You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Ms. Hackman’s Classroom Edit display name

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6519865 Customize URL

Mr. Rogers once said, “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." For some, the word play or the idea of students having time to build with blocks can be viewed as a waste of instructional time. I believe in the power of play, and because of this, I want to make a change this school year and offer my kindergartners the chance to start their day with brain bins. Brain bins are a hands-on alternative to morning work. Instead of starting the day with a worksheet, my students will be starting their day in a play-based manner that allows them to be kids who explore, think, create, problem solve and communicate with each other. Additionally, students will benefit from using the materials to work on their fine motor skills. My hope is to provide building resources in the brain bins such as Lincoln Logs, Magnetic Building Blocks, Kid K’NEX Budding Builders, Brain Flakes and EMIDO Building Blocks. I look forward to seeing my kindergartners starting their day off with play using brain bins. Your donation will help activate my students’ brains for a fun day of learning and play!

About my class

Mr. Rogers once said, “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." For some, the word play or the idea of students having time to build with blocks can be viewed as a waste of instructional time. I believe in the power of play, and because of this, I want to make a change this school year and offer my kindergartners the chance to start their day with brain bins. Brain bins are a hands-on alternative to morning work. Instead of starting the day with a worksheet, my students will be starting their day in a play-based manner that allows them to be kids who explore, think, create, problem solve and communicate with each other. Additionally, students will benefit from using the materials to work on their fine motor skills. My hope is to provide building resources in the brain bins such as Lincoln Logs, Magnetic Building Blocks, Kid K’NEX Budding Builders, Brain Flakes and EMIDO Building Blocks. I look forward to seeing my kindergartners starting their day off with play using brain bins. Your donation will help activate my students’ brains for a fun day of learning and play!

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":6519865,"teacherId":6519865,"teacherName":"Ms. Hackman","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6519865_orig.png?crop=650,650,x33,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1562198036109","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21411752,"followAbout":"Ms. Hackman's projects","teacherVerify":2076371184,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Hackman","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6519865","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6519865","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":6},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}