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Ms. Zajac from Newaygo, MI is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kindles for Kids

Help me give my students new Kindle tablets in order to prepare students for using tablets when taking standardized tests in kindergarten.

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My Students

I teach full inclusion preschool in Newaygo County, a very rural community in West Michigan. My students are 3-5 years old and over half of my class are special needs students. Several of those students are medically fragile, while others have IEPs for Speech, OT, and/or PT.

My teaching team and I put the health, safety, and mental health of our students first.

We have worked extremely hard over the past year and a half to create the best classroom where health and safety needs are addressed, while still creating a loving learning environment where children can learn, play, and have a safe place in an uncertain world.

In addition, we know how important daily outdoor activity is for the health and development of our students and we strive to go outside for at least an hour each day. Outdoor play and the muscle development that comes with playing actively is especially important for my students with a weak core and motor strength, we know how good being outside is for preventing illness, and the restorative power of being outdoors in green spaces is so important for the mental and physical health of the children and the adult staff.

My Project

These Kindles will be used during small group instruction to help students become familiar with navigating a tablet and learning through apps such as Epic, Starfall, Happy Numbers and PBS Kids.

Using a tablet and these apps will help students prepare for kindergarten, where they will be expected to take standardized tests on tablets and are not allowed to be instructed in how to navigate the test once it has begun.

All of my students are considered low-income and most do not have WiFi or devices at home, so school is the only place where they can learn how to use technology and how to learn through it. Additionally, the tablets are helpful transition tools, and correlate to our curriculum goals of explaining how technology helps daily life and using technology to look up information he or she is interested in. The apps also allow for individualized literacy and math practice for each child, so they can focus on targeted areas of learning.

Ms. Zajac Neway Center Grades PreK-2

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Newaygo, MI 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fire 7 Kids tablet, 7" Display, ages 3-7, 16 GB, Purple Kid-Proof Case • Amazon Business $59.99 2 $119.98
Fire 7 Kids tablet, 7" Display, ages 3-7, 16 GB, Blue Kid-Proof Case • Amazon Business $59.99 2 $119.98

Materials cost

$239.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.28

Total project goal

$321.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$321.84

3 Donors

-$321.84

Donations toward project cost

-$273.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.28

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$0.00

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