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Ms. Smith from Kannapolis, NC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Setting the Tone for Literacy!

Help me give my students opportunities for literary independency with Tonies and their favorite characters and stories!

  • 8 donors
  • $690 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

My preschoolers love reading and music! Help me give them the opportunity to experience these favorites independently. Tonies is the perfect tool to provide the opportunity for independency due to its design. Starting, stopping, controlling the volume, and choosing the track are all available for students of all abilities to maneuver. Students will also be encouraged to take ownership of their literacy learning by being able to choose freely from Tonies characters.

Donations to this project will help my students develop the building blocks to reading, writing, and communication!

In my classroom, we celebrate books and my students love to listen to books read to them! The characters in this project will provide my students opportunities to listen to some of their favorite stories without having to wait for an adult.

The materials in our project will not only help build literacy skills but will also foster a love of reading for all of my students!

Ms. Smith
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tonies for Teachers Audio Player Starter Kit with Pete The Cat, Healthy Habits, Laurie Berkner, National Geographic Dinosaur, and Yeti - Light Blue • Amazon Business $139.99 1 $139.99
Toniebox Audio Player Starter Set with Playtime Puppy - Listen, Learn, and Play with One Huggable Little Box - Light Blue • Amazon Business $89.99 1 $89.99
LEYAOYAO 2 Cube Bookshelf,Natural Record Player Stand Holds up to 100 Albums, Mini Wood Book Shelf Storage Organizer,Turntable Stand with Vinyl Storage Cabinet, Narrow Open Bookcase for Small Spaces • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Octopus Audio Play Character for Tonies • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Brown Bear and Friends Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies The Very Hungry Caterpillar Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Dragons Love Tacos Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Tonies John Henry Audio Play Character with Other Stories • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Tonies Bow Wizzle Audio Play Character from Doggyland • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Tonies Spanish Lullabies Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Tonies LMNO Peas Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Tonies West African Tales Audio Play Character with Worldwide Tales • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Tonies Mirabel Audio Play Character from Disney's Encanto • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Tonies x Calm Mindfulness Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56
Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Very Busy Spider • Amazon Business $8.90 1 $8.90
LMNO Peas (The Peas Series) • Amazon Business $7.87 1 $7.87
How the Turtle Got Its Shell • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
National Geographic Readers: Ink! (L3): 100 Fun Facts About Octopuses, Squid, and More • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Otto the Octopus • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Disney Encanto Little Golden Book (Disney Encanto) • Amazon Business $4.78 1 $4.78

Materials cost

$508.39

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$585.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.35

Total project goal

$689.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $689.02

5 Donors

-$341.71

Donations toward project cost

-$295.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.50

match offer

-$341.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$290.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.60

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