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Ms. Karlee from Joplin, MO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Language with Pretend Play

Help me give my students toys to engage students and invoke questions for further learning opportunities.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Karlee's classroom raised $400

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have two classes split up into a morning and afternoon class. In the morning, I have an active group of 3 year olds and in the afternoon an explorative group of 4 year olds. We are located in a low income community that would really benefit from outside support.

Creative, energetic, and explorative; my students are always ready to try new things.

They enjoy moving from center to center exploring different subjects throughout the room. We have 10 centers in our classroom to learn through play in all different subjects.

Please partner with us to help bulk up those centers for my students to have independent learning experiences.

My Project

We are ready for these items! I have spots picked out for everything in this project and we can't wait to add them to the classroom! The toys in this order will promote pretend play and language development. We will use all of these toys to talk about the world around us. What kinds of animals would you see at a farm and why? What kinds of animals would you find in the ocean and why? Where do dinosaurs come from and where did they go?

We are going to explore through how the world works around us, while developing language to prepare for Kindergarten learning.

Please help us get these tools to pretend and imagine with realistic toys, that will encourage more questions and interactions between students and teachers!

Ms. Karlee Joplin Early Childhood Center Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Joplin, MO View local requests

More than half 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

40 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Terra by Battat – Wooden Animal Barn – Toy Barn Farm Toys Playset for Kids 3+ (20 pc) • Amazon Business $61.60 1 $61.60
HH524 Forest Friends Treehouse • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Fisher-Price Little People Caring for Animals Farm • Amazon Business $29.80 1 $29.80
Fisher-Price Little People Friendly School • Amazon Business $26.91 1 $26.91
Fisher-Price Little People Swing & Share Treehouse Playset • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Fisher-Price Little People Friendly Neighborhood Vehicle Gift Set, Toddlers Explore Different Roles People Play in Their Neighborhood with This Set Featuring 6 Roll-Along Vehicles and Figures • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
IQ Toys ABC Robot Set, Includes 26 Pieces. Transform ABCs to Robots • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Terra by Battat – Marine World – Assorted Fish & Sea Creature Miniature Animal Toys for Kids 3+ (60 Pc) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Terra by Battat – Prehistoric World – Assorted Miniature Dinosaur Toys & Accessories for Kids 3+ (60 Pc) • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Terra by Battat – Jungle World – Assorted Miniature Jungle Animal Toy Figures for Kids 3+ (60Pc) • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Little People Community Helpers Figure Pack • Amazon Business $14.50 1 $14.50

Materials cost

$304.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$339.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.86

Total project goal

$399.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$399.05

6 Donors

-$301.31

Donations toward project cost

-$298.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.70

match offer

-$97.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$83.08

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.90

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$0.00

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