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Music: The Universal Language

My students need bilingual resources for music learning: dual language literature, CDs of Spanish and Chinese folk songs, and written collections of Spanish folk songs

  • $203 goal

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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

Bienvenidos, Shagotom, Karibu, Ni Hao, and Welcome to Ms. P's music classroom! There are worlds of music out there, and we explore them all! Whether speaking English, Spanish, or Bengali, all our young musicians have equal opportunities to learn, create, and perform.

The students at our South Bronx public elementary school come from families of high need--over 90% qualify for free or reduced meals and diverse cultural backgrounds.

79% of our population are English Language Learners at various stages of fluency. At home, they may speak Spanish, Bengali, Mandarin, French, a West African tribal language, or English often more than one of these! All students receive general music instruction once a week as we sing, move, listen, and play together. I have seen many children who struggle academically due to language learning issues thrive in the music classroom--music truly is the universal language!

My Project

In music class, we aim to honor the rich diversity of heritages that lives within our students. Through engaging with folk songs and folk tales from around the world, children may share their home cultures at school and connect them with the cultures of their peers as well. A group of 3rd graders may create a soundtrack to accompany a Bengali folk tale some students take charge of instruments, some costumes, some narration (in the Bengali language perhaps!). A dual language class of 1st grades may sing of festive traditions in Spanish and English. A 4th grader may ask for her recorder in Mandarin after poring over a bilingual book on musical instruments. Imagine the worlds of music learning yet to come!

Our music program already makes use of Spanish language and West/East African songs and activities with glowing feedback from our families.

Your donation will help our music library grow, both in depth by adding more material to our existing language repertoires and in breadth by incorporating Bengali and Mandarin music and books. Multicultural music programming will help our students and families meaningfully connect to and within the school community.

Ms. P. Grant Avenue 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.

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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

450 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Esta Es Mi Tierra (This Land Is My Land) • Amazon $15.98 1 $15.98
Lirica Infantil - Volume 1 • Amazon $15.98 1 $15.98
Little Dragon Tales: Chinese Children's Songs • Amazon $14.84 1 $14.84
Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale • Amazon $13.42 1 $13.42
Letras, Números Y Colores - Vol. 5 • Amazon $12.28 1 $12.28
Animales Y Movimiento - Vol. 4 • Amazon $12.28 1 $12.28
Diez Deditos/ Ten Little Fingers • Amazon $12.28 1 $12.28
De Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children (Anthology) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Diez Deditos and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
My First Bilingual Book–Music (English–Chinese) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
My First Bilingual Book–Music (English–Bengali) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
My First Bilingual Book–Music (English–Spanish) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $6.39 1 $6.39
Rin, Rin, Rin/do, Re, Mi (Lee y Seras) • Amazon $3.77 1 $3.77

Materials cost

$135.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$172.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.36

Total project goal

$202.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $202.38

1 Donor

-$86.01

Donations toward project cost

-$86.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$101.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$86.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.18

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 $0.00

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