Help me give my students materials like a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card and gardening play set
for hands-on dramatic play centers so they can practice their Spanish and English in authentic ways.
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
In any early childhood classroom, it's essential students make connections between the curriculum and their everyday lives. Personal connections increase engagement and make learning relevant. Dramatic play centers involve setting up a section of the room to stimulate pretend play. Perhaps the puppet stage becomes a bakery, where students explore the connection between farmers and townspeople, goods and services, and consumers and providers. Or, perhaps the dramatic play corner becomes a tree farm, where students are in charge of planting tree seeds, caring for the saplings, and pricing the trees that are ready to be sold for winter holidays.
In dramatic play centers, I can embed academic skills into play scenarios, where students have opportunities to practice reading, writing, and counting in Spanish in child-friendly ways that relate to their daily lives.
By funding this project, you are helping to provide environmental activities thqat I can print and prepare through Teachers Pay Teachers resources. You are also providing hands-on objects that assist in bringing these play scenarios to life. The flower and bakery items relate to several units: stories, plants, farms, colonial towns and townspeople, and taking care of the earth. They will be used again and again throughout the year in a variety of ways.
My students are amazing, this year and every year. The 2023-24 kindergarten dual language cohort has been especially motivated to learn new Spanish vocabulary through visual images and body movements. They've been applying Spanish vocabulary using the other resources in the classroom, and I know they would learn even more with hands-on dramatic play centers.
More than three‑quarters 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
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT
• TPT
$100.00
1
$100.00
Melissa And Doug Melissa & Doug Let's Explore Flower Gardening Play Set, 16 Pieces, White - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler
• School Specialty
$36.37
1
$36.37
PairPear Wooden Bakery Toy Food Playset,Kids Pretend Play Food Kitchen Accessories with Shopping Bag,Toddlers Cutting Food Gift for Boys and Girls 3 Years and Up
• Amazon Business
$29.99
1
$29.99
Materials cost
$166.36
Vendor shipping charges
$3.64
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.50
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$202.50
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$35.74
Total project goal
$238.24
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$238.24
3 Donors
-$203.24
Donations toward project cost
-$172.75
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$30.49
match offer
-$35.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$29.75
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. McGuire and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
