Past projects 9
Exploring the Universe: Bringing Light & Space to Life in Pre-K
Funded Jan 29, 2025Thank you for your generous support of
Our Light and Space project! Your contribution will spark curiosity, inspire creativity, and provide our young learners with hands-on opportunities to explore the wonders of the universe. Together, we’re igniting a lifelong love of discovery and learning. Your support will have a lasting impact on the lives of these amazing prekindergarten students .”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
Tiny Lens, Big World: A Pre-K Photography Journey!
Funded Jan 16, 2025I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for your generous contribution to our pre-kindergarten photography project. Thanks to your support, our students will now have an amazing opportunity to explore the world through the lens of a camera. This project will in-turn aid with fostering their creativity, build their confidence, and develop important observation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
As we move forward with the project, I will be sure to keep you updated on our progress and share the amazing photos our students create. Thank you once again for your generosity. Your support means the world to us, and it will leave a lasting impact on these children’s lives and education.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
Classroom Rugs for Active Pre-K Learners!
Funded Sep 2, 2024I want to express my sincere gratitude for your generous support in providing both amazing rugs to my classroom. These durable rugs continue to provide an effective layout that help my young students to learn seamlessly and establish boundaries. The large area rug calming circle design, provides visual cues for young learners to sit on and practice mindfulness.
They have have and continue to made a tremendous impact on the noise level during free choice learning activities and the structure of our large group activities. Speaking of noise level, the small rug has in deed aided with reducing sounds and ground level vibration while my students use wooden blocks. Thank you again for making this possible!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
A Place Called Home For Our Amazing Pet Parakeets
Funded Apr 9, 2023Thank you for always supporting my prekindergarten classroom . My students have gained hands-on experiences and seeing directly how their behavior and actions affect our pets and others. It goes without saying, having parakeets in my pre-kindergarten class has been a great asset with increasing class morale, developing a sense of pride and accomplishment as well as enhancing and improving student learning; all while my pre-kindergarteners learn to care for two adorable birds. Thank you for your support and donations.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
Light and Water Explorations In An Innovative Pre-K Classroom
Funded Jan 21, 2023Words cannot express how your donations have impacted the lives of my students this year. My 18 pre-kindergarten students were ecstatic to receive all the art supplies and could not wait to open each and every delivered boxes. Your donations arrived at the perfect time as we began to introduce the NYC Pre-K for All Unit of Study, LIGHTS and WATER to our young learners. We have jumped right into learning about the use of fluorescent paint by transforming our dramatic play area into Atlantis and a Wakanda Jungle. We have been having a blast using construction paper, water materials and the donated fluorescent paints to create sea animals, glow in the dark jungle flowers and trees as well as recreate many iconic masterpieces throughout the history of art.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
This classroom project was brought to life by A New York City Parent and 8 other donors.Light and Water Exploration in an Amazing Pre-K Classroom!
Funded Jan 22, 2020Words cannot express how your donations have impacted the lives of my students this year. My 18 pre-kindergarten students were ecstatic to receive all the art supplies and could not wait to open each and every delivered boxes. Your donations arrived at the perfect time as we began to introduce the NYC Pre-K for All Unit of Study, LIGHTS and WATER to our young learners. We have jumped right into learning about the use of fluorescent paint by transforming our dramatic play area into Atlantis and a Wakanda Jungle. We have been having a blast using construction paper, water materials and the donated fluorescent paints to create sea animals, glow in the dark jungle flowers and trees as well as recreate many iconic masterpieces throughout the history of art.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
Hands-On Science and Discovery In An Amazing Pre-K Class!
Funded Nov 17, 2022Words can not express how much it means to my students and I to receive your wonderful donations to purchase these items. The children were excited to receive all the materials and jumped right in to taking care of our indoor plants, animals as well as decorating their classroom fish tank, hermit crabs and gecko habitat. Our young learners are enjoying utilizing the real life insects, fairy lights, the artificial grass turf area rug and sensory materials in our transformed science learning center. It allows us to enhance our science curriculum and improved hands-on experiences for their growing minds. All the materials we have received go hand-in-hand with allowing my prekindergarten students to explore, experiment, question, discover, and understand natural and human-made objects.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
This classroom project was brought to life by The Walt Disney Company and 16 other donors.Fluorescent Exploration in Pre-K!
Funded Dec 27, 2018Words cannot express how your donations have impacted the lives of my students this year. My 18 pre-kindergarten students were ecstatic to receive all the art supplies and could not wait to open each and every delivered boxes. Your donations arrived at the perfect time as we began to introduce the NYC Pre-K for All Unit of Study, LIGHTS to our young learners. We have jumped right into learning about the use of fluorescent paint by transforming our dramatic play area into Atlantis. We have been having a blast using construction paper, water and the donated fluorescent paint-sets to create sea animals, write high frequency words, as well as recreate many iconic masterpieces throughout the history of art.
My classroom para and I will assist students in creating their very own Under the Sea portfolios where they can show case all the wonderful illuminated sea animals they drew and painted.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
This classroom project was brought to life by Con Edison and 3 other donors.Cultivating Young Claude Monet, Picasso, Warhol and Michelangelo's in Pre-K!
Funded Dec 16, 2018Words cannot express how your donations have impacted the lives of my students this year. My 18 pre-kindergarten students were ecstatic to receive all the art supplies and could not wait to open each and every delivered UPS and Fed Ex boxes. Upon on receiving all your donations, we have jumped right into learning about famous artist around the world and have also had tremendous success with the parents involved in our monthly Open Class Art activities. We have been having a blast using the art canvas and acrylic paints to recreate, the famous Mona Lisa paintings, The Scream by Edvard Munch, several Pop Art by Andy Warhol, The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and much more iconic masterpieces throughout the history of art.
My young students and their parents have began to show interest in Renaissance, Impressionism and Expressionism art and many have visited the M.O.M.A. museum to see the actual Starry Night Painting housed in Manhattan, New York. As a class, our goal is to go on several virtual tours of museums around the world to view famous art work. My classroom para and I will assist students in creating their very own vision boards to think about possibly one day in the future visiting and viewing first hand several of the greatest masterpieces ever created.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Howard
This classroom project was brought to life by Someone Who Cares and 11 other donors.