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Ms. Manzo from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Play

Help me give my students materials that can support strengthening their developmental skills while learning through play. Materials such as best behavior books, color discovery boxes, alphabet locks, whats inside boxes, etc.

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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

The Best Behavior book collection will give my students a visual aid in better understanding how to practice and demonstrate their best behavior in our classroom. This is a great way to help my students learn about different positive behaviors that will not only benefit them in our classroom but also at home.

Color Discovery boxes are a great strategy for helping our students develop language.

They also develop the ability to strengthen their mathematical development by learning to categorize and sort objects.

Clean sand would not only help our students by enjoying the experience of sensory material but also develop them in their language development. This would make a great activity for exploring and building strong communication skills by helping students develop the ability to express their wants and needs. For example, If placed on a sand table students will communicate their interest in participating in sand play, while also using their language to name what they have found in the sand.

Tactile materials such as tactical numbers and tactile letters will be great in our classroom because it helps our students who have sensory needs be a part of a letter or number recognizing activity.

Just learning shapes and just learning colors are great visual aids to have around the classroom to support our visual learners during learning activities. Displaying the cards will make it easier to learn while singing our alphabet and shape song.

What're inside materials soft feely box will spark interest in our students during a language development activity. The softness of the box will give comfort to our students who may be feeling a little worried about sticking their hands into a box filled with mysterious things. The color box will motivate them to communicate to have a turn.

Ms. Manzo Richard Riordan Primary Center 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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Los Angeles, CA 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RA351 - Best Behavior<sup>&reg;</sup>Board Book Collection • Lakeshore Learning Materials $71.50 1 $71.50
AA388 - Color Discovery Boxes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
JJ909 - Whats Inside? Soft Feely Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
LC126 - Alphabet Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
VS318 - Clean Sand - 25-Lb Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE289 - Tactile Numbers 1-30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
EE258 - Tactile Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 1 $17.99
LC176 - Giant Magnetic Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
SCD110395 - Just Teach Learning Shapes Bulletin Board Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
LA663 - Lakeshore Kids&trade; Color Recognition Bulletin Board Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$342.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$408.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.16

Total project goal

$481.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $481.04

3 Donors

-$381.04

Donations toward project cost

-$323.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.16

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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