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Mrs. Ballou from Moseley, VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Drilling Our Math Minds

Help me give my students 8 Create and Design Drill kits to build fine motor skills and mathematical mindsets.

  • $322 goal

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My Students

Our school has a long history embedded in the community we serve. Students are excited to attend a school where many of their parents and even grandparents went before them. I have an exciting opportunity to continue building a STEAM Resource program as we enter year 2! When you walk into my classroom you won't see students sitting in desks diligently taking notes, instead,​ you'll see students brainstorming ideas, drawing images, building models, testing their solution, and more! I work with all the students in my building, kindergarten through fifth grade.

My students are spunky, inquisitive, and hardworking.

"I never knew school could be this fun!" a student shouted to a group member as they were working on a STEAM project. It is moments like these that push me to ensure that my students always have opportunities for hands-on, real-life learning experiences. My students are not defined by their labels, such as gifted, ADHD, ADD, or on grade-level, but instead they step into my classroom to showoff their talents and expand their imagination. It is wonderful donors, like yourself, that can help me to provide these experiences to our youngest learners!

My Project

The best part of being a STEAM teacher is that I have the opportunity to always teach through hands-on learning. In doing this, I've noticed that my many of my students know how to easily operate any technology I give them and often times can teach me new things. However, they tend to lack the fine motor skills needed for operating hand tools, such as scissors, pencils, glue, etc.

The Lakeshore Create and Design Kits allow students to learn how to use power tools, which will build their fine motor skills.

This is a vital part of growth for our young learning. Students will use a toy drill to attach screws into a board to create designs, such as an airplane, house, birthday cake, or even something original. Through this process students will also discover how to create patterns with the colored screws, create symmetrical designs, and continue to explore the engineering design process. I cannot wait to have my youngest engineers explore a new tool that will grow their mathematical mindsets and fine motor skills.

Mrs. Ballou Grange Hall Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Moseley, VA View local requests 850 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP507 - Create & Design Drill Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 8 $239.92

Materials cost

$239.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.27

Total project goal

$321.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.79

2 Donors

-$140.51

Donations toward project cost

-$136.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

match offer

-$160.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$136.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.38

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 $0.00

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