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Ms. Grigorian from West Hills, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Spreading Love and Understanding

Help me give my students a new and interactive way to celebrate our similarities and differences.

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My Project

I am requesting new books about empathy and other social-emotional themes to introduce the topic of compassion into our classroom. At this very young age, getting to know ourselves and our relationships to other people based on our similarities and differences is a great place to start!

This includes reading books about emotional readiness and inclusivity, and diversity as well as many hands-on activities where the students can explore the idea of similarities and differences on their own.

Our students will learn compassion towards their classmates and community members through understanding their own feelings, the different needs of their peers with autism and different cultures.

I am hoping with this newfound appreciation for other people, they will treat their classmates, their school peers, and community members with more compassion and love. I will measure their success with the classroom climate improving and becoming more based in positivity. Reading is the best way to introduce or reinforce compassion.

Books like “All Are Welcome”, “Different is Good”, “Why Me Mama?”, “Fill A Bucket”, “Not Like The Others”, “This Is How We Do It”, and more closely related books about diversity and inclusion for children will be read during story time on the rug daily and discussed as a whole group. We will have a follow up question of the day with each book to help our students connect their experiences with the book to cultivate empathy for others. Tactile and active play items like the play dough mat and different emotional face stamps will be used in small group activities to create a more hands on experience and discussion. This will help our students connect what they are seeing and hearing from the books about inclusion and diversity to what they are doing with their hands and with their classmates.

Ms. Grigorian Hamlin Charter Academy Grades PreK-2

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West Hills, CA View local requests

More than half of 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am . . . A Box of Goodness (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $57.66 1 $57.66
Kaplan Early Learning Emotions Dough Rollers & Tactile Emotion Stones • Kaplan Early Learning Company $52.16 1 $52.16
The Magnus Company: Sloane in the City Book & Buddy Bundle (hardcover picture book + 13" plush doll) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $50.00 1 $50.00
All Are Neighbors (An All Are Welcome Book) • Amazon Business $13.12 2 $26.24
The ABCs of Inclusion: A Disability Inclusion Book for Kids • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Lakeshore Feelings & Emotions Dough Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day • Amazon Business $14.33 1 $14.33
All Are Welcome (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Sophie's New Year - A Children's Book About Fostering Acceptance and Celebrating Diversity • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
We All Belong: A Children's Book About Diversity, Race and Empathy • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Not Like The Others: A Hidden Picture Book About Diversity (US Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Seeing: Inspiring Picture Book About Diversity, Friendship and Racism • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Why Me, Mama?: A children's book about the disability experience • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
This Is How I Do It: One Day in the Life of You and 59 Real Kids from Around the World • Amazon Business $12.93 1 $12.93
Colorations Multicultural Big People Shapes Set of 24, Multicultural Glossy Card, Skin Color Paper, Kids Around The World, Cardboard People, People Shapes, Multicultural, Diversity • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Different is Good: A Cute Children's Picture Book about Racism & Diversity to help Teach your Kids Equality and Kindness • Amazon Business $12.43 1 $12.43
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Different Ways We Communicate • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
When things get too loud: A story about sensory overload (Sensory Series) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Fill a Bucket Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.95 1 $10.95
The Big Umbrella • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Best Eid Ever • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$435.91

Vendor shipping charges

 $1.35

Sales tax

 $39.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$513.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.65

Total project goal

$604.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $604.34

5 Donors

-$295.85

Donations toward project cost

-$262.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.63

match offer

-$295.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$251.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.64

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