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I pretend, therefore I am.

My students need materials to add to our dramatic play center including dress up clothes, play phone, and pretend materials.

  • $333 goal

This project expired on June 20, 2010.

This project expired on June 20, 2010.

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Mrs. L.
Grades PreK-2

I am a preschool teacher for 3, 4, and 5 year old children with developmental, physical, and cognitive delays. We are a low income school and our funds are very limited. I would like to add some dramatic play materials to our room.

In dramatic play, preschoolers use speech and body language to become storytellers of pretend events. Through dramatic play, which is also commonly called pretend or fantasy play, children continue to build understandings of their world. Dramatic play is an imitation of reality. Children create play themes, and act them out by participating in various roles. By doing so, they are able to imitate the physical world and human relationships. Research suggests that engaging in dramatic play can have beneficial effects on children's cognitive development, learning, peer relationships, and emotional well-being on throughout adulthood. Researchers have also concluded that children who actively participate in dramatic play during preschool and early elementary years are advanced in intellectual development, score higher on tests of imagination and creativity, and have an enhanced ability to think inventively. By providing these materials you can really mold a child's life.

Play is the most important activity of young children because it is during play that children are at their most competent state. Thanks to Donors Choose we are accomplishing this in our classroom. The Shopping Center received from our first proposal is wonderful. The Shopping center is set up for themes at different times during the year. It is a grocery store, post office, beauty salon, doctor's office, police station, veterinarian office, banker's office and much more. I am writing this proposal in hopes to get some costumes and materials to add to this center. This is one of the most beneficial centers I have ever had in my classroom. Adding the “extra” materials needed for our themes would make it even more wonderful and beneficial to our students. These items would add many hours of fun and language development to our classroom of special students. Thanks so much for considering this project.

These materials would be used for many years to come and would add so much language and cognitive growth in our classroom. Thank you for considering my proposal.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

18 students impacted
Mrs. L. Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

18 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AZ985 - Push-Button Play Phone • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
FA420X - Kid-Safe Appliances - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
SSW22142 - Ice Cream Playset • Lakeshore Learning $8.99 1 $8.99
LC333 - Chinese Kung Fu Jacket • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LC339 - Nigerian Iro, Buba and Gele • Lakeshore Learning $32.95 1 $32.95
LC801 - Mail Carrier Costume • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LC901 - Chef Costume • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LC802 - Astronaut Costume • Lakeshore Learning $32.95 1 $32.95

Materials cost

$227.64

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.76

Sales tax

 $9.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$272.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.81

Total project goal

$332.29

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