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Ms. P. from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sing Me Another Story: Culturally Responsive Picture Books for Music

Help me give my students colorful, musical picture books that offer mirrors and windows to their own and others' cultures. Each title will be purchased from The Lit. Bar, a black-owned bookstore in our Bronx community.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Our South Bronx school community thrives on the diverse strengths of our bright, young students. They come to us from households primarily at or below the poverty level. They often come to us as English language learners with families hailing from dozens of countries around the world.

Despite the challenges of their environments, our students come to us as enthusiastic, determined, and insatiably curious learners with a particular affinity for the arts.

Their time with me in the music program allows them to express themselves, explore their creativity, and build a ​supportive, cooperative community with their peers through pathways unique to the performing arts.

My Project

Kids love stories. They learn from them, identify with characters in them, gain inspiration from them. With restrictions in place on many of our “normal” music class activities once again this school year, picture books provide a unique, safe opportunity for students to engage their creative selves, musically and beyond.

The books on this list are culturally responsive, musically rich pieces of literature that will help students develop their musical abilities and creativities while allowing for safe, flexible learning in the COVID-protocol-aligned classroom.

Our Bronx children will access "mirrors" and "windows" through these stories, recognizing themselves, their families, and communities as well as other cultures. Books feature Black, Latine, LGBTQ+, Asian, and Indigenous stories, the majority of the authors are BBIA (Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian), and our vendor is a black-owned bookstore in the Bronx.

In the music classroom, students could practice pronouns with "They, She, He easy as ABC" and then create their own rhyming, rhythmic speech pieces inspired by the characters in the book. They could vocalize and act out different animals in "Hush! A Thai Lullaby" and compare Thai versions of animal sounds with those from their own home language. The possibilities are endless, and we are grateful for your help as we continue to reimagine musical learning!

Ms. P. Grant Avenue Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Drummer Girl • The Lit. Bar $19.95 1 $19.95
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop • The Lit. Bar $18.99 1 $18.99
We Are Water Protectors • The Lit. Bar $17.99 1 $17.99
I Got the Rhythm • The Lit. Bar $17.99 1 $17.99
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual Spanish-English • The Lit. Bar $17.99 1 $17.99
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish • The Lit. Bar $17.99 1 $17.99
Paletero Man • The Lit. Bar $17.99 1 $17.99
Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations • The Lit. Bar $17.98 1 $17.98
Las Empanadas Que Hacia la Abuela • The Lit. Bar $16.95 1 $16.95
They, She, He easy as ABC • The Lit. Bar $13.95 1 $13.95
When We Love Someone We Sing to Them: Cuando Amamos Cantamos • The Lit. Bar $13.95 1 $13.95
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement • The Lit. Bar $10.99 1 $10.99
Singing/Cantando de Colores: A Bilingual Book Of Harmony • The Lit. Bar $9.99 1 $9.99
Good Morning Yoga: A Pose-By-Pose Wake Up Story • The Lit. Bar $9.99 1 $9.99
¿Qué Puedes Hacer Con Una Paleta? (What Can You Do with a Paleta Spanish Edition ) • The Lit. Bar $7.99 1 $7.99
Hush! a Thai Lullaby • The Lit. Bar $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$237.67

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$289.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.13

Total project goal

$340.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $340.87

1 Donor

-$170.43

Donations toward project cost

-$144.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.56

match offer

-$170.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$144.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.57

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