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Mrs. Walstrom from Albuquerque, NM is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fostering Kindergarten Chefs! Healthy Habits Begin Now!

My students need Veggie Seedies, Funtastic Fitness, Healthy Prizes, 12 Nutrition/Health Books, Nutrition Bingo, Brushing Demonstration Kit, and other nutrition props.

  • $550 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Cooking is the easiest way to roll math, science, literacy, social studies, and fun all into one! We are privileged to have a classroom equipped with a kitchen and enjoy using it!

I teach Kindergarten at a high-need, low-income community in New Mexico.

I currently have 20 Kindergarten students, 30% of them are learning English as a second language. Budget cuts have left us without money for any resources, books, or other materials! My students are curious and engaged learners.

My Project

We want to incorporate an actual unit on healthy living with our students. The focus of one of our 3 week topics will be healthy eating and nutrition. We want to have cooking committees throughout the year to reiterate and scaffold upon the knowledge we gain throughout this unit. You are making it possible to get materials to inspire healthy habits, and help children understand nutrition, helping students make sense of what a healthy lifestyle looks and tastes like! Many of my student's staple foods are laden with hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, and dyes. I feel that if they learn to love healthy foods early, this habit will transfer to the rest of their lives! Cooking is a perfect way for us to incorporate science, math, literacy, vocabulary development, and cultural studies into our day in a fun and hands-on way. Having cooking materials and books about cultural foods and healthy eating, we can prepare our own healthy snacks while learning about caring for our bodies.

Thank you for once again helping bring hands-on, culturally engaging, developmentally appropriate learning experiences and tools into my classroom.

You couldn't help out a sweeter, cuter, or more curious group of rascals. We appreciate you so very much! Happy Cooking!

Mrs. Walstrom
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wobble Deck • Kaplan Early Learning Company $49.95 1 $49.95
Vegetable Seedies • Kaplan Early Learning Company $42.95 1 $42.95
Funtastic Fitness • Kaplan Early Learning Company $24.99 1 $24.99
Healthy Choices Prize Box • Kaplan Early Learning Company $59.95 1 $59.95
FS491 - Human X-Rays - Set of 18 • Lakeshore Learning $26.95 1 $26.95
RA134 - Healthy Habits Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning $87.50 1 $87.50
FF672 - Nutrition Mystery Lotto • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LA888 - Learn to Brush Demonstration Kit • Lakeshore Learning $34.95 1 $34.95
A Day’s Worth of Fat™ • Nasco $53.50 1 $53.50

Materials cost

$420.69

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.35

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$467.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.47

Total project goal

$549.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $549.82

16 Donors

-$395.80

Donations toward project cost

-$352.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.20

match offer

-$135.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$114.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.02

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 $0.00

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