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Ms. Darby from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Literacy And Our Imagination In The Art Room

Help me give my students beautiful books for their art room library. The books I have selected for this project complement what my students learn in the art room.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

We live in an ever-increasing visual world. We are constantly exposed to images. Images are all around us...on tvs, computers, phones, newspapers, books, billboards, etc... To help my students better understand the modern world, I provide activities that foster visual literacy. Visual literacy is the ability to understand and produce visual messages. It is a staple of 21st century skills. How can we give our students 21st skills without the proper tools?

We have some of the most creative, artistic, and inspiring students around.

Our students live on the Lower East Side but have roots from around the world—China, Bangladesh, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic—just to name a few. We are an exciting bunch! Many of our students are working on learning a second language. Our school has a dual language program for Mandarin and Spanish. The diversity in our students makes for an exciting learning environment for all, especially in the art room.

My Project

Our artists, grades Kindergarten through fifth grade, will increase their imagination and knowledge of the art world when exploring new books in their art classroom library.

Many of our students have spent the last year and a half reading on devices due to the pandemic.

I am passionate about giving my students opportunities to return to the more traditional way to read. I want students to have the chance to hold books in their hands; I want them to hold books closely while exploring its pictures and words. Who can resist a good book that you hold in your own hand? This is why I want to build my art room library with new and beautiful picture books. The books in our project connect to the topics our students are learning in the art room. The books include stories about art and artists. The new books in our library will support our students' love of learning art and literacy. Your support will help our art library grow reaching more learners!

Ms. Darby PS 20 Anna Silver Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry. • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
A Child's Introduction to Art: The World's Greatest Paintings and Sculptures (A Child's Introduction Series) • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
Anywhere Artist • Amazon Business $17.16 1 $17.16
Let's Paint! • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Perfect Square • Amazon Business $16.69 1 $16.69
The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Vincent's Colors • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
Beautiful Oops! • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat • Amazon Business $14.58 1 $14.58
The Great Wave: A Children's Book Inspired by Hokusai (Children's Books Inspired by Famous Artworks) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Cat and the Bird: A Children's Book Inspired by Paul Klee (Children's Books Inspired by Famous Artworks) • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $14.27 1 $14.27
Leaf Man • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
When Pigasso Met Mootisse • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Color Monster Goes to School • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Monsters Love Colors • Amazon Business $13.16 1 $13.16
Extra Yarn • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Cave Painter of Lascaux • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Look! Look! Look! at Sculpture • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Art Is... (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Snail Trail: In Search of a Modern Masterpiece • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World (Ed Emberley Drawing Books) • Amazon Business $8.93 1 $8.93
Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Only One You • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
Little Blue and Little Yellow • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Colors of Us • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Purple Crayon Books) • Amazon Business $7.85 1 $7.85
Tar Beach • Amazon Business $7.70 1 $7.70
Mouse Paint • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49

Materials cost

$453.26

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$502.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.59

Total project goal

$590.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $590.62

3 Donors

-$320.30

Donations toward project cost

-$272.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.04

match offer

-$270.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$229.77

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.55

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