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Ms. Wiecks from N. Hollywood, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Special Needs Preschoolers Learning Remotely

Help me give my students materials to use at home during distance learning. The Linking Cubes can be used for patterning, counting and simple addition. The Play Dough will build fine motor skills.

  • $898 goal

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My Students

My special education preschoolers go beyond amazing! I have a classroom of 3-5 year olds who have a range of disabilities going from mild to severe. Some have speech and language impairments, some have autism, some have Down Syndrome and some have developmental delay. No matter the disability, one of the things they have in common is loving preschool.

My students are also the teachers.

Even though I run a program which heavily emphasizes language and social skills, the students learn from each other. The majority of language a non-verbal student learns is from playing cooperatively with a verbal peer. The student who is more challenged in appropriate social skills and behavior learns from watching his/her peers model appropriate interactions.

While some days can be more challenging than others, the students typically leave school having learned something they likely did not know prior to arrival. Or, they have taken a skill they know to a higher level. My school is located in an area where families are not well off socio-economically, however, my classroom gives them opportunities they would not have at home.

My Project

My wonderful 3-5 year olds with special needs are having to learn remotely. Most come from low socioeconomic families who do not have the means to purchase items I use in my school classroom. I have chosen products for them to use during my distance learning lessons with them.

My students learn best when using manipulatives.

I have chosen Linking Cubes to support their fine motor and math skills. The students can create patterns, count, and do simple addition using the cubes. The white boards and markers will provide opportunities to copy shapes, write numbers and letters, or draw freely. Children love creating with Play Dough which also build fine motor skills. I also included an upper case alphabet letter tracing book to help them get ready for kinder.

Ms. Wiecks Coldwater Canyon Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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N. Hollywood, CA 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

10 students impacted 18donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
AX20 Lakeshore Dough Set 1 Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 3 $179.97
DD108 Write Wipe BroadTip Markers Set of 8 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 10 $89.90
AA555X Printing Letters Practice Book Uppercase Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
VR811 Dough Tool Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 10 $69.90
RR621X Magnetic Write Wipe Lapboard Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $68.99 1 $68.99
RA529 Linking Cubes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
BS525Z Washable Watercolor Set Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
RA188 Lakeshore Dough Cutters Bucket • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
DT508 DecorateYourOwn Tote Bags Set of 15 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
AD576 Pony Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 2 $19.98
DS344 Dough Scissors Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TT505Z Lakeshore Glue Stick Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 2 $9.98
TA50WT Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack White • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
BA7112 Pipe Stems Set of 100 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.99 1 $1.99
TA50HG Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack Holiday Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50MA Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack Magenta • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50YE Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50DW Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack Dark Brown • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50SB Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack Sky Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50RD Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 1 $1.19
TA50RG Construction Paper 9 x 12 Pack Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 1 $1.19

Materials cost

$662.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $60.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$762.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.63

Total project goal

$897.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $897.53

16 Donors

-$655.33

Donations toward project cost

-$560.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.30

Matching donations from our partners

-$238.67

Match offers toward project cost

-$202.87

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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