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Ms. Zaruba from Springville IA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning How to Cook and Being Great Moms and Dads!!

My students need a kitchen center in which they can pretend and play house. It is the center of choice for most preschool students and are old kitchen set has taken a hit. Please help!

  • $911 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

I teach preschool students with a variety of ability levels. My students consists of 3, 4 and 5 year olds. I have enjoyed working with children for the past 16 years and preschool students are amazing. These children are always hard working and include all children including students with special needs. We are a caring classroom that incorporates learning how to play and learn together.

Our classroom works as a team to help build a caring environment for everyone entering our classroom.

Preschoolers love sharing and talking about their own families. We love to be able to work together and make sure everyone has what they need. Our preschoolers love making new friends and friends for life.

My Project

The Carolina Kitchen set and Eco Friendly Dishes is just what our classroom needs. We learn how to play and share and get along with others by interacting with our toys. Students need a kitchen set to pretend play and learn how to be like their mom and dad, the people they idolize the most.

They love pretending and playing with peers.

They learn to share and work together as a family which is what they need to be successful in todays society. The Kitchen is an area in which both boys and girls want to show off their cooking skills. The set will allow them to explore and learn through dramatic play.

Ms. Zaruba
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carolina Kitchen Set (Set of 4) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $662.96 1 $662.96
Eco-Friendly Dish Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $23.76 1 $23.76

Materials cost

$686.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.04

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$774.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.60

Total project goal

$910.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $910.66

13 Donors

-$455.16

Donations toward project cost

-$387.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.97

match offer

-$455.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$386.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.36

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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