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Ms. Jan from Philadelphia, PA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Have a Ball Learning the Alphabet!

Help me give my students a fun, hands on opportunity to engage with the alphabet!

  • $378 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

This is my second year with my students. They love to learn and are so enthusiastic! I want to provide them with a hands on alphabet ball to reinforce letter recognition in preparation for kindergarten. Thank you for your help!

My Project

We are doing virtual learning. Students will be able to have a catch with a family member and identify the letter where their finger lands while receiving the ball.

Students can manipulate the ball to identify a given letter, spell their names, or spell out simple rhyming pairs such as cat and bat.

It's so interactive!

My goal is to keep the children actively engaged in the virtual learning process.

This is a great learning tool for the virtual learner.

My students love balls and this will keep them engaged!

Ms. Jan
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Talicor 6" My ABC's Thumball Ball (TAL9010) • Staples Advantage $20.49 14 $286.86

Materials cost

$286.86

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$321.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.68

Total project goal

$377.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$377.84

7 Donors

-$188.92

Donations toward project cost

-$160.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.34

match offer

-$188.92

Match offer toward project cost

-$160.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.34

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$0.00

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