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Ms. Julia from Alexandria, VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy for Little Learners

Help me give my students supplies for literacy including felt board sets for The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Pete the Cat, alphabet learning locks, Alpha-bots, and uppercase alphabet pebbles.

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My Students

I teach in a diverse, Title I school in a suburb of Washington, DC. Preschool is often the children's first time being away from their parents, so I strive to make it a fun and engaging environment.

My preschool class includes two, three, four, and five-year-olds with special needs as well as a few typically developing peer models.

The children have a variety of disabilities, including Down Syndrome, blindness, autism, developmental delay, cerebral palsy, and language disorders. I also have a few students who are typically developing who serve as peer models for language and socialization. My students come from culturally and linguistically diverse families and many face socio-economic challenges.

My Project

My students will benefit from flannel board props for some of our favorite stories. Children attend better to stories told on the flannel board, versus simply read from the book. Pete the Cat is a preschool favorite, as are Brown Bear, Brown Bear and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. My students will also be able to use the felt board pieces to engage in the retelling of these familiar stories.

I'm requesting a variety of toys to help teach alphabet recognition.

Alphabots are a terrific toy to help build alphabet recognition skills. The children will play without even knowing they are learning letter names! Learning Locks will help build letter knowledge while also working on fine motor skills. I always appreciate toys that support multiple areas of development. Alphabet bubbles will be exciting to use in the water table- they teach letter sounds as well, since they feature pictures that start with each letter. Finally, letter pebbles are a fun addition to the sandbox or sensory table.

Ms. Julia John Adams 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.

More about Ms. Julia

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AC225 - Alpha-Bots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA510 - There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA954 - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LA956 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE332 - Float & Find Alphabet Bubbles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Uppercase Alphabet Pebbles • Kaplan Early Learning Company $27.86 1 $27.86
LC126 - Alphabet Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Four Groovy Buttons Felt Set (14 Piece Set) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.76 1 $19.76

Materials cost

$222.56

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$255.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.16

Total project goal

$301.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$301.06

4 Donors

-$151.00

Donations toward project cost

-$128.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.65

match offer

-$150.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.51

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$0.00

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