You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Esther from Bronx, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Esther is requesting

Letters and Language for Little Learners

My students need toys that will help them become familiar with letters, language, and their sounds.

  • $608 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Ms. Esther has another project! Donate to Are You Listening? to help her classroom.

$373 - complete this project and be a hero
Help Ms. Esther

Ms. Esther has another project! Donate to Are You Listening? to help her classroom.

$373 - complete this project and be a hero

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 Students

I teach Pre-Kindergarten. I think that Pre-K is very unique grade level. My youngest student is 3.9 years old, and my oldest is 4.9 years old. My children come from very low income homes. Some of the kids speak Bengali, some speak Spanish, and some speak English. We are concluding the second year of NYC Mayor's Mike DeBlasio's Pre-K initiative. This initiative guarantees that every four-year-old in New York City will have access to this life-changing educational opportunity, with roughly 70,000 children expected to enroll. It seems to be a great success. It has indeed provided my Pre-K students with a special, unforgettable opportunity to increase language skills, cognitive skills, and socio-emotional skills. It is amazing to see how these children have grown.

My Project

This year in my students' lives is a year of tremendous growth. When the kids walk in my classroom, they have very few words. It is very quiet. However, as we all work to increase their language skills, the classroom gets noisier and noisier. Some teachers will encourage less chattiness. However, I see the the chattiness as a sign that the year was a success.

I look at my Pre-k classroom like a "brain gym"!

Researchers have found that as children grow, the nerve cells in the brain will also grow and develop. However, the brain cells must be used to become stronger.

As the kids reach for the brightly colored Alphabet Mystery Box, they practice letter recognition. As they build Alphabet Rockets, they practice the connection between a letter, the sound it makes, and the understanding that words are built with letter sounds. All the other items I am requesting (Toddler Treehouse Hideaway, Magnetic Alphabet Maze, and Alphabet Learning Locks) each help build letter recognition skills for the students.

When that understanding or realization takes place, it is very exciting for all to see. This is the beginning of language. This is the first step in becoming literate. What an accomplishment!

Ms. Esther Bronx Little School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Esther

Bronx, 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

18 students impacted 2donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Esther is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA241 - Toddler Treehouse Hideaway • Lakeshore Learning Materials $299.00 1 $299.00
PP185 - Lakeshore Alphabet Rockets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
LL676 - Magnetic Alphabet Maze • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
LC126 - Alphabet Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
FF315 - Alphabet Mystery Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$478.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$516.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.08

Total project goal

$607.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $607.22

1 Donor

-$303.61

Donations toward project cost

-$258.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.54

match offer

-$303.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$258.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.54

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Esther and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NY","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/letters-and-language-for-little-learners/2556530/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":18,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Esther","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"350410996","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Bronx","teachersOnPage":[1519351],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":2556530,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":2,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"1519351":{"owner":"Ms. Esther","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[2556530],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1519351_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468852070377","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":246532,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":{"completingDonationAmount":373,"proposalURL":"project/are-you-listening/9251994/","proposalTitle":"Are You Listening?","proposalId":9251994},"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTk2MDE3Mg==","NDM3MzgwMA=="],"teacherId":1519351,"schoolCounty":"Bronx","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NY","name":"New York"}}