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Mrs. Duffy from Springfield, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Peep, Peep! See Me Hatch!

My students need an egg incubator to observe chickens hatch and then care for them as they grow up.

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My Students

The students in my Pre-K class are three, four, and five year olds. They have been screened and found "at risk" for development in either cognitive, language, or motor areas. Many of of my students are lacking rich language and literacy experiences, and many of them have deficits in social, emotional, and physical learning experiences. However, they are always eager to learn!

Our mission at the Early Learning Center is to help children and their families acquire the skills that are necessary to be successful in school.

My students learn best through active and purposeful play both outside and inside of our classroom to meet national and state learning standards.

My Project

Exploration is the heart of the young child’s world! Through a farm animals unit, children will not only learn about the different kinds of animals found on a typical farm, but they will experience the hatching and care of chicks in the classroom and observe them as they grow up.

How exciting would it be to see actual chicks hatch right in front of your eyes?

I am hoping that my students will be able to do just that by having an incubator in our classroom. My students would have 21 days, the incubation period of a chicken, to learn all about chickens and how they live on the farm.

My students will be able to learn how the incubator works compared to incubation on the farm with a hen. When “hatch day” arrives, the students will be able to observe first-hand the hatching of chicks. Much excitement will take place as they see new life begin! We will learn how to care for the chicks and watch as they grow up right in our classroom. At the end of our unit the chicks will go to the farm to live with the “other farm animals”.

Mrs. Duffy Early Learning Center Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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

40 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Incubator Egg Auto Turn-X 120V� • Sargent-Welch $459.00 1 $459.00
Life Cycle Posters (Set of 4) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $11.01 1 $11.01

Materials cost

$470.01

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$512.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.36

Total project goal

$602.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $602.42

7 Donors

-$292.39

Donations toward project cost

-$263.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.86

match offer

-$292.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$248.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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