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Mrs. Tressler from Canton, OH is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bring Life to the ABCs!

Help me give my students a fun, hands-on, and engaging way to make letter-sound connections with puppetry.

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My Students

My students come to school every day excited and ready to learn! They are eager to learn and try new things. I want them to know that I believe in them and they can do anything! I teach at a Title I Pre-K through 2nd-grade school in inner-city Ohio where 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Most of the students are living at or below the poverty line. My students are creative, caring, and very energetic. Our classroom is a hands-on learning community. I work with children who are 3, 4, and 5 years old.

Their ability to love learning excites me to find new and exciting ways to teach things to them.

They love to learn about new things. They love to look up information online together and will ask many questions to learn as much as they can.

My Project

My students need to be able to recognize and name the letters of the alphabet. They also need to be able to identify the letter sound. This skill is included in Ohio's Early Learning Standards and is important for Kindergarten readiness. I am planning on using this alphabet puppet set to help my students become more engaged when we have to go virtual. I am planning on also using these in my class each week when we introduce a new letter.

My goal is to provide fun, hands-on, and engaging ways to teach my students to make these letter-sound connections and to build upon their pre-reading skills in preparation for Kindergarten.

Mrs. Tressler Stone Reading & Math Preparatory School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Canton, OH View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

13 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC1273 MachineWashable Alphabet Puppet Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $229.00 1 $229.00

Materials cost

$229.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$262.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.31

Total project goal

$308.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $308.75

5 Donors

-$152.61

Donations toward project cost

-$132.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.89

match offer

-$152.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$129.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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