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Ms. Castano from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Building!

Help me give my students hollow blocks and wooden ramps so my students can have creative block play and learn through building.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Castano's classroom raised $607

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I teach a dual language kindergarten class in Red Hook, Brooklyn. I have 26 students in my classroom. My students are a family and know each other from Pre-K all the way up to 5th grade. My students are lovely Kindergartners that are eager to learn and are highly motivated. We have a 50/50 model, they are exposed to English and Spanish everyday. My students are learning how to speak, read, write and count in 2 languages, they are becoming bilingual and bi-literate individuals!

My Project

All of my kindergarten students want to engage on some type of play. Blocks are essential and are a crucial material for learning through play. Our class has a set of small wooden blocks which the students love. Although, our classroom does not have hollow blocks nor wooden ramps. The use of blocks in a kindergarten classroom is essential. For engaging children's hands, minds, and imagination, no tool surpasses blocks.

Building with blocks, the child is a mathematician, scientist, architect, and storyteller.

By donating to our project, you will ultimately help to increase their social emotional awareness, such as feeling of competence, cooperation, and respect for the work of others. As children build together they grow as problem solvers and collaborators.

Ms. Castano PS 15 Patrick F Daly 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.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF349 - Lakeshore Hardwood Hollow Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $299.00 1 $299.00
FF253 - Ramps & Balls Exploration Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
FF260 - Ramps & Balls Storage Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$477.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$515.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.91

Total project goal

$606.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $606.07

6 Donors

-$450.00

Donations toward project cost

-$384.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.00

match offer

-$154.31

Match offer toward project cost

-$131.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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