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Mrs. Carrola from Long Beach, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Compassion Through Reading

Help me give my students books about kindness, empathy and compassion, along with a chicken, cow, and a shark puppet.

  • $297 goal

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Mrs. Carrola has another project! Donate to Spring Time Reading Is Fun! to help her classroom.

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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 Project

My students have always been such a special group because of their eagerness to learn. Children at this age are absorbing so much knowledge and teaching compassion towards others is an essential skill to learn. Young learners at this age learn in a variety of modalities. However, they learn best with hands-on activities.

I plan to use these books to teach them in different ways about showing compassion, empathy, and kindness towards others.

I will teach them what compassion is and then further expose with the use of these books that talk about it. They will learn through books but also with the use of puppets as they can engage in role-play after reading the books. And I will be able to see what they have learned as they use the puppets to show how they can show compassion towards others.

I will also reinforce these skills throughout the day as I will remind them how to treat others. I will also ask them to tell me what compassion is and then brainstorm together the many ways they can show compassion to others at school, home or when they go out in our community. These skills will stay with them for their entire lifetime. Together we can make a difference in their lives.

Mrs. Carrola Bret Harte Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Long Beach, 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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Folkmanis Highland Cow Hand Puppet, Brown • Amazon Business $58.95 1 $58.95
Folkmanis Great White Shark Hand Puppet, Grey • Amazon Business $36.83 1 $36.83
Folkmanis Funky Chicken Hand Puppet, Multi-colored, (Model: 3030) • Amazon Business $19.25 1 $19.25
Yes I Can!: A Girl and Her Wheelchair • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions (The Color Monster, 1) • Amazon Business $13.27 1 $13.27
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Be Kind (Be Kind, 1) • Amazon Business $11.34 1 $11.34
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.33 1 $10.33
Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Kindness • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Chrysanthemum: A First Day of School Book for Kids • Amazon Business $7.08 1 $7.08
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry… (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39

Materials cost

$200.52

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$251.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.45

Total project goal

$296.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $296.33

1 Donor

-$148.16

Donations toward project cost

-$125.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.22

match offer

-$148.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.22

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