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Ms. Jacobus from Newark, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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In Pre-K Artists Read and Readers Paint!

Help me give my students the ability to connect music to the visual arts. "Can You Hear It"comes with a CD with 12 classical musical selections to match the art

  • $295 goal

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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

My Pre-K inner-city artists l love to "read" almost as much as they love to paint, glue and glitter. After art projects are finished the children pick a book from the reading center, sit on the rug and imagine stories to fit the pictures. Sometimes we illustrate our own stories.

In addition to the free time reading I start or end each lesson with a story.

Our library is read to tatters! Everyone loves "No David" (complete with finger wagging). "Mix it Up" and "Press Here" by Herve Tullet are the "magic books" that that require "Abracadabra" with the turn of every page.

We need new copies of old books and many new art books.

My Project

My Pre-K inner city artists are as enthusiastic about books as they are about paint and glitter. Most of my students do not have books at home so these books open up a new world of wonder. Often a student will excitedly show me a picture and point out that relates to the current project or art that is on the wall. They will find an animal we have drawn, talk about the different colors of fruit Cezanne has painted or find primary colors in an illustration.

I want children to read for pleasure.

It is a painless way to build vocabulary, increase understanding and expand their world. A child who reads for fun will do better in every subject in school...even those pesky word problems in math.

Ms. Jacobus Early Childhood School - Central Grades PreK-2

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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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Newark, NJ View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

240 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
When a Line Bends...a Shape Begins • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
Degas and the Little Dancer (Anholt's Artists) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Grow Up, David! (David Books) • Amazon Business $15.30 1 $15.30
Lines That Wiggle • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Henri Matisse: Drawing With Scissors (Smart About Art) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
David Goes To School (David Books [Shannon]) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Can You Hear It? • Amazon Business $14.15 1 $14.15
The Line • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
Cezanne and the Apple Boy (Anholt's Artists) • Amazon Business $11.30 1 $11.30
No, David! • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
Uh-oh, David! Sticker Book • Amazon Business $10.45 1 $10.45
Peanut Butter & Cupcake • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Press Here (Interactive Book for Toddlers and Kids, Interactive Baby Book) • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
I Have an Idea! (Interactive Books for Kids, Preschool Imagination Book, Creativity Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail (Anholt's Artists Books For Children) • Amazon Business $7.32 1 $7.32
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet (Anholt's Artists Books For Children) • Amazon Business $7.31 1 $7.31
van Gogh and the Sunflowers (Anholt's Artists Books For Children) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
David Smells!: A Diaper David Book • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$213.23

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$250.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.19

Total project goal

$294.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $294.61

2 Donors

-$148.00

Donations toward project cost

-$125.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.20

match offer

-$146.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$124.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.99

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 $0.00

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