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Mrs. Wilson from Costa Mesa, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Enhancing Language Through Puppetry Play!

Help me give my students puppets and a puppet theater to enhance their language skills through imaginative play.

  • $536 goal

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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 Project

My TK students have the greatest imaginations! The addition of puppets and a puppet theater in our classroom will enhance their langauage skills through their imaginative play. Puppetry will support students' collaboration with their peers as they work together to create scenarios to perform. The students will be able to visit the puppet area in our class daily during their center time.

The goals of the puppet area are to increase language and social skills.

I will obseve the students daily as they create and perform. I will also engage in play-based conferences to gain insight into their thinking and reasoning.

Mrs. Wilson Paularino Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Costa Mesa, CA View local requests

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

12 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Puppet Theater • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
Lakeshore Let’s Talk! Multicultural Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $109.00 1 $109.00
Lakeshore Puppet Tree • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
Lakeshore Big Mouth Animal Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost

$367.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.40

Sales tax

 $33.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$455.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.39

Total project goal

$535.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $535.96

5 Donors

-$301.44

Donations toward project cost

-$265.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.22

Matching donations from our partners

-$223.95

Match offers toward project cost

-$190.36

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.58

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 $0.00

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