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Ms. Mekelburg from Yuma, CO 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 the opportunity to grow as they play and learn with each other.

  • $990 goal

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My Project

Students need ways to move their bodies, share their ideas while being heard, and cooperate with others. All of these things can be done through hands on learning. I believe books, games, and puzzles will engage all students in a way that they can continue to grow and learn as they become independent learners. Kids need time to communicate among themselves, specifically after being isolated during covid. These tools will help incorporate communication, fine motor skills, teamwork, positive interactions, and much more. Students will be able to work on individual levels with these tools, specifically to work on rhyming they could use the rhyme sorting houses or individually sort sounds cards or help practice vowel sounds by using the castle long vowel game.

Ms. Mekelburg Morris Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Yuma, CO 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
Lakeshore Alphabet Rockets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $55.99 1 $55.99
Lakeshore Magnetic Pattern Block Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $52.99 1 $52.99
Lakeshore Fill-In-The-Blank Phonics Stamps - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Lakeshore Word Family Readers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Learning Resources - Time Activity Mat • Teachers' School Supply $44.99 1 $44.99
Lakeshore What’s the Rhyme? Sorting Houses • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Blends Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Pet Vet Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Long Vowels Skill-Building Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Real Bugs Discovery Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Lakeshore Touch & Read Sight-Word Sentence Match - Level 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Lakeshore Find & Write Vowel Sounds Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
Lakeshore Snap & Build Vowel Sounds • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Keeper of the Castle: Long Vowels Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Snap & Build CVC Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Tiki Challenge: Blends & Digraphs Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Lakeshore Lowercase Alphabet Dough Stampers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $25.59 1 $25.59
Lakeshore Subtraction Tower of Math Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Lakeshore Addition Tower of Math Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Lakeshore Time Grab & Play Game - Gr. 1-2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Lakeshore Phonics Grab & Play Game - Gr. 1-2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Lakeshore Word Building Puzzles - 4-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
Lakeshore Word Building Puzzles - 3-Letter Words • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$794.37

Vendor shipping charges

$4.95

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$841.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.45

Total project goal

$989.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$989.69

1 Donor

-$989.69

Donations toward project cost

-$841.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.45

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$0.00

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