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Ms. Buchinsky from Woodland Hills CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Learn to Play and Play to Learn

My students need interactive toys - Legos, puzzles, building tools, a marble run, and board games to play together!

  • $868 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The students in our classrooms have a wide variety of academic and social skills. Our students may all be working on different skills or learning through a variety of ways, but they are all part of the same community and work best when they are all together! Collaboration and group work around fun, creative activities allow all of our students to grow and learn together, regardless of their abilities.

Our school is a place where all kids are honored for the unique abilities and talents they bring.

My Project

These materials including interactive toys - Legos, puzzles, a marble run, board games, and building tools will help my students practice valuable social skills that will help them build a community that plays and learns together. Through working with these highly engaging materials, students will encounter opportunities for collaboration and compromise. While playing together, students will also practice valuable oral language skills that will help them as they build skills for academic dialog in future years.

Early childhood classrooms are a place for students to learn so many interpersonal skills.

Having fun and engaging materials and classroom tools will ensure that our classroom is a fun place to practice the collaborative skills required of these 21st-century learners!

Ms. Buchinsky
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698 • Amazon Business $47.99 2 $95.98
JACKSON Large Kid Rug For Toy Cars,Safe and Fun Car Rug With Non-Slip Backing, 52"x 74" Road Rug Playmat For Kidrooms,Playroom and Classroom • Amazon Business $53.95 1 $53.95
PicassoTiles 100 Piece Set 100pcs Magnet Building Tiles Clear Magnetic 3D Building Blocks Construction Playboards, Creativity beyond Imagination, Inspirational, Recreational, Educational Conventional • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Giant Marble Run Toy Track Super Set Game | MagicJourney 230 Piece Marble Maze Building Sets w/ 200 Colorful Marble Tracks, 30 Marbles & 4 Challenge Levels for STEM Learning, Endless Educational Fun • Amazon Business $38.98 1 $38.98
PicassoTiles PTB120 120pcs Bristle Shape 3D Building Blocks Tiles Construction Playboards, Creativity beyond Imagination, Inspirational, Recreational, Educational Conventional • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Click N' Play Non-toxic Foam Blocks, Building Block and Stacking Block, Amazing As Bath Toys, 60 Count with Carry Tote • Amazon Business $11.79 2 $23.58
Engineering Ants • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95
[Upgraded] Bubble Machine for Kids Geekper Automatic Durable Bubble Maker for Kids Over 500 Bubbles per Minute for Outdoor or Indoor Use • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Snug as a Bug in a Rug Game • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Peaceable Kingdom / Feed the Woozle Preschool Skills Builder Game • Amazon Business $17.66 1 $17.66
Children's Storybook Games - Stone Soup(tm) Cooperative • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Peaceable Kingdom Count Your Chickens Cooperative Board Game • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Chutes and Ladders Game (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Peaceable Kingdom / Race to the Treasure! Cooperative Board Game • Amazon Business $14.66 1 $14.66
Hi Ho Cherry-O Game (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $14.60 1 $14.60
Melissa & Doug Building Site Jumbo Jigsaw Floor Puzzle (48 pcs, 2 x 3 feet long) • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
VIAHART Brain Flakes 500 Piece Interlocking Plastic Disc Set | A Creative and Educational Alternative to Building Blocks | Tested for Children's Safety | A Great STEM Toy for Both Boys and Girls! • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Melissa & Doug World Map Jumbo Jigsaw Floor Puzzle (33 pcs, 2 x 3 feet) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The World of Eric Carle Alphabet Floor Puzzle • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Melissa & Doug Dinosaur Dawn Jumbo Jigsaw Floor Puzzle (24 pcs, 2 x 3 feet) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Melissa & Doug Underwater Ocean Floor Puzzle (48 pcs, 2 x 3 feet) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Melissa & Doug Children of the World Jumbo Jigsaw Floor Puzzle (48 pcs, 32 inches diameter) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Candy Land The World of Sweets Game (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Counting Floor Puzzle • Amazon Business $12.51 1 $12.51
Melissa & Doug Alphabet Express Jumbo Jigsaw Floor Puzzle (27 pcs, 10 feet long) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Trouble Game • Amazon Business $11.71 1 $11.71
Melissa & Doug Safari Social Jumbo Jigsaw Floor Puzzle (24 pcs, 2 x 3 feet) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Melissa & Doug Traffic Jam Jumbo Jigsaw Floor Puzzle (24 pcs, 2 x 3 feet long) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Jenga Classic Game • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Hasbro Connect 4 Game • Amazon Business $8.77 1 $8.77
LEGO Classic Green Baseplate Supplement • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$638.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$58.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$736.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$130.06

Total project goal

$867.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$867.05

13 Donors

-$867.05

Donations toward project cost

-$736.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$130.06

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