Help me give my students kinetic sand, playdough, watercolors, table toys for fine motor skills, along with science toys, puzzles, and games to help build cognitive development, cooperation, and teamwork skills.
$962 goal
This project expired on June 24, 2025.
This project expired on June 24, 2025.
My Project
This is my seventeenth year being a teacher. I work with students who have income eligible families for the Head Start program. They work together as a team and are a wonderful group of friends who are ready to learn! Our students are Head Start Heroes! We have been learning how to be safe, be kind, and be a team.
Our students need some new materials to help them strengthen their fine-motor skills, help their cognitive development, and learn about cooperation and teamwork.
The table toys, science toys, games, and puzzles will help them with cognitive development, learn how to cooperate and be a team, and fine motor skills. The markers, watercolors, playdough, and kinetic sand will help them strengthen their fine motor skills as well.
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
18 students impacted
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