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Mrs. Gauci from East Palo Alto, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tabletop Activities That Are Easy to Disinfect

Help me give my students activities to strengthen fine motor skills for writing. These activities are easy to clean and disinfect!

  • $556 goal

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Mrs. Gauci has another project! Donate to The Human Body to help her classroom.

$474 - complete this project and be a hero

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

My students are energetic kids with a love of learning. Over 90% of my students come from low-socioeconomic families. A large percentage of them meet the definition of homeless. Their parents are struggling to pay rent and get food on the table. They are working necessary jobs for us and for their families. My kindergartners worry about their well being, and yet, they still want to explore, create, read, and write! They want to learn and grow.

During this pandemic, my students are sheltering in place with some basic classroom supplies and some books.

I want them to continue to be safe and stay healthy as they work hard to learn to read, learn to use technology, and at the same time learn language arts, math, science and social studies.

My Project

Each morning my students walk in the door and have breakfast. Then, they complete an assignment. I would like to move away from worksheets and paper projects and have my students use their fine motor muscles to learn math, letters and beginning writing skills.

These magnetic maze boards are self-contained activities that teach pre-writing and math skills.

They are easily cleaned and disinfected with spray cleaner so other students can use them in the same day, if needed, after waiting 10 minutes for the disinfectant to take effect. They can also be checked out to the students to take home to practice the skills, and returned to school for another child to use. They will be disinfected daily and with each home use. Our distance learning model might be half days of school, with every child rotating through the classroom. I need to be able to disinfect items quickly and easily.

These mazes are great teaching tools that teach pre-writing skills. Again, they can be easily disinfected so that my students are protected from spreading germs and viruses.

Thank you for considering my class for your donation.

Mrs. Gauci Costano School & 49Ers Academy Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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East Palo Alto, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP507 Create Design Drill Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 4 $119.96
PP283 Magnetic Counting Maze • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 2 $79.98
LL108 Tweezer Tongs Color Sorting Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 2 $49.98
PP282 Magnetic Color Maze • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
EE226 PreWriting Magnetic Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LL676 Magnetic Alphabet Maze • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TT818 Getting Ready to Write Gumball Grab • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LL139 Fine Motor Tweezer Tongs Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$399.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.38

Total project goal

$555.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $555.84

5 Donors

-$488.21

Donations toward project cost

-$472.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$67.63

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