You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Mrs. Bjostad from Saint Paul MN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Games for Home Learning

Help me give my students games they can play at home to work towards their social skills goals on their Individualized Education Pan (IEP).

  • $473 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach in a self-contained autism classroom. My students are in my classroom all day. My students have needs in the areas of academic skills, communication, fine and gross motor, functional and social/emotional skills.

My students have many challenges that they need to overcome and bring unique needs to the classroom, but despite all of that, the love learning and are extremely hard working.

Our school is a culturally diverse school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Our school serves over 600 students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade 5. We have a Language Academy (LA) program, which is designed for new immigrant students, some of whom may have limited or interrupted formal education.

96.5% of our students are students of color, 88.4% of our students qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, 13.5% of our students receive special education services, and 58.2% of our students are English language learners.

My Project

All of my students have Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) that have a goal of learning to play games and interact/play with peers and adults. These goals focus on learning to take turns, share, following rules of games, communication skills (asking questions, being a good sport, telling someone its their turn,ect)

Many of my students do not have any games at home that parents and siblings can use to help them work on these skills.

These games will allow me to create lessons and activities during Distance Learning (and beyond). I will be making visual picture rules, communication boards for students to use when playing, and activities for families to play and learn together.

Mrs. Bjostad
Grades PreK-2

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Bjostad is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TR798 Dont Let the Bugs Fall Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 8 $135.92
UNO: Family Card Game, with 112 Cards in a Sturdy Storage Tin, Travel-Friendly, Makes a Great Gift for 7 Year Olds and Up [Amazon Exclusive] • Amazon Business $9.99 8 $79.92
Elephants Never Forget - Memory Matching Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $9.86 8 $78.88
UNO Card Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $7.16 8 $57.28
LotFancy Playing Cards, Poker Size Standard Index, 12 Decks of Cards (6 Blue and 6 Red), for Blackjack, Euchre, Canasta, Pinochle Card Game, Casino Grade • Amazon Business $13.86 1 $13.86

Materials cost

$365.86

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$401.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.83

Total project goal

$472.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$472.18

8 Donors

-$234.25

Donations toward project cost

-$200.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.57

match offer

-$236.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$200.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.84

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support a teacher
near you!

Explore a map with requests from teachers across the country.

View map of requests

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Saint Paul","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[369638],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MN","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":4881120,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/games-for-home-learning/4881120/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":8,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Bjostad","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"369638":{"owner":"Mrs. Bjostad","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[4881120],"proposalHash":"-1091088226","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp369638_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521424410612","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":31924,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTc4ODcy","MTY0OTMwMQ==","MzYxMDg2Nw==","MTQyNTQwMw==","NzIzNDkwNA==","NTI0MTc2Mg==","NzIzNTYzOA==","NTc2OTMwOQ==","NzE5NjkxOA=="],"teacherId":369638,"schoolCounty":"Ramsey","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MN","name":"Minnesota"}}