Help me give my students a voice through puppetry and drama! These charts, scripts, books, puppets, and stage help them to explore stories of their cultures while also developing their expressive and emotional skills.
FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Farley's classroom raised $978
This project is fully funded
My Students
I teach English and theatre at a Middle School on the Island of Oahu. Our kids are eager to use theatre as a means of community expression and outreach. Our students are bursting with stories, as our Islands are rich with cultural history and full of stories waiting to be dramatized to reach across Oceania and beyond.
We are an amazing Middle School with much to offer our students in the community.
Our vision of Empower, Explore, Excel Together is seen throughout the school campus. The school continues to emerge as a leader in innovation, leadership, with strong academic core programs. We have an administration that supports new ideas as they continually seek ways to help our kids succeed such as our new Theatre program!
Students are challenged with rigorous courses of study and social skills that prepare them for high school and college and career readiness. They work hard and are eager to meet these challenges.
Co-curricular programs and an enrichment program after school that covers a wide range of the students' interests including Drama. Our middle school creates a student-centered culture with a focus on student voice and choice. This year we will start the in-person theatre elective reaching 6-8 grades with over 100 students in our program!
My Project
I am requesting charts, scripts, books, puppets, and stage to help my students to explore stories of their cultures while also developing their expressive and emotional skills. Coming out of the COVID isolation has presented new challenges for our kids. They have been deprived of in-person socialization and the emotional strain has been evident.
Theatre provides a safe way for them to express themselves emotionally and interact with others.
Theatre games, techniques, and performance help them develop their emotional intelligence, explore difficult emotions and ideas, ask or present conflicts that are sometimes hard to put in words but clearly felt when acted out.
The inclusion of puppets, mime, and spoken theatre allows the students the ability to choose their preferred voice. Puppets give them "representative or advocate" for themselves. Physical theatre helps them embody or "physicalize" their thoughts and stories. Spoken theatre gives them the words to speak their own stories.
The products in this project give them the tools they need to begin their journey.
More than a third 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
Drama Posters - Set of 25 | Drama Posters | Gloss Paper Measuring 33” x 23.5” | Theater Posters for The Classroom | Education Charts by Daydream Education
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$168.75
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$168.75
labebe - Wood Puppet Theater, Flannel Curtain Puppet Stage Theater, 2-Sided Tabletop Puppet Stage Chalkboard, 2-in-1 Puppet Theater Reversible Play Store, Multi-Function Theater for Ages 3 and up
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$108.99
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$108.99
Mapping Global Theatre Histories
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$59.99
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$59.99
PAPATON Shadow Puppet Theater with Shadow Puppets for Kids - Create a Magical Shadow Puppet Show - Family Game with 20 Specially Designed Fairy Tale Puppets, 12 Props and Downloadable App (Ages 3-8)
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$59.00
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$59.00
Animal Hand Puppets 5-Piece Set - Premium Quality with Movable Open Mouths, 9.5” Soft Plush Hand Puppets for Kids- Perfect for Storytelling, Teaching, Preschool - by Better Line (Safari Animals)
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$39.90
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$39.90
14" Jose, Hispanic Boy, Hand Puppet
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$34.95
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$34.95
14" Katie, Peach Girl, Hand Puppet
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$34.95
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$34.95
14" Sierra, Black Girl, Hand Puppet
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$34.95
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$34.95
Reader's Theater Scripts: Secondary
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$24.99
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$24.99
Wildflower toys Fairytale Shadow Puppets Made in The USA
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$19.99
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$19.99
Pirate Peach Marionette String Puppet
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$19.95
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$19.95
Tommy Peach Boy Marionette String Puppet
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$19.95
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$19.95
Jasmine Hispanic Girl Marionette String Puppet
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$19.95
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$19.95
Sparik Enjoy 2 Packs Grandma and Grandpa Hand Marionette Puppet Children's Wooden Colorful Marionette Toys Doll Parent-Child Interactive Toys-Old Man and Women Marionette Puppet (Grandma and Grandpa)
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$18.99
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$18.99
12Pcs DIY Hand Puppets Making Kit Toys for Kids Age 4-6 Crafts & Arts Supplies, Craft Box for Creative DIY Making Your Own Animal Puppet,Great for Toddler Activities Story Role-Play Show Theater
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$17.99
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$17.99
World History Readers' Theater, Grades 5-8
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$14.99
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$14.99
Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers ... Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Setting
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$10.99
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$10.99
Materials cost
$709.27
Vendor shipping charges
$49.95
Sales tax
$31.21
3rd party payment processing fee
$10.64
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$831.07
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$146.66
Total project goal
$977.73
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$977.73
1 Donor
-$977.73
Donations toward project cost
-$831.07
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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