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Mrs. Clyde from Herriman, UT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Prized Puppets Push Pupils

Help me give my students some wonderful puppets to help them practice musical elements and explore how music makes them feel.

  • $192 goal

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Mrs. Clyde has another project! Donate to Drumming up reading fluency one beat at a time! to help her classroom.

$275 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

These puppets will provide much-needed accompaniment to my music program. Not only are puppets engaging, but children identify directly with their animated voices and movements in a way that makes them feel safe to share. I use puppets to help children feel comfortable sharing their voices with a group and practicing beat and rhythm as a class. Oftentimes, a child will "sing" an animal sound rather than "sing" words to a song out loud. It works miracles with timid students, students who need pitch-correcting opportunities, and language learners. I also use puppets to help students understand musical form. Two different puppets can represent the A and B sections of a piece of music, and that's only the beginning of the ways puppets can introduce, support, and reinforce musical concepts. My older students even use the puppets to create music videos for third and fourth-grade students who are learning and reviewing multiplication facts.

Puppets provide a safe, effective conduit for musical expression and practice.

I have been borrowing a few puppets from my school district and found that not only do my students learn musical concepts more effectively and grow in a safe, fun environment, but they also stay totally engaged and interested in what we're doing. Class management issues decrease significantly when I use them, and correspondingly, positive behaviors increase. Thank you for donating to my project. I can't wait to begin using my puppets in daily music class study and play!

Mrs. Clyde Silver Crest Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Herriman, UT View local requests 900 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
30" Blue Monster Puppet, Full Body Ventriloquist Style Puppet • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
Folkmanis Hermit Crab Hand Puppet, Orange; Cream; Brown, 1 EA • Amazon Business $27.87 1 $27.87
Folkmanis Tuxedo Kitten Hand Puppet, Black; White • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Folkmanis Worm in Apple Finger Puppet, Red, Green, 8" • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Mary Meyer Tippy Toes Finger Puppets, Chopper Lobster • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$130.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$162.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.70

Total project goal

$191.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $191.35

1 Donor

-$191.35

Donations toward project cost

-$162.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.70

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 $0.00

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