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Mrs. Balch from Honolulu, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Look Who’s Reading in Our Room!

Help me give my students books that better represent themselves and their families, along with a comfortable place to read together.

  • $371 goal

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My Project

The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Check. Goodnight Moon? Check. But Not the Hippopotamus? Check. My fully self-contained, special education Preschool classroom has a few really great classic children’s books, but that’s just it: we only have a few, and they’re mostly about animals and inanimate objects. We Iove them, and we’re left wanting more: more books that represent the diversity in our families, more stories with characters that look like us, more great pages to flip through while snuggled up together!

Research has shown, over and over again, that reading with young children is critical to their development, and that all children need books that serves as “mirrors and windows”: allowing them to see their own lives reflected, and showing them about the lives of other people.

Great literature makes us feel good, even when we’re three, four, or five years old!

Our project also includes some carpet squares (to help us find our own personal spots to read and relax) and some beautiful, diverse dolls to cuddle up and read with. These books will also give us more opportunities to practice our critical need skills of recall, letter and sound recognition, and turn-taking!

Thank you for your support - read on!

Mrs. Balch Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Honolulu, HI View local requests 10 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Children's Factory Learning Carpets Classroom Squares, Set-6, CPR283R, Flexible Seating for Kids and Toddlers, Preschool and Daycare Sitting Markers • Amazon Business $48.00 2 $96.00
Snuggle Stuffs Basket of Buddies 8" Plush Diversity Dolls - Set of 5 • Amazon Business $37.49 1 $37.49
Being You: A First Conversation About Gender (First Conversations) • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
We All Play • Amazon Business $16.16 1 $16.16
Yes! No!: A First Conversation About Consent (First Conversations) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
My Heart Fills With Happiness • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Bodies Are Cool • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Pandas Love Pickles • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Bloom • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Glow • Amazon Business $8.08 1 $8.08
Curls • Amazon Business $5.15 1 $5.15

Materials cost

$265.07

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $11.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.54

Total project goal

$370.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $370.24

2 Donors

-$352.59

Donations toward project cost

-$314.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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