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Ms. Bernhard from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Handwriting Without Tears

My students need materials for the Handwriting Without Tears early literacy program.

  • $639 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 Students

My students are four years old. For many this is their first time in school. They are primarily English language learners. They are excited and love learning.

Young children learn best through hands-on activities and play.

My students learn letters, numbers, colors, and thematic topics by working together and having fun. Our school just opened and due to budgetary issues lacks many materials necessary in order to run a rich classroom environments. Often we are limited due to lack of resources.

My Project

Our school is using the Handwriting Without Tears program. This is a great way to teach letters and numbers to small children. The program is very interactive, however we have limited supplies. In order to make this work we need more materials so that the children will get ample time to work on their skills.

Young children are eager to learn and what better way to encourage letter and number learning than to make it fun!

Handwriting Without Tears has songs, movements, and center activities which teach the necessary skills to begin writing. Some of the materials we are requesting are chalk boards, magnetic writing boards, and play dough mats. The children can use these materials to hone their fine motor skills. This is a wonderful program that we would love to utilize to it's full potential.

Ms. Bernhard DIST 20 Pre-K Center Z073 Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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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Brooklyn, NY 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

18 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEARNING SET SOUND AROUND BOX • School Specialty $158.32 1 $158.32
BOOK MAT MAN SET OF 4 • School Specialty $75.25 1 $75.25
KIT WRITING DOUGH ROLL A DOUGH LETTERS • School Specialty $29.81 2 $59.62
SCREEN STAMP AND SEE SCREEN • School Specialty $29.81 2 $59.62
GUIDE TEACHERS PRE-K 2012 • School Specialty $34.07 1 $34.07
PENCILS FOR LITTLE HANDS SET OF 144 • School Specialty $21.29 1 $21.29
SLATE WRITING • School Specialty $9.93 2 $19.86
MAT FOR WOOD PIECES • School Specialty $8.51 2 $17.02
CHALK LITTLE BITS • School Specialty $9.93 1 $9.93
CUBE LITTLE SPONGE • School Specialty $4.96 1 $4.96

Materials cost

$459.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$542.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.79

Total project goal

$638.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $638.62

1 Donor

-$1,277.24

Donations toward project cost

-$1,085.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$191.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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