Help me give my students the best rich and productive learning environment in my classroom.
$435 goal
This project expired on October 20, 2025.
This project expired on October 20, 2025.
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 Project
I love the enthusiasm and the ability my students have to learn through play.
They like to dress up and pretend to be explorers, mailmen, and scientists.
My goal is that if we get the pretend costumes, they will integrate the learning through playing during center time. We need the chart paper to read and write about our learning daily on the board.
My students are special little people who love to be curious, investigators, and are ready to learn. Our curriculum helps them to explore all kinds of animals, their habitat, and their environment around them. I can wait until we get all these materials to pretend we are exploring and using all these costumes, so it looks like we are alive in a real environment.
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
23 students impacted
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