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

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Learning to Communicate Safely

Help me give my students an iPad, sensory slime, a play families set, crayons, laminating pouches, and more that will teach and motivate them to communicate.

  • $1,252 goal

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Ms. Heather has another project! Donate to Speech and Language Materials to help her classroom.

$472 - complete this project and be a hero
Help Ms. Heather

Ms. Heather has another project! Donate to Speech and Language Materials to help her classroom.

$472 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

I am a speech-language pathologist working at a Pre-K center. My students are primarily in special education classrooms. All of my students show great curiosity and motivation to learn! My students are in preschool, so they primarily learn through play. My students love to play with various toys/items such as cars, dolls, sand, animals, balloons, etc.

My Project

The majority of my students come from low-income households. Many of my students do not have access to many toys or books. They are primarily exposed to these materials in school. Due to COVID-19, we must take extra precautions to ensure our students' safety. Normally, my students share various materials during speech-language therapy sessions. Now, materials are going to need to be sanitized more often, and students are going to need their own materials to ensure that germs are not spread through materials.

Teachers (including speech-language pathologists) lost their funding to buy materials this year due to budget cuts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

I want to be able to provide each of my students with their own materials (e.g. toys, craft materials) to ensure their safety while teaching them to be effective communicators. I plan to create a bag of materials for each of my students based on their interests and communication needs. I will also use materials for students that are engaging in remote learning. I want to be able to gather enough materials so that my students do not have to share materials, for sanitary purposes. This will help to ensure my students' safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I am also requesting an iPad to benefit my students' learning during speech-language therapy sessions. I will use the iPad to pull up various lessons (e.g. picture cards on the Boom Learning website), virtual books, music/movement activities. I have learned to use more online resources during the 2019-2020 school year when we engaged in remote learning. I know an iPad will be a great tool to help my students continue to engage with these resources, and it is something that is quick and easy to sanitize in between therapy sessions, so all of my students can benefit from it.

Ms. Heather Rose Hill Pre-K Center Webster Avenue 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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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

20 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPad (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 32GB - Silver • Best Buy Education $330.00 1 $330.00
PP511 Sensory Slime • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 5 $99.95
DD965X Lakeshore Pose Play Families Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $84.99 1 $84.99
Crayola(r) Classpack Jumbo Crayons - 200 Count, 25 Each Color • Kaplan Early Learning Company $71.96 1 $71.96
Hot Laminating Pouches 8.5x11 (package of 100) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $32.36 2 $64.72
GG366 Building Language Discovery Boxes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
Bigger Vehicle Fun Set - 18 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $55.76 1 $55.76
RR580X Big Mouth Animal Puppets Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $55.00 1 $55.00
JJ909 Whats Inside Soft Feely Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
LM365 BestBuy Play Food Assortment • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Construction Paper Assorted Colors 50 Sheet Packs 12" x 18" - 700 Sheets Total • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.46 1 $31.46
RA367 Soft Squeezy Farm Animals • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
JJ685 Whats Happening Photo Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
PP717 Lakeshore Magic Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
VR811 Dough Tool Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$1,018.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,064.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$187.77

Total project goal

$1,251.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,251.82

14 Donors

-$1,184.92

Donations toward project cost

-$1,010.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$173.99

match offer

-$62.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$53.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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