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Ready to Read & Write: Improve our Pre-K Literacy Centers

My students need lapboards, clipboards and other basic writing and letter-recognition supplies so that they can get ready for kindergarten.

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My Students

Please help us get ready for reading and writing in kindergarten! My preschool students are starting to get familiarized with letters and writing. We would like to provide them with different materials to use in our two literacy centers.

My students are active three, four and five-year-olds with developmental delays.

They attend a self-contained program at an elementary school in Nevada. This early intervention program aims to develop skills in their deficit areas. Many of my students will be attending kindergarten soon, and we would like to develop their pre-writing and writing skills as much as possible. My students are currently experimenting with different writing tools to make marks on paper. Many of them have individual goals related to drawing and writing. My students are beginning to develop basic pre-writing skills such as drawing recognizable pictures, lines and shapes.

My Project

Writing supplies such as lapboards, markers, erasers, and magic boards will enable my students to practice drawing and writing. Many of my students had never held a marker before entering preschool. Seeing the looks on their faces as they create lines and shapes, and watching as they develop fist grasps into tripod grasps, has inspired me to request these items. All of the items would have a great impact in my classroom. We would place some in the writing area, which only has pencils, crayons and some old magna-doodle boards. The student-safe clipboards will be placed in other areas of the classroom to encourage them to draw and write about their experiences in our learning centers (science, art, music, blocks, dramatic play, math, etc.). The other alphabet supplies such as puzzles and beads will help my students reinforce the letter concepts that are being taught in our preschool class on a daily basis.

Providing multiple and meaningful writing experiences will encourage my students to develop a love for writing and reading.

These supplies will help us work with them on an individual basis. The materials are portable and will easily be transported to different areas of the classroom when needed. Our students will develop basic pre-writing and cognitive skills that every preschooler needs. We would really like for our students to be ready to enter kindergarten!

Ms. J. Mary & Zel Lowman Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Las Vegas, NV 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

26 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD338 - Best-Buy Write & Wipe Thin-Line Markers - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning $27.95 1 $27.95
HH621 - Kid-Safe Clipboard - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
DD108 - Write & Wipe Markers - Broad-Tip - 8-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning $8.99 2 $17.98
LL437 - Lapboard Supply Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
JJ387X - Double-Sided Picture Story Write & Wipe Board - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $57.50 1 $57.50
EE228 - Giant Alphabet Beads • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
TR717X - Lakeshore Magic Board - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $79.95 1 $79.95
AA719 - Magic Board Printing Practice Cards • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
JJ317 - Picture-Words Bingo • Lakeshore Learning $9.99 1 $9.99
TT756 - Giant Wooden Alphabet Puzzle - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
FF226 - Alligator Uppercase Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
FF229 - Monkey Lowercase Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
GG632 - Restaurant Writing Box • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95
RR423 - Write & Wipe Lapboard Erasers - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$398.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$471.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.16

Total project goal

$554.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.38

5 Donors

-$551.73

Donations toward project cost

-$471.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

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