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

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Learning Can Be Fun

Help me give my students Phonics material and letter formation material to make learning fun and engaging with Tactile Letters and Match Sort Language Quickies.

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My Project

My students are eager to become readers. But each student learns differently, so providing different and engaging learning tools makes learning fun.

This group can be very chatty so coming up with different ways to keep them engaged can be a challenge.

They love to play games, they love to learn through hands-on methods not just paper to pencil. Introducing all the fun learning tools makes them excited about completing a task. Letter formation can be difficult using sandpaper letters gives them a real feel of the correct way to form their letter and they love the grainy feeling. Please help me give my students Phonics material and letter formation material to make learning fun and engaging with Tactile Letters and Match Sort Language Quickies.

Ms. Desimone PS 18 John G Whittier Grades PreK-2

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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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Staten Island, 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

25 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP245X - Match Sort Language Quickies - K-Gr 1 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $119.00 1 $119.00
EE258 - Tactile Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 1 $17.99
EE259 - Tactile Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 1 $17.99

Materials cost

$154.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$187.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.05

Total project goal

$220.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $220.35

1 Donor

-$220.35

Donations toward project cost

-$187.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.05

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 $0.00

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