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Ms. Yana from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Play

My students need a lego set, magna tiles and wooden blocks.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Yana's classroom raised $447

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is located in a very diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn. My students are 5 years old. They are an enthusiastic and hard-working bunch. Many of my kindergarteners are growing up in low-income homes and do not have access to the learning materials at home needed to promote their academic growth. Regardless of the challenges they face, my students are highly motivated and love coming to school.

To develop essential language skills, my students need many opportunities to interact with their peers through active learning experiences and play.

My Project

For young children, play is the most important part of their lives. Through play, they learn about themselves and the world around them. Through play, youngsters develop language, problem solving, social and motor skills. All those skills provide an important foundation for academic learning. As a kindergarten teacher, I value and celebrate childhood by including playtime in a school day.

I want to provide my students with a variety of building materials, such as Lego, Magna Tiles and wooden blocks.

Block building is an essential activity for kindergartners. It develops imagination, creativity, mathematical thinking, and social and emotional growth. While building and playing with their peers, children expand their expressive language and learn to cooperate. Your donation will give my students many valuable opportunities to learn through cooperation, exploration and play. We thank you in advance!

Ms. Yana PS 139 Alexine A Fenty 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 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

24 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magna-Tiles(r) 100-Piece Clear Colors Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $106.21 2 $212.42
Melissa & Doug 60-Piece Standard Unit Blocks • Amazon Business $51.46 2 $102.92
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 10696 • Amazon Business $28.97 1 $28.97

Materials cost

$344.31

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$379.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.97

Total project goal

$446.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$446.44

5 Donors

-$223.22

Donations toward project cost

-$189.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.48

match offer

-$223.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$189.73

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.48

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$0.00

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