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Mrs. McEvilly from Crystal Lake, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Multicultural Hand Puppets: Feeling Represented Matters

Help me give my students a multicultural set of hand puppets to booster their oral skills and creativity.

  • $447 goal

This project expired on May 6, 2025.

This project expired on May 6, 2025.

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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 Project

My students are in need of opportunities to enhance their oral skills in English as a second language.

One way I have found in which the students feel less pressure expressing themselves orally is through the use of puppets; by providing my students with a set of multicultural puppets, which they can feel represented with, I seek to broaden their opportunities for free oral expression in the classroom in a way that is appropriate for Kindergarten.

The impact that learning through play has in early oral language development is so detrimental, and I am always looking for ways to provide more opportunities for it in the classroom. I think these set of multicultural puppets will definitely be loved and used by my students.

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Mrs. McEvilly Canterbury Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Crystal Lake, IL 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

21 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Let’s Talk! Community Helper Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
Lakeshore Let’s Talk! Multicultural Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $109.00 1 $109.00
Lakeshore Puppet Tree • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99

Materials cost

$327.99

Vendor shipping charges

$16.40

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$379.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.94

Total project goal

$446.25

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