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Ms. Vayti Valdes from Miami FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Learning Through Play

Help me give my students the highest quality resources for exploration, discovery and play!

  • $950 goal

This project expired on March 23, 2022.

This project expired on March 23, 2022.

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My Students

My students are creative and inspiring young individuals who love learning. They are ambitious and self-motivating. My classroom is diverse and learns best through movement and hands-on learning. My students love to challenge themselves and question the world around them. I am blessed with students who enjoy coming to school each day ready to learn and put their best foot forward. When you enter my room you will always find them engaged in discussion. This allows them to learn from each other and make unique connections to the world around them.

My Project

Through meaningful play, my students are given the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the learning process throughout the day. Play supports children’s social emotional learning, helps develop communication skills, and allows them to practice math and literacy skills with their peers.

These materials will allow me to expand our class’ engaging centers and project-based learning curriculum.

For example, students will become engineers as they create and build at the Lego or magnet center. They will be able to create different tracks at the marble maze center, as well as see how things work in the gears center.

Your contribution, no matter how small, will give our class more opportunities to create meaningful play experiences, which will do so much more than just support their academic and social development. It will make their first grade year one they will never forget!

Ms. Vayti Valdes
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Classic Bricks Set - 10717 | 1500 Pieces | for Ages 4-99 | Plastic | 3 Levels of Building Complexity | Handy Brick Separator • Amazon Business $73.57 2 $147.14
ALEX Toys BuilderZ 500 Piece Kit • Amazon Business $99.99 1 $99.99
Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Mega Builds, STEM Building Set, Gears Toys for Kids, 235 Piece, Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $79.99 1 $79.99
Marble Genius Glow Marble Run Extreme Set - 300 Complete Pieces + Free Instruction App & Full Color Instruction Manual • Amazon Business $75.99 1 $75.99
Osmo - Coding Starter Kit for iPad - 3 Educational Learning Games - Ages 5-10+ - Learn to Code, Coding Basics & Coding Puzzles - STEM Toy (Osmo iPad Base Included) • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
Brain Flakes 2500 Piece Build 'n' Build Kit - A Creative and Educational Alternative to Building Blocks - Wheel Pieces and Special Parts Included - A Great Stem Toy for Both Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
TEMI 248 PCS Marble Run Deluxe Sets for Kids, Marble Race Track for 3+ Year Old Boys and Girls, Marble Roller Coaster Building Block Construction Toys, Puzzle Maze Building Set with 8 Marbles Balls • Amazon Business $57.99 1 $57.99
414 Pieces Toy Pipe, Creative STEM Tube Locks Construction with Wheels and Mini Baseplate, Interlocking Educational Sensory Kit, Preschool Learning Toys for Boy and Girls Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $48.86 1 $48.86
PicassoTiles PTB240 240pcs Bristle Shape 3D STEM Building Blocks Tiles Set Construction Learning Toy Stacking Educational Block, Creativity beyond Imagination, Inspirational, Recreational, Educational • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Straw Constructor STEM Building Toys 800 pcs-Colorful Interlocking Plastic Enginnering Toys- Fun- Educational- Safe for Kids- Develops Motor Skills-Construction Blocks- Best Gift for Boys and Girls … • Amazon Business $39.29 1 $39.29
330 pcs Building Blocks, Educational Building Toys Stem Toys Building Discs Sets Interlocking Solid Plastic for Preschool Toddlers Girls and Boys by Winlip • Amazon Business $30.99 1 $30.99

Materials cost

$765.21

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$806.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.36

Total project goal

$949.05

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