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Mrs. Syler from Houston, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Hands-On Literacy Experiences in Pre-K

Help me give my students items that will increase their engagement through hands-on literacy materials that are developmentally appropriate and encourage play.

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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

My students attend a Title 1, public Pre-K. They come from various backgrounds and living situations. It is important for me to provide them with a warm and welcoming classroom where they feel safe and accepted no matter the hardships they endure at home.

My students have immeasurable energy and are always excited to be at school.

They love hands-on experiences and learning about their environment. School is a place for them to interact with their friends and learn how to get along with others. They enjoy working with partners in stations, singing songs, and learning through hands on activities.

My Project

Everyday my students love going to stations. During station time, they practice skills such as learning their letters sounds and names. It is a time they get to interact with friends and develop social skills. They write and draw in journals, retell stories in the library, and build castles in the block center. This coming year, I will introduce a light table, where they can manipulate translucent letters to build their names and sight words.

If you were to walk into my classroom during station time, you might think "These kids are just playing", but in an early childhood classroom, play is learning.

Students drawing in shaving cream are practicing fine motor skills. Students manipulating small toys are sorting initial sounds in words. These experiences create hands-on concrete learning that is both engaging and important to their development.

By supporting our project, you will be helping us create a learning environment that encourages play and curiosity through the use of developmentally appropriate materials. The journals will be used to extend stories and allow students an opportunity to be expressive. The light table set will be used to help them learn how to spell their names and those of their friends. The rhyming houses will help them to hear sounds in words, which is so important to early reading skills. The items purchased through this project, will help my students to develop a love of learning that will last through their life.

Mrs. Syler Kelso Elementary 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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Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC856 - Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
LC590X - Light Table Manipulative Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
LC569 - Magnetic Letter Builders - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
Hook and Loop Feltboard Panel • Kaplan Early Learning Company $33.26 1 $33.26
JJ157 - What’s the Rhyme? Sorting Houses • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Kraft Notebook - 48-Pack Unlined Blank Books, Unruled Plain Travel Journals for Students, School, Children's Writing Books, Class Projects, Brown, 4.1 x 4.2 Inches, 24 Sheets Each • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99

Materials cost

$410.73

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$446.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.86

Total project goal

$525.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $525.75

7 Donors

-$351.00

Donations toward project cost

-$298.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.65

match offer

-$174.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.21

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 $0.00

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