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Ms. Rice from Chicago, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dramatic Play for Language Development!

My students need a new dramatic play kitchen. I am asking for a Carolina All-in-1 Kitchen.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rice's classroom raised $645

This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students range from 3-5 years old and they all have a hearing loss. We are a special education classroom for deaf and hard of hearing preschoolers and my students utilize hearing aids and implants. They all come form low-income, Hispanic or African-American families in Chicago.

Due to their hearing loss, all of my students have moderate to severe language delays and struggle to acquire language.

We have to work on everything from "What's your name?" to action words. We work really hard learning to talk and communicate!

This year I have several students with high social-emotional needs and resulting behavioral issues. My students are very sweet but are having trouble coping with their emotions and developing good social skills. We are working on expressing our emotions and needs in appropriate ways and learning to regulate our behaviors.

My Project

The dramatic play center is the most popular center in my classroom. The children love to dress up and play kitchen or store, or whatever else they can come up with. They can be so creative! Play is so important for learning at this age.

The dramatic play area is great for language development, which is my students' greatest need.

My students have language delays as a result of their hearing loss and need to develop more vocabulary.We use the dramatic play center to learn about food, household tasks, and our community. There is so much vocabulary and language in dramatic play that we could spend all day in there!

Unfortunately, our dramatic play furniture is very old and broken. In order to be able to play appropriately and to get the most out of the center we need new furniture.

Ms. Rice Cooper Dual Language Academy Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carolina All-in-1 Kitchen • Kaplan Early Learning Company $509.96 1 $509.96

Materials cost

$509.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$547.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.64

Total project goal

$644.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $644.25

4 Donors

-$492.78

Donations toward project cost

-$441.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.42

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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