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Mrs. Collins from Salem MA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let's Put the Kid Back in Kindergarten!

My students need new dramatic play materials, such as a dress-up trunk and table/chair set, to use during pretend play.

  • $838 goal

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My Students

Remember playing "house" as a child? Being mommy or daddy to that special baby doll while cooking that gourmet meal with pretend food? Pretend play has gone by the wayside in today's kindergarten classrooms, I want to bring pretend play back to my classroom with new materials.

I have a class full of 18 bright, inquisitive kindergarten kids.

We are an urban low-income school that serves a very diverse population of students grades kindergarten through fifth grade. Students in my classroom come from many different backgrounds but they all have one thing in common, they all love to play!

My Project

Many of my students have not had the opportunity for real play based learning. With these materials, miniature versions of things they find in their own homes, I hope to encourage playing to learn. When children have the opportunity to play without a lot of adult interaction, they learn skills such as negotiation, sharing, cooperation and empathy. The pretend play center will be used daily to encourage and reinforce these skills.

We are very fortunate to have a playhouse built right into my classroom.

However, the materials within the playhouse have become dirty, old and worn. By providing new pretend play materials my students will not only have more of an opportunity to play and learn but will want to play even more! I want to provide my students with these new materials to bring a more developmentally appropriate curriculum to my kindergarten students.

Mrs. Collins
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HD865 - Butcher-Block Table and Chair Set • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00
EE557 - Lakeshore Hardwood Doll Highchair • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
DD470X - Lakeshore Washable Baby Dolls - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
LC55 - Super Housecleaning Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
HH919 - Let's Go Shopping Grocery Set • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LM365 - Best-Buy Play Food Assortment • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LA427 - Best-Buy Kitchen Playset • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LM616 - Grandpa’s Dress-Up Trunk • Lakeshore Learning $99.00 1 $99.00
LM408 - Grandma’s Dress-Up Trunk • Lakeshore Learning $99.00 1 $99.00

Materials cost

$666.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$711.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.59

Total project goal

$837.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$837.29

19 Donors

-$811.12

Donations toward project cost

-$694.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.42

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.17

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$0.00

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