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Ms. Tynan from Springfield, MA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Express Yourself With Puppet Play!

Help me give my students the opportunity to discover new creatures, express themselves creatively, and learn to create their own stories with these fun puppet characters!

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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 Students

My students from Springfield Massachusetts are bright, incredible, resilient, and creative students! After 18 months of online learning and a strange new COVID reality they came back to the classroom with a fierce passion for learning. My students cover the spectrum of abilities and learning styles. Our students range from Kindergarten through fifth grade. As a specials teacher it is my job to find a way to connect with each of the approximately 400 students, and encourage them to embrace their artistic and creative abilities.

My Project

Thank you for considering donating to my fabulous students. This year we are creating a brand new elementary theater program for students ages K-5th! It is the first program of its kind in our wonderful city of Springfield MA, and I am incredibly excited. Theater helps students to find their voice and express who they are.

Puppet play allows students of all abilities, backgrounds, and learning styles to express their own stories!

Often when students are asked to speak for the class they are shy or withdrawn. When they use a puppet to speak for them, students gain confidence and feel that some of the pressure is relieved. I plan to use these puppets to reimagine classic tales such as "Chicken Little", "The Mitten", "Silly Sally", "Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do You See", "Peter Rabbit", and more! I also encourage students to tell some new stories of their own. In addition to storytelling, puppet play allows students to explore "point of view", and imagine how a character in a given tale might be feeling. This is a wonderful resource for all scholars, but especially wonderful for my students who have social emotional needs.

Thank you for your time and reading a blurb about me and my kiddos! In the few weeks of school we have used one or two of the puppets I had from my childhood, and the students have soaked up every minute. I hope you consider helping us fund even more of this enthusiastic smiles!

Ms. Tynan Lincoln 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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Springfield, MA View local requests

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

250 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Folkmanis Grizzly Bear Hand Puppet Light Brown, 1 EA • Amazon Business $36.03 1 $36.03
Folkmanis Timber Wolf Hand Puppet • Amazon Business $35.73 1 $35.73
Folkmanis Sitting Dog Hand Puppet, Brown • Amazon Business $35.67 1 $35.67
Folkmanis Red Fox Hand Puppet, Rust, White, Black, 1 EA • Amazon Business $34.19 1 $34.19
Folkmanis Chicken Two-Handed Puppet, Orange-red, 1 EA • Amazon Business $34.19 1 $34.19
Folkmanis Ring-Tailed Lemur • Amazon Business $32.39 1 $32.39
Folkmanis Baby Sloth Hand Puppet • Amazon Business $32.00 1 $32.00
Folkmanis Red Octopus Hand Puppet • Amazon Business $29.27 1 $29.27
Folkmanis Narwhal Hand Puppet • Amazon Business $27.89 1 $27.89
Folkmanis Ostrich Stage Puppet, Gray, White, Black, 1 ea • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Folkmanis Canada Goose, Brown/a • Amazon Business $25.19 1 $25.19
Folkmanis Snowy Owl Hand Puppet, Standard Packaging, White, Black • Amazon Business $23.04 1 $23.04
Folkmanis Black Cat Hand Puppet, 1 EA • Amazon Business $22.59 1 $22.59
Folkmanis Lion Stage Puppet, Multi, 1 EA • Amazon Business $21.59 1 $21.59
Folkmanis Small Chameleon, Brown/a • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
Folkmanis Duckling Hand Puppet, Yellow, 1 EA (2922) • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
Folkmanis Funny Frog Hand Puppet • Amazon Business $17.14 1 $17.14
Folkmanis Mini Hermit Crab Finger Puppet, Orange; Cream • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Folkmanis Little Pig Hand Puppet, Pink, 1 EA • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Folkmanis Little Lop Rabbit Hand Puppet • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Folkmanis Mini Chickadee Finger Puppet, White; Black;gray • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Folkmanis Mini Praying Mantis Finger Puppet • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Folkmanis Mini Hedgehog Finger Puppet, Brown, 1 EA • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Folkmanis Mini Goldfish Orange, 1 EA • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49

Materials cost

$547.02

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$599.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.74

Total project goal

$704.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $704.92

2 Donors

-$670.98

Donations toward project cost

-$589.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.15

match offer

-$11.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$9.35

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.94

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