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

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Help Me Grow Through Hands-on Experiences!

Help me give my students a Magnetic Write Wipe Board, KidSafe Appliances, Trace Write Alphabet Center, and other materials to enrich their hands-on learning experiences.

  • $541 goal

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My Students

I teach at a Title I school in Brooklyn, NY. Most students come from lower socioeconomic areas with struggles most of us have a hard time comprehending. When they come to school at the beginning of the year they are eager and curious to learn every day despite the challenges they face at home. They grow so much through the year and when they leave my class they are ready for the next grade! I love to see their growth through hands-on learning.

My Project

Preschool students often come to school with sensory deprivations. They need time to use their sense of touch to explore and learn. The materials I have wished for, are items that the classroom needs and uses daily. My goal is to promote and encourage a love of reading in my library/reading center with props and puzzles, to supply more art materials for projects, crafts, and fine motor experiences in the math center, and science items to build sensory skills and enhance curiosity. These supplies will provide some of the items we use daily and items that we use in all our centers as well.

Ms. Sookra PS 81 Thaddeus Stevens Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY 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

15 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PH346 Magnetic Write Wipe Board 24 x 36 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
FA415X KidSafe Appliances • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
LL697 Trace Write Alphabet Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GG560 Doctors Office • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
BX603 Peg Pictures for Beginners • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA579 Peel Stick Moody Monsters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LK467 Crystal Climbers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LL917 Shape Sorting Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
EV212 Regular Dot Art Painters Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
RR919 Lets Go Shopping Grocery Basket • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 2 $15.98
FF534 Tissue Paper Squares • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
DB251 Playstixsupsup • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LL688 Learn to Count Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
FK228 Four Seasons Floor Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
FK237 Alphabet Train Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TS997 Kwik Stix Tempera Painters Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $11.99 1 $11.99
PP204 Community Helpers Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 1 $10.99
RR146 Squeeze Bottles Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$422.81

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$459.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.03

Total project goal

$540.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$540.18

12 Donors

-$310.00

Donations toward project cost

-$263.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$230.18

Match offers toward project cost

-$195.65

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.53

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$0.00

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