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Ms. Gonzales from Keansburg, NJ is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creative Imaginations Are Encouraged To Run Wild

My students need a variety of building tools and manipulatives to expand on their creativity in our block area along with shelves for storage.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gonzales's classroom raised $713

This project is fully funded

My Students

Each day our students are given independent time to be creative in the different areas in the classroom. Creativity in a child brings about the idea of a future plan that they may have, and given several options to choose from allows for their creativity to be embraced.

In our classroom we have English and Spanish speaking students.

Due to the background of the students we enable them to find common interests that allow for communication and dialogue. In our program we encourage students to interact with others and create a bond that will keep them engaged in activities to support cooperative play. Through this cooperative play they will not only share ideas but they will break the language barrier that exists throughout the year.

My Project

Due to the type of program that we follow, block area is our largest and most active area in the classroom. As you walk through the classroom, each area connects to the surrounding area while still maintaining it's own use and contents. With the use of the building blocks and connecting manipulative's, our students will begin with a simple idea, and expand through communication with others and their knowledge. These students will be capable of problem solving with the tools that they are given and applying their communication skills to the situations at hand.

Donations to this project will allow the students to grow using their problem solving skills, experience, communication skills and cooperative planning.

Exposure to tools that create paths to a child's imagination allows them to hope for a future that will make them happy as well as a productive member of society.

Ms. Gonzales Joseph C Caruso Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Keansburg, NJ View local requests

More than half 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

12 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIT CUBBY MULTI STORAGE BASKET MOBILE WITH SMALL AND MEDIUM WICKER BASKETS • School Specialty $202.97 1 $202.97
GB619 - Giant Soft Building Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
GG143 - Stretch & Connect Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
RTL124 - Clear-View Marble Run • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
XW683 - Zoob Building Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
LC1457 - Soft & Quiet Building Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
BT312 - Easy-Snap Building Sticks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 2 $49.98

Materials cost

$546.90

Vendor shipping charges

$20.30

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$605.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.84

Total project goal

$712.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$712.24

3 Donors

-$691.85

Donations toward project cost

-$605.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.40

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$0.00

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