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Ms. Rascati from New Haven CT is requesting Educational Kits & Games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building Creativity With Legos!

My students need a LEGO set for indoor recess that will help build creativity, social skills and fine motor skills.

  • $241 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are Kindergartners in an inner city school district.

For many of my students, this is their first school experience.

My school has moved out of Turn Around Classification after seven years of hard work and dedication. We are making big changes in the education of our students and want to continue our trajectory upward.

I want my students to leave kindergarten with a love of school and a passion for learning. For my students, school is a safe place where they can be themselves and learn. I hope to encourage this love of learning in my students through engaging lessons, materials and hands-on field trips/activities.

My Project

Many of my students enter into kindergarten lacking experience with non-technology toys, games, and play. This impacts their creativity and fine motor skills, and can even effect their academic performance. I would like to have a LEGO set in our classroom for students to use during indoor recess.

A LEGO set will allow students to build fine motor skills and creative thinking.

It will also encourage students to play together and share, helping them to build interpersonal and social skills. Students need options of ways to express themselves through play. We currently have limited options of toys, games, and activities for indoor recess. Having more choices for hands-on activities that can encourage fine motor and social skill development will benefit our kindergarten students greatly.

Ms. Rascati
Grades PreK-2
Nearly all students from low‑income households

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will reach 17 students.

5 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Large Farm Set • LEGO Education $156.95 1 $156.95

Materials cost

$156.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$204.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.05

Total project goal

$240.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $240.35

4 Donors

-$216.75

Donations toward project cost

-$204.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.45

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.60

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 $0.00

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