. Their engineering is also improving. They are building higher structures with wider bases.
As a Pre-K teacher, one of my main goals is to teach our students to have a strong academic foundation as well as communication and social skills. Pre-K is such an important year in a student's life. This is the time when the students learn different strategies and skills to work with each other and explore. The variety of blocks allows them to build with their imaginations.
On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by their photos how much they have enjoyed receiving the blocks and I hope I have expressed how much it will benefit their education. Your donation will really help our students understand and enjoy engineering and building. The materials are also super sturdy and will benefit many future Pre-K classes to come!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 6 other donors.Financial Literacy Begins Young
Funded Sep 19, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating the Teachers-Pay-Teachers gift cards. We used the gift cards to buy our students some supplemental math curriculums.
As a PreK teacher, one of my main goals is to teach our students to love math and numbers. PreK is such an important year in a student's life. This is the time when the students learn that math helps us make sense of the world around us. Teaching student number sense helps them to build a strong foundation to support them in future math endeavors. I also try to make learning lots of fun!
The gift cards helped us get lessons to teach about financial literacy, number recognition, sequencing, counting and measuring. We are learning about more and less than, one to one correspondence and number comparison.
On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by the photos how much they have enjoyed receiving it and I hope I have expressed how much it will benefit their education. Your donation will really help our students understand and enjoy learning about math and financial literacy.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by Charles Schwab and 2 other donors.A Caterpillar to Crawl On
Funded Jun 6, 2023Thank you so much for helping our young students get a Climb and Crawl Caterpillar. We have put it our school's gross-motor indoor playroom so we can use it year round. Our kids love crawling through the tunnel and climbing over it. It is so big that most of the class can use it together safely. It has roomy openings at both ends and portholes to peek through. This caterpillar is safe and fun for kids to sit on, crawl through, and scramble over while strengthening their young muscles and building their coordination. The heavy-duty plastic is super durable so you can be sure our students will be using this for many years! We really appreciate your generosity.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
A MacBook to Reduce Paper Paper Use
Funded May 10, 2023Thank you so much for your generous donations that provided my class with a new MacBook Air. The funding for this came right on time because our nine year old Mac just went kaput with no battery life and the keypad quit working. We use the computer in our class to stream and listen to music, Pre-K kids love to sing and dance! We also have it connected to our Smart-board so the students can practice letter writing and make charts and digital for our lessons. Our Smart-board can not function with out a computer, so having a laptop is essential for us!
Having this laptop was also important for us to have for our stepping-up ceremony. We were able to create and display picture slideshows for our families as well as create and print out diplomas and awards. I hope I have conveyed how your donation and this computer have made such a great impact on our classroom. We really appreciate your generosity.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors Corporation and 3 other donors.Retro Viewfinders and Binoculars
Funded Feb 8, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating all of the viewfinders and picture disks. They love to look at the pictures and scenes and show them to their friends. They are building their oral language and memory as they play and share. It is so much fun to watch children born in the age of technology get so excited to use these retro viewfinders.
On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by the photos how much they have enjoyed receiving the viewfinders and I hope I have expressed how much it is benefitting their education.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by Black History Month Partners and one other donor.Make Recess Fun and Active
Funded Feb 8, 2023Thank you so much for your generous gift. My class really appreciates you donating all of the gross motor toys and activities! My students are having so much fun playing with them on the roof and in our indoor playroom. The kids love using pogo sticks for jumping. The monster-feet stilts help improve their arm and leg coordination. The ball and cups increases hand-eye coordination. We use the parachute to sing songs and do circle activities. The students love using Stepping stones and turtle shells to create their own obstacle courses. These new toys are really getting my students moving their bodies while having tons of fun!
On behalf of my class, I would like to let you know how grateful we are for your generous donation. You can tell by the photos how much they have enjoyed receiving it and I hope I have expressed how much it will improve their gross motor skills. Your donation will really help our students have fun during recess!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Regan
This classroom project was brought to life by Black History Month Partners and 2 other donors.