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Mrs. Bolaños from Ann Arbor, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Discovering Color through Light

Help me give my students Light Tables and Tools for Discovery for learning.

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My Project

Light Tables encourage the development of a wide range of skills, including fine motor development, hand-eye coordination, pre-writing skills, color recognition. We will use the light tables to explore the science of colors. These materials will give students a hands on experience that paper and screens cannot!

Literacy, music, writing, math and science are all skills that can be learned and developed using a light table!

How will this work? An adult can intentionally choose materials for children to use in the light table space: loose parts such as opaque or translucent materials, which are truly beautiful when light comes from beneath, such as colorful shapes from math pattern games. Children are free to manipulate them, talk about colors, move them about, make interesting shapes designs, tell stories when shapes/colors inspire them. Light tables are large enough for two to several children to play, encouraging cooperative play.

Best of all, with a light table, teachers can ask open ended questions supporting inquiry throughout the classroom.

Mrs. Bolaños Mitchell Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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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

60 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Toddler Light Table • Kaplan Early Learning Company $314.96 2 $629.92
Light Table Discovery Set - 84 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $35.96 3 $107.88

Materials cost

$737.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$778.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$137.45

Total project goal

$916.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $916.32

4 Donors

-$909.32

Donations toward project cost

-$772.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$136.40

match offer

-$7.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$5.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.05

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 $0.00

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