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Ms. Ramsey from Stamford, CT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Ramsey's classroom raised $175

Molding And Modelling Creativity With Clay

My students need modeling clay to experiment with sculpture.

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Ms. Ramsey K.T. Murphy Elementary School
Stamford, CT Grades 3-5

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My Students

When can we use clay again? A resounding call for more clay is a familiar request in the art room at my school. My students in grades K-5 love sculpting with clay and find great joy in using their hands to make their ideas come to life.

We are only able to order enough clay for each child in our school to create one clay project per year.

Since children learn and create at different speeds, having extra clay for them to use would enhance their learning and creativity. The majority of my students do not have much exposure to the arts outside of the school day. It is imperative that avenues for creative expression that are self-directed are offered to my students when they come to art. In order to maximize the short 45-minute art period my students have per week, I want to introduce a clay center in the art room where students can use modeling clay to endlessly create three-dimensional forms and experiment with a multitude of clay techniques.

My Project

Imagine a group of students from all backgrounds and skill levels inspiring and teaching each other through the hands-on activity of clay sculpture. Regardless of ability, students can benefit from the imaginative and expressive development that modeling clay has to offer. When they are given the time to experiment with clay, their creativity and problem-solving ability will be strengthened. Students will work at the clay center in the art room throughout the school year building their social skills and self-esteem. From the early stages of childhood, children are eager to use their hands to create. Clay is a wonderful medium for children to express the innate human desire for creativity.

We live in an ever changing world where education impacts our future and the future of the world.

Developing creativity should be high on the list of goals for 21st century education. My students will benefit from the resources for the clay center because they will be given an opportunity to experiment and learn in a creative environment where they will initiate and determine their path to learning.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

500 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. Ramsey K.T. Murphy Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Stamford, CT View local requests

More than half of 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

500 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CLAY CRAYOLA MODELING ASSORTED 1# • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc/School Spec $2.68 38 $101.84

Materials cost

$101.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$148.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.21

Total project goal

$174.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.76

3 Donors

-$174.76

Donations toward project cost

-$148.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.21

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