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Mrs. Elkhay from Springfield, MA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensory Sand for My Struggling Readers!

Help me give my students these tactile materials that will help them learn their letters and become successful readers!

  • $225 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

The students are BRIGHT! Even through a pandemic, the students strive to be the best they can be. All of the students at Brightwood follow the "Brightwood Way" each day.

Be here!

Be engaged!

Be respectful!

Be safe!

Unfortunately through the COVID pandemic, many students have missed a lot of schooling and are falling behind.

My Project

These sand trays and multi-colored sand will help my little learners who are struggling to identify and write letters. Through this pandemic, many students have missed a lot of schooling and have fallen behind. During this difficult time, teachers need to provide the best instruction and support we can to help them become successful and we do not always have the best materials to do this.

My kindergarten, first and second-grade students will be so happy to use this special sand in the classroom!

Not only will help them identify and write the letters of the alphabet, but it will also be a fun learning experience for them! Please help my amazing students.

Mrs. Elkhay
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Montessori Letter Formation Sand Tray with Wooden Pen Montessori Educational Toys for Kids Alphabet and Number Learning Toy Writing Exercises Tool • Amazon Business $23.99 6 $143.94
3 otters Art Sand, Craft Sand Scenic Sand Decor Colored Sand(10 Colors, Total 2.2 LB) • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24

Materials cost

$158.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$190.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.63

Total project goal

$224.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $224.18

2 Donors

-$132.09

Donations toward project cost

-$112.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.81

match offer

-$92.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.27

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.81

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 $0.00

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