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Mrs. Hewitt from Fairfax, OK is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Letters Make Words

Help me give my students the building blocks to create letters and numbers on the light table! They will use these alphabet rhyming and letter sounds activities to build their early reading skills.

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My Students

My students are unique because just two years ago during Covid-19 the Early Childhood Program, Head Start closed it's doors and now only offer a daycare services. Our town is a small and the district is 30 +miles away from any other school district. Our students are unique and talented in many ways, one being that their early education starts at the public school in the four year old classroom versus from birth to four in a Head Start Program. I feel our young children are missing out on the rich literacy and math opportunities that birth to four years of age receive through the Head Start programs for young children and families. I am already seeing students enter our program with fewer oral language skills, vocabulary and lower early literacy skills including alphabet knowledge, book handling, rhyming and recognition of their own name.

I am the teacher of the only pre-kindergarten classroom in our town and radius of 30+ miles, It is my responsibility to provide everything students will need to know before they attend kindergarten.

I love my job working with four year old students. My students are respectful, kind and smart. I appreciate your help!

My Project

Students who have a strong alphabetic knowledge when entering Kindergarten have the opportunity to hear sounds in CVC words, blend sounds to read words and learn sight words. The alphabet activities I need in my room will increase motivation through engaged activities such as alphabet games, alphabet crafts and hands on learning activities. The rhyming games, phonemic awareness activities and phonics instruction material will advance my students by building brain pathways, knowledge they need to read. With our students having no previous in school practice with literacy since Covid-19 and the permanent shut down of our towns Head start Program. I must be specific in planning activities that teach literacy skills using engaging material. My goal is for every student in my classroom to have a strong foundation of literacy skills to prepare them for the next step to reading in Kindergarten, regardless of the challenges we face with Covid-19 absence and closures. Our students will fall further behind in reading if they do not have the exact activities needed to target specific early literacy skills to prepare them for success.

These supplies will offer my young students multiple opportunities with engaging activities, students will be excited to play while they begin to construct understanding of early reading skills.

The writing strips, will teach them about concept of word with poems, names and words written on them. The beginning sound games will teach the students how to start a word, to hear the first sound, middle and ending sound. My students do not have these items at home, families have been impacted negatively through the Covid-19 and it has hit home for my students. My students have lost older members of their family that read them stories, and played with them all while increasing love their love of learning.

Mrs. Hewitt Woodland Elementary School 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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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 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brainspark Translucent DigitBlocks 48 Pcs Magnetic Building Blocks Sensory Toys for Kids STEM Educational Sets Learning & Development Toys Magnet Cubes • Amazon Business $36.99 2 $73.98
Click Tiles – 130 Pcs STEM Magnetic Tiles Building Blocks – Strong 3D Magnet Building Tiles for 3+ Year Kids – Educational Toys Improve Logical Thinking, Creativity, and Problem Solving Skills • Amazon Business $52.49 1 $52.49
Lati 130 pcs Magnetic Tiles, Magnet Building Blocks for Kids STEM Construction Set Clear Imagination Inspirational Educational Magnetic Toys for 3 4 5 6 7 Years Old Boys Girls Gifts with 2 Cars • Amazon Business $42.49 1 $42.49
Play Brainy 52-Piece Magnetic Cubes Set - 3D Transparent Blocks with Assorted Shapes, Wheels, and Colors - STEM-Approved Learning Toys Building Blocks for Kids Ages 3 and Up - Comes with a Storage Box • Amazon Business $38.99 1 $38.99
Learning Resources Word Families Center Pocket Chart, ABC, Phonics Chart, Measures 28"W x 37.5"H, Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $36.99 1 $36.99
Learning Resources Dive into Shapes! A "Sea" and Build Geometry Set, Geometry for Kids, Develops Shape Recognition. Back to School Games, , 129 Pieces, Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
LITTLE BUD KIDS Counting Pegs - A Ten Frame Math Manipulatives Number Montessori Toy for Toddlers & Kindergarteners • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
Learning Resources Chick Life Cycle Exploration Set • Amazon Business $28.49 1 $28.49
Learning Resources Magnetic Letter and Number Construction Set, Soft Foam Magnetic Shapes, Uppercase and Lowercase Letters, Teaching Aids, 262 Pieces, Grades Prek+, Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
Coogam Letters Matching Eggs 26PCS ABC Alphabet Color Recoginition Sorter Puzzle Easter Travel Bingo Game Uppercase Learning Educational Fine Motor Skill Montessori Gift for Year Old Kids • Amazon Business $25.98 1 $25.98
Learning Resources Preschool Puzzle Cards, ABCs, Counting & 3-Letter Words, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Think Fast Toys - Translucent Plastic Tube Manipulatives Set in Assorted Colors with Storage Container (64 Pieces) - STEM and Learning from Home Toys • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Learning Resources Preschool Puzzle Cards, ABCs, Counting & 3-Letter Words, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Educational Insights Design & Drill ABCs & 123s, 90 Pieces with Electric Drill Toy, Preschool & Toddler STEM Toy, Gift for Boys & Girls, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $20.49 1 $20.49
Dinosaur Kindergarten Toys for Kids 3-5 - Wooden Stacking Toddler Toys for 3 Year Old Boys, Montessori Building Toys for 3, 4, 5 Year Old for Boys Preschool Birthday Gifts • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Learning Resources Alphabet Center Pocket Chart, ABCs, Letter, Word Recognition, Alphabet Pocket Chart, 156 Pieces, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $15.34 1 $15.34
Educational Insights Alphabet Rubber Stamps - Uppercase 5/8", Set of 26 Letters and 4 Punctuation Marks: Perfect for Homeschool & Classroom, Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies) First Learning Puzzles: Alphabet • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies) First Learning Puzzles: Rhyming • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Junior Learning JL178 CVC Builders Activity Cards • Amazon Business $14.81 1 $14.81
Learning Resources Holiday Preschool Puzzle Pack - Self-Correcting Puzzles, Christmas Preschool Toys, Educational Christmas Gifts , Christmas Gifts for Boys and Girls, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Sound Box Mats and Chips 84 Pcs Dry Erase Mats and 24 Pcs Chips Phonemic Awareness Phonics Games Reading Games • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Learning Resources Lowercase Alphabet Stamps, Classroom Supplies, Alphabet Stamps for Kids, Teacher Accessories, Letter Learning, Stamps, 34 Pieces, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Junior Learning JL240 CVC Puzzles, Multicolor • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
What Can I Be? STEM Careers from A to Z • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Lauri Beginning Sounds Wall Pocket Chart Card Set — For Use with Lauri Pocket Charts or as Flash Cards • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist (Women in Science Biographies, Fossil Books for Kids, Feminist Picture Books, Dinosaur Gifts for Kids) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Junior Learning JL656 Rhyming Puzzles, Multi • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Junior Learning Rhyming Word Dominoes Educational Action Games, Multi, Model: JL490 • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
VNOM Daily Schedule Pocket Chart, Class Schedule with 13+1 Pockets 18 Dry Eraser Cards 2 Easy Over Door Mountings for Classroom, School, Office or Home (13” x 35.5”, Blue) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Fun-to-Know® Puzzles: Uppercase & Lowercase Alphabet • Amazon Business $10.82 1 $10.82
Rhyming Fun-to-Know Puzzles- Matching games to build language skills • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Learning Resources Alphabet Puzzle Cards, Kindergarten Readniness, Self Correcting Puzzles, Ages 4+, Multi • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
Number Slap Jack - a Fun Number Recognition and Counting Game – Kids learn Numbers 0-20 While Playing a Fun Card Game - Perfect for Pre-K Kindergarten and 1st Grade Learners • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Skill Sharpeners Science, PreK • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Trend Rhyming Words Match Me Flash Cards • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Scissor Skills Activity Book for Kids Ages 3-5, Colorful Animals, Shapes, and Line Formation Cut and Paste Activities, Kids Craft Book With Incentive Chart and Stickers, PreK+ • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Carson Dellosa Word Families Flash Cards—Grades 1-3, Phonics Practice With Word Family Endings for Vocabulary and Spelling Skills, Double-Sided Cards, Ages 6+ (54 pc) • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99
School Zone - Dino Dig Card Game - Ages 4+, Preschool to Kindergarten, Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Names, Counting, Matching, Vocabulary, and More (School Zone Game Card Series) • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$757.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.02

Sales tax

 $61.73

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$874.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$154.33

Total project goal

$1,028.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,028.88

2 Donors

-$1,028.88

Donations toward project cost

-$874.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$154.33

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