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Mrs. Pieczarka from Modesto, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspiring Transitional Kindergarten Learners to Do Their Best!

Help me give my students art and language arts materials to inspire learning!

  • $895 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Project

Our transitional kindergarteners learn best through interactive games and materials that encourage them to explore materials and be creative! Creative expression through art materials encourages language and social-emotional learning as they work with classmates to create. Open-ended art experiences encourage children to focus on the process and not on a specific product.

Hands-on language resources such as the giant magnetic letters and the materials in the alphabet sound teaching tubs will support language acquisition and kindergarten preparedness.

Hands-on language materials that students can interact with will support language development and support them in kindergarten readiness.

In addition, we love to create in our open-ended art area! Encouraging art daily with the paint and construction paper will encourage language development and self-expression.

Mrs. Pieczarka
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
Lakeshore Giant Magnetic Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 3 $53.97
Lakeshore Giant Magnetic Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 3 $53.97
Lakeshore Building Language Lotto • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Crayola Washable Watercolor Paint Set, 16 Assorted Colors Per Tray, 6 Trays (BIN530555-6) • Quill.com $42.29 1 $42.29
Lakeshore Number-Bots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 2 $33.98
Tru-Ray 12 x 18 Construction Paper Assorted Colors 50 Sheets/Pack (P103063) • Staples $6.75 4 $27.00
Blick Essentials Tempera Paint Sticks - Set of 24 • Blick Art Materials $12.28 2 $24.56
Lakeshore Washable Ink Pads - Set of 5 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $23.99 1 $23.99
LovesTown 209 PCS Wooden Pattern Blocks, Geometric Shapes Blocks Pattern Blocks with Cards Tangram Puzzles for Kids Educational Tangram Toys • Amazon Business $11.98 2 $23.96
Pacon© White Sentence Strips - Pack of 100 • Nasco $3.74 5 $18.70
Lakeshore Alphabet Stamps - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Kwik Stix Tempera Paint - Global Skin Tone Colors, Set of 14 • Blick Art Materials $14.39 1 $14.39
Fiskars Schoolworks 153520-1004 Back to School Supplies, Kids Scissors Bulk Blunt-tip, 5 Inch, 12 Pack, Red/Blue • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Astrobrights Colored Sentence Strips, 3" x 24", 65 lb/176 gsm, 5-Color Assortment, 100 Count (91992) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
TREND Enterprises, Inc. Trend Enterprises Very Cool! superShapes Stickers, Pack of 2500 - Elementary-Middle School - Kids • School Specialty $8.92 1 $8.92

Materials cost

$612.69

Vendor shipping charges

$52.38

Sales tax

$56.06

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$760.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.17

Total project goal

$894.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$894.49

4 Donors

-$775.95

Donations toward project cost

-$728.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.50

match offer

-$37.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$31.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$81.05

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$0.00

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