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Mrs. McCoy from Fayetteville, NC is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. McCoy's classroom raised $1,627

Wash, Cook, Create: Building Life Skills Through Dramatic Play

Help me give my students the Childcraft® Modern Kitchen Sink and Dishwasher Combo Play Kitchen will provide an engaging dramatic play center.

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Mrs. McCoy Lake Rim Elementary School
Fayetteville, NC Grades PreK-2

My Project

My preschool classroom is a Title I program where every child qualifies based on at-risk factors such as low income, military family transitions, language barriers, developmental delays, or disabilities. Despite these challenges, my students come to school excited to learn, explore, and engage with their peers through meaningful play experiences.

The Childcraft® Modern Kitchen Sink and Dishwasher Combo Play Kitchen will provide an engaging dramatic play center where children can develop critical social, emotional, language, and cognitive skills through hands-on learning.

Young children learn best when they can actively explore real-world concepts, and a realistic kitchen environment allows them to imitate everyday routines while building essential life skills.

With its spacious countertop, removable sink, turning knobs, and dishwasher shelves, this kitchen island will encourage children to work together as they prepare meals, wash dishes, organize materials, and create imaginative scenarios. Through these interactions, students strengthen communication skills, expand their vocabulary, practice problem-solving, and learn important social skills such as sharing, cooperation, and turn-taking.

Dramatic play is especially valuable for my diverse learners because it provides opportunities to practice language in authentic situations. Children can engage in conversations, role-play family experiences, and develop storytelling skills while building confidence in their ability to express themselves. Students with language delays, developmental challenges, or limited preschool experiences benefit greatly from these rich opportunities for guided and independent play.

The durable design of this kitchen island ensures that it will serve many classes of young learners for years to come. Its realistic features invite curiosity and creativity while supporting kindergarten readiness through meaningful play-based learning experiences.

Your support will help transform our dramatic play center into a vibrant learning space where children can develop independence, creativity, and essential life skills.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

16 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. McCoy Lake Rim Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Fayetteville, NC 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

16 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Childcraft Modern Kitchen Sink and Dishwasher Combo Play Kitchen, Wooden, 43-1/2 x 29-3/4 x 24-3/8 Inches, 29.75x43.5x24.375 - Toddler - Durable • School Specialty $970.90 1 $970.90

Materials cost

$970.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $291.27

Sales tax

 $75.73

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,382.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$243.96

Total project goal

$1,626.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,626.42

1 Donor

-$1,626.42

Donations toward project cost

-$1,382.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$243.96

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