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Ms. Makovec from San Francisco, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learn to Play; Play to Learn

My students need a marble run, LEGO plates, and LEGO minifigures to get them engaged in play!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Makovec's classroom raised $253

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are fun, compassionate, and curious young children. When they arrive to school in the morning, they race to the schedule, excited to find out what is on agenda for the day. Every day is fresh, new, and exciting!

My diverse, primarily low-income school is located in a tight-knit community in the heart of San Francisco.

Many of my students' cousins, parents, and even grandparents have attended our school! The community bond shows through as students giggle and play together throughout the day.

My Project

My kindergarteners work hard all day, and they deserve to play! Young children learn through play; they build oral-language skills, experiment with scientific ideas, develop social relationships, and explore the way the world works.

These materials will get students meaningfully engaged in play.

Introducing characters to LEGOs gets students talking and storytelling, skills that will serve their literacy development in years to come. LEGO plates serve as a tool to save projects so that children work on them day after day, revising their original project and developing creative ways to make it even better.

The marble run will introduce children to engineering concepts; as they create, test, and change their mazes, they will be informally exploring science concepts such as force and motion.

Ms. Makovec Sheridan Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

22 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hape Quadrilla Wooden Marble Run Construction - Vertigo - Quality Time Playing Together Wooden Safe Play - Smart Play for Smart Families • Amazon Business $84.13 1 $84.13
Fantasy Minifigure Set for Storytelling by LEGO Education • Amazon Business $42.82 1 $42.82
LEGO Education Small Building Plates Set • Amazon Business $39.95 1 $39.95

Materials cost

$166.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$214.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.88

Total project goal

$252.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $252.55

3 Donors

-$249.02

Donations toward project cost

-$214.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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