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Ms. Shigenaga from Hilo HI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building Critical Thinkers the STEM Way!

My students need these manipulatives and stem toys to help build problem solving and team building skills.

  • $416 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My kindergartners come into our classroom every day excited and ready to learn. I work hard everyday to ensure my students have a fun and safe learning environment. I want all my students to feel like they have a second loving family when they come to school everyday. I want all my students to know that I believe in them and that they can do anything they put their mind to.

Each and every student brings sparkle and shine into our classroom.

I am so lucky to be their teacher. I learn something new from them every single day and I hope that I can bring a little love and sparkle into their kindergarten learning experience.

My Project

My kindergartners need these manipulatives to help them become better problem solvers, critical thinkers, and to help spark their creativity. My students will use these materials to explore their abilities through building, creating, problem solving, and working together.

Your generous donations to our project will help get students to get their brains thinking and cooperatively working together.

This will help my students have a love of learning from an early age. These materials will improve our kindergarten learning environment by building critical thinkers, problem solvers, creators. The possibilities are endless with what my kindergarteners can do with these materials in our classroom.

Ms. Shigenaga
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Goobi 300 Piece Construction Set with Instruction Booklet | STEM Learning | Assorted Rainbow colors • Amazon Business $89.95 1 $89.95
Jasonwell 133 Pieces Creative Magnetic Building Blocks for Boys Girls Magnetic Tiles Building Set Preschool Educational Construction Kit Magnet Stacking Toys Christmas Gift for Kids Toddlers Children • Amazon Business $35.99 2 $71.98
Popular Playthings Playstix Mega Set (315 pieces) • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Super Building Set, 150 Pieces • Amazon Business $38.63 1 $38.63
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 10696 • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
AmazonBasics 3-Shelf Shelving Unit on Wheels - Chrome • Amazon Business $26.61 1 $26.61

Materials cost

$305.15

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$13.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.32

Total project goal

$415.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$415.48

1 Donor

-$207.74

Donations toward project cost

-$176.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.16

match offer

-$207.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$176.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.16

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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