Come and Knock on Our Door

School:: Sabal Palm Elementary
Subject:: Character Education
Teacher:: Christine Wormke-DeCastro
Students Impacted:: 18
Grade:: Pre-K
Date:: July 11, 2023

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Perna-Rose Foundation for Hope - $246.09

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 50

The Pre-K students at Sabal Palm elementary have loved the wooden cottage playhouse that was added to our playground through the funds of this grant. The level of creativity and language that our Pre-K students have gained from having this resource on our playground has been tremondous. Students who started at the beginning of the year with limited language skills are now conversing with multi-word phrases with peers as they pretend play in and around the playhouse. The playhouse has done a great job helping our students build social skills such as sharing, turn taking, and cooperation. Thank you so much for adding such a wonderful resource to the playground at Sabal Palm Elementary!

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

With the purchase of an outdoor play cottage to be utilized on our Pre-K playground, my goal is that students will be able to express themselves creatively while developing critical social, language, and motor skills needed to thrive as young learners.

What will be done with my students

The outdoor wooden cottage will be placed on the Pre-k playground in order to allow access for all Pre-K students at Sabal Palm Elementary. During outdoor exploration time, students will be given the opportunity to challenge themselves creatively as they cooperatively play together in and around the cottage. It is during these creative moments that students will be developing social skills such as sharing, turn-taking, and problem-solving. The play cottage also will provide students with wonderful opportunities to expand their expressive language skills as they incorporate new vocabulary in their play. In addition to social and language development, the outdoor play cottage will provide students with opportunities to strengthen both gross and fine motor skills as their imaginations transform the cottage and playground into new and exciting things!

Benefits to my students

It is during outside play that Pre-K students are able to work simultaneously on developing so many critical skills necessary in becoming successful young learners. By having an outdoor play cottage on our playground, all 18 of my Pre-K students will have the opportunity to stretch their imaginations as they pretend play in and around the cottage. It is during these moments that students learn good character skills, develop oral language, and strengthen motor skills, all while having FUN!

Budget Narrative

The $246.09 requested is to be used to purchase an outdoor play cottage from Amazon + sales tax.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Kids Wooden Outdoor Playhouse	$229.99
2	Sales Tax	$16.10
	Total:	$246.09

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