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Mrs. Thomas from Englewood NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Me Put My Imagination To Work

My students need dress up clothes and kitchen materials such a coffee maker and mixer.

  • $314 goal

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My Students

I am a special education teacher and I teach a kindergarten, self-contained class. My students have varied disabilities ranging from speech and language delays, cognitive delays, gross/fine motor delays, to autism. We spend our day doing many activities to help the students learn and develop skills

Welcome to our preschool class, where fun and learning never ends...we need some supplies to help us continue to put our imagination to work!

I am a special education teacher and I teach a preschool, self-contained class. My students have varied disabilities ranging from speech and language delays, cognitive delays, gross/fine motor delays, to autism. We spend our day doing many activities to help the students learn and develop skills they are delayed in. One of the biggest skills my students lack is play and imagination. Some of my students rather play by themselves and do not know how to use toys and materials in a creative way as other children do. We need materials that will help us put our imagination to work and allow the students to play and interact with each other.

My Project

My students need dress up clothes and kitchen materials such a coffee maker and mixer. With the dramatic costume set I ordered, my students will be able to use their imagination as they dress up and pretend with each other. The students will be be able to use materials that are meaningful to them, as they learn how to pretend play. They will be able to start up conversations with each other and role play. The costumes will also help me extend on a lesson about the community.

Donations to this request will make a big difference in my classroom.

My students will have realistic materials to help them with imaginative play. This will be a great tool for me to help the children engage in pretend play with their friends.

Mrs. Thomas
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HH917 - Grandpa’s Dress-Up Trunk • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
HH916 - Grandma’s Dress-Up Trunk • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
FA421 - Kid-Safe Coffee Maker • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
FA423 - Kid-Safe Mixer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$232.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$266.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.02

Total project goal

$313.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$313.49

1 Donor

-$156.75

Donations toward project cost

-$133.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.51

match offer

-$156.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$133.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.51

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$0.00

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