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Ms. Anna from Milwaukee, WI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Language Learning: Little Objects for Little Hands

Help me give my students these Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs as a concrete way to learn the letter sounds!

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My Students

We live in a densely populated area of a large city that shares many of the challenges facing other cities of this size. As teachers, we are sensitive to the fact that many of our students struggle to get their basic needs met. Most of our students come to school carrying the heavy load of some kind of significant trauma. Our classroom is the primary age level (three to six-year-olds) of a diverse Montessori public school. Our classroom is a safe environment designed to help us pursue our natural curiosities to learn as well as learn how to peacefully engage and grow with the members of our community.

My Project

The primary aged child has a natural inclination towards small objects. These beginning sound small objects will be used in our classroom to help children build their language skills.

In the very initial sound object lessons, children have lessons where they practice naming the objects, building their vocabulary and communication abilities.

The young child also utilizes the objects to practice listening for and identifying the sounds in words. We focus on one sound and play different games or sing songs that help children notice the beginning sounds first. These objects can also be used in later language lessons to phonetically spell the names of objects using the movable alphabet.

These materials will not only be fantastic to use when we are all physically back in the classroom, but they are also a great way to keep children engaged during virtual learning.

Ms. Anna MacDowell Montessori School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Milwaukee, WI 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

33 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC856 Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
LA627 Teaching Tubs Storage Rack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$208.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$242.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.73

Total project goal

$284.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$284.85

3 Donors

-$142.42

Donations toward project cost

-$121.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.36

match offer

-$142.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$121.06

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.36

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$0.00

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