Project Description: Building Foundations Through Play This project seeks to provide a comprehensive suite of visual-motor manipulatives and multi-level puzzles specifically tailored for students in a TK-2nd Grade Extensive Support Needs (ESN) classroom. For these early learners, the ability to process visual information and coordinate it with physical movement is

This grant will be used to purchase low-tech engineering and math manipulatives for the kindergarten classroom. These hands-on materials include self-correcting number puzzles, counting games, tactile ten frames, number stairs, tanagram puzzles, and building materials. Th

In 4th grade, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) challenge students to move beyond simply naming parts of a plant or animal. They must now argue how those specific internal and external structures function as a system to support survival, growth, and reproduction. This project aims to provide the tactile

4th Grade Students at Tahoe Lake Elementary School certainly enjoy building and creating with legos. Who doesn’t?!? Through CS & AI in 4th Grade, students will have the opportunity to problem solve when learning about computer science and coding, robotics, AI and collaboration in an enriching hands on experience via

STEAM is one of the weekly enrichment offerings for all TLE students. While core science is taught in grade level classrooms, enrichment in STEAM is the opportunity for all grade levels to extend their learning with hands-on activities. We are looking to expand our hands-on offerings for next year.

Over the past three years, our Science Lab at KBE has participated in botany research with Magnitude.io and NASA Exolab missions, as well as our local community garden at the North Tahoe Regional Park. The more we incorporate projects with these entities, the more our costs increase. Botany requires numerous

This grant seeks funding for a variety of hands-on math materials designed to support early numeracy development in a kindergarten and first grade classroom. The requested items include counting objects (such as manipulatives like bears, cubes, or counters), place value whiteboards, number formation practice pads, and a comparing numbers game

Engineering Toys and STEAM Library grant request aims to provide approximately 25 students each year with open-ended, hands-on sensory experiences that foster engineering concepts, fine motor skills, and peer communication. The materials include a STEM bundle from Lakeshore Learning and a STEAM-focused book collection. These materials will integrate with math

Formative Loop is a daily math practice program for students. It covers all of the basic skills related to the state standards that students need for success at each grade level. For example, at fourth grade the students will start with a review of addition and subtraction, then move onto

Sports Illustrated for Kids, Spider, Zoobooks, The Week Jr. and National Geographic for Kids are long standing resources used in a variety of academic settings. I would be utilizing these resources, along with a few new additions (Brainspace, Kazoo and Honest History) in order to provide grade level appropriate reading