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Mrs. Silvestry from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need Fine Motor Skill Materials For Our Little Ones!

My students need fine motor skills materielas, including peg sticks, yarn for lacing, fine motor games, magic writing boards, stencils, left-handed scissors, playdough and playdough materials.

  • $348 goal

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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.

I work with wonderful Pre-K children in a high need community. The children love to learn and play everyday.

Every year it seems more and more children have difficulty with their fine motor skills. Many of them have low muscle tone in their hands and are unable to button, zipper, or grip a pencil properly. It is my goal to help them do these things so they can become independent and be able to draw and write properly. Our class desperately needs materials that can help these children gain hand strength, improve their eye/hand coordination, and help them with their grasp. With these materials, children can learn these skills through fun, engaging activities. There will be no more tears of frustration, only smiles of accomplishment!

Our class needs various materials to improve the fine motor skills of my students. We need fine motor practice boards, touch boards, left-handed scissors, fun fine motor games, playdough materials, pegs, stencils, and yarn for lacing. These activities motivate children to practice these skills in a fun, engaging way.

You can make it possible for these young children to practice their fine motor skills through great, stimulating activities. By donating to this cause, you help my students become independent in their self care and become great writers and artists! The tears of frustration will be gone and it will be replaced by beaming smiles of pride all thanks to you! Please donate to this cause. Thank you!

Mrs. Silvestry PS 9 Sarah Smith Garnet Grades PreK-2

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than a third 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
PEGBOARD STICK PEGS PK/100 • Childcraft, Inc. $3.99 1 $3.99
FG639 - Yarn Laces with Tips • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 1 $6.95
DS346 - Dough Cutters - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $5.99 1 $5.99
739RP - Rolling Pins - Set of 3 • Lakeshore Learning $4.99 1 $4.99
RR698 - Draw & Write Touch Board • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
LL706 - Magic Board Fine Motor Practice Cards • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
VF716 - Draw & Erase Magic Board • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95
Etch A Sketch(r) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.58 1 $14.58
Magnetic Circle Express • Kaplan Early Learning Company $17.16 1 $17.16
Jenga • School Specialty Inc. $18.99 1 $18.99
Fiskars® ShearSharp Scissors Sharpener • School Specialty Inc. $9.99 1 $9.99
Fiskars® Total Control Scissors - Pointed • School Specialty Inc. $3.49 1 $3.49
Crayola Dough Classpack • School Specialty Inc. $57.28 1 $57.28
Hands-On Learning: Alphabet Stencils, 52 Stencils • School Specialty Inc. $9.99 1 $9.99
Hands-On Learning: Seasonal & Holiday Stencils, 15 Stencils • School Specialty Inc. $9.99 1 $9.99
Hands-On Learning: Numbers 1-30 Stencils, 60 Stencils • School Specialty Inc. $9.99 1 $9.99
Stainless Steel Student Scissors - 6" Blunt • School Specialty Inc. $1.99 4 $7.96

Materials cost

$238.19

Vendor shipping charges

 $23.82

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$285.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.56

Total project goal

$347.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $347.56

4 Donors

-$335.29

Donations toward project cost

-$285.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.27

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 $0.00

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