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

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Creative Minds in Training

Help me give my students the problem-solver thinkers STEM experience with simple tools and manipulatives!

  • $390 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 speak Spanish as their first language. They come from a variety of backgrounds, and they all bring their individual set of gifts to our classroom. They face diverse challenges related to their disabilities. Some of them are emerging and finding their voices, but the others are still working intensely on finding a way to communicate. Some are physically able to move independently, while others are not.

They all do their best every day on learning and having fun.

Students with special needs learn differently than their peers in general education. They need individual practice to master basic academic skills that others learn easily. Grasping, manipulating, and removing objects demands lots of practice.

Some of my students are emerging and finding their voices, but the others are still working intensely on finding a way to communicate. They will get there!

Our classroom needs STEM materials to engage our students in a fun learning environment.

My Project

These amazing materials will provide The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) experience that a mind in training needs. The bricks will help our students build and create great structures. The puzzles I chose are especially challenging and will help our students develop problem solve skills. Finally, the science kit and food realia will expose my students to hands-on exposure on STEM concepts at a developmentally-appropriate level while having fun!

These cool materials will definitely provide endless learning possibilities to support our STEM learning!

For sure, our students will have the creative and basic experiences that help them develop basic STEM skills.

Mrs. Busby
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Learning Resources Primarty Science Classroom Science Center School Bundle, 47 Pieces • Amazon Business $136.99 1 $136.99
Learning Resources Farmer's Market Color Sorting Set, Play Food, Fruits and Vegetables Toy, 25 Piece Set, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $28.49 1 $28.49
Strictly Briks - Big Briks Set - 108 Pieces - Blue, Green, Red, & Yellow - Compatible with All Major Brands - Large Building Blocks for Ages 3 and Up • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
IRIS USA, Inc. TB-42 12 Quart Stack & Pull Box, Clear, 6 Stack and Pull • Amazon Business $20.41 1 $20.41
Big Briks - Building Block Set for Kids - 100% Compatible with Large Brick Toys - 84 Pieces, Pink, Magenta, Lavender, Purple • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Coogam Wooden Hexagon Puzzle for Kid Adults - Shape Block Tangram Brain Teaser Toy Geometry Logic IQ Game STEM Montessori Educational Gift for All Ages Challenge • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Learning Resources Garden Fresh Salad Set, Vegetables, Play Food, 38 Piece Set, Ages 2+ • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
Coogam Wooden Tetris Puzzle Brain Teasers Toy Tangram Jigsaw Intelligence Colorful 3D Russian Blocks Game STEM Montessori Educational Gift for Baby Kids (40 Pcs) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
KangRuiZhe Montessori Materials Wood Math Blocks Shape Sorter Number and Stacking Learning Toys (Mathematics) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99

Materials cost

$296.51

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$330.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.40

Total project goal

$389.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$389.36

3 Donors

-$226.00

Donations toward project cost

-$199.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.40

match offer

-$154.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$131.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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