My students need a sturdy dollhouse, posable dolls, and dollhouse accessories for our early childhood classroom.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rybak's classroom raised $512
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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
Twenty excited kindergartners burst through my door every school day! Our fast-paced schedule is jam-packed with songs, games, and activities as we learn to read, write and count. At this young age, children are full of curiosity and brimming with enough energy to power the whole city!
I teach in a high-poverty, inner-city public school in Indianapolis.
We are a Title I school with 100% free breakfast, lunch, and snack services for our students. Our school has classes from pre-K through sixth grade. Most of my kindergarteners are English Language Learners. Our classroom is a wonderful place. When you walk in, you can always hear the busy hum of children in both English and Spanish as they work with each other. I love to listen to my kindergarteners as they sound out words when they read and write. Throughout the year, we work hard each and every single day. We laugh and learn together, cheer on each other's accomplishments, and encourage each other when the work seems too tough.
My Project
What do you remember from kindergarten? One of my strongest memories is of playing with a wooden dollhouse and making up stories about the dolls who lived there and what they were doing.
Playing with dolls in a dollhouse helps a child learn oral language skills, as well as social skills.
Items like dollhouses have been taken out of early childhood classrooms in recent years in favor of paper and pencil work that has been deemed more 'rigorous.'
Experts agree that young children learn best through play, so why deprive them of these activities in their learning environment?
This project requests a dollhouse and all of the accessories needed to help support language and social skill development in my five year old students. As many of my students are English Language Learners, supporting oral language development is a priority in my classroom. Using a dollhouse and dramatic play to teach key vocabulary like members of a family and household objects is a natural way to learn through play. Your support makes a statement that you agree that play deserves a spot in today's classroom!
Nearly all 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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