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Mrs. McGowan from Fort Washington MD is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Cha Ching! Financial Literacy at the Store!

My students need dramatic play items to build financial literacy understanding.

  • $271 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 Students

My students are the greatest group of five and six year-olds. With high energy levels and enthusiasm, my class always comes to school so eager to learn. My class is very diverse with some families being more fortunate than others.

The twenty-five students in my class have varying walks of life, but together, we have created one community.

Kindergarten is often my students' first year of school. It is so crucial to build their excitement toward learning and encourage them to achieve great things in the classroom.

My Project

Building financial literacy can begin as young as even kindergarten. Many teachers today are already teaching basic building blocks on this topic. In my classroom, I would love to incorporate a grocery store into my dramatic play area in order to help set a foundation for financial literacy. This resource will help solidify topics such as needs and wants as well as money.

Having a grocery store in my classroom will give my students an engaging and real-world connection component that they are already familiar with.

All students have some personal experience with going to the grocery store with their family. Incorporating this into the classroom will empower my students to learn to make choices about needs and wants and spending money.

Mrs. McGowan
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Melissa & Doug Freestanding Wooden Fresh Mart Grocery Store Role Play Toy • Amazon Business $186.25 1 $186.25

Materials cost

$186.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$230.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.63

Total project goal

$270.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $270.85

2 Donors

-$54.16

Donations toward project cost

-$46.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.12

match offer

-$216.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$184.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.50

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 $0.00

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