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Mrs. Vilsack from San Diego, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creative Kinders From a Distance

Help me give my students STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) materials that I can send home.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Vilsack's classroom raised $543

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have 20 kindergarten students who range in ages 5-6. I have a challenging class with some students having previous pre-school experience and some having never held a pencil or been in a structured school setting. Our class is diverse with African-American, Hispanic, Caucasian, and Filipino children. All of my students are from military families. Their parents are serving our country and so there is a lot of mobility throughout the year. This year has been quite a challenge with distance learning. Due to covid-19 we are 100% virtual learning. While my students are in my virtual classroom I want to give them the support, structure, and stability they need.

My Project

We want our students to be problem solvers, even when they are learning at home. The best way to show kindergarteners how to be a problem solvers is through play. I want to provide them with Lakeshore STEAM projects and art kits from Kaplan where the students will complete hands-on projects and share them with each other to solve problems.

Lakeshore STEAM kits and Kaplan art kits will help my students use the science design process (ask, explore, model, evaluate and explain) to create cars, boats, planes, and art projects from around the world.

With the Design and Play STEAM Kits my students will create and customize real-working vehicles. They will use the precut pieces to build each vehicle, customize it with their own craft materials and then put it into action. As kids test their creations, they’ll explore ways to fine-tune each vehicle—until they have a car that races, a boat that sails and a plane that soars! The Kaplan art projects will help them to create and learn about other cultures.

Mrs. Vilsack Miller Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Around the World Crafts - Creative Open Ended Art • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.95 7 $209.65
TT570X Design Play STEAM Kits Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 3 $179.97

Materials cost

$389.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $35.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$461.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.37

Total project goal

$542.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $542.48

4 Donors

-$269.68

Donations toward project cost

-$230.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.13

match offer

-$271.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$230.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.56

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 $0.00

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