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Mrs. Sirbaugh from Charleston WV is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Play

Help me give my students additional learning games that allow them to learn through play while working with others. Everything selected from the LEGO kits to the marble maze is meant to help students engage creativity in problem-solving.

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My Project

This project is to help provide all the students I teach, many from low socioeconomic situations, with learning opportunities that will allow them to learn through play. We all enjoy to have fun with friends. I hope to have multiple learning stations where students of varying skills and levels can select and explore different ideas and problems new skills and possibly open new interests. The marble run, the building kits, the LEGO kit, and the snap circuit kit will open students to options in problem-solving and fun with peers that they might not otherwise have access to.

I want to spark imagination and encourage creativity while my students learn to work together.

Mrs. Sirbaugh
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snap Circuits - Motion Electronics Discovery Kit • Amazon Business $75.89 1 $75.89
Tigerhu Kids 1120pcs Building Blocks Set Educational STEM Building Toy, Construction Block Toys Set Learning Playset Kit for Boys Girls, Child Brain Development Preschool Kindergarten Toy Age 3+ • Amazon Business $21.99 2 $43.98
Meland Marble Run Sets for Kids - 153Pcs Marble Race Track Marble Maze Madness Game STEM Building Tower Toy for 4 5 6 + Year Old Boys Girls(113 Pcs + 30 Glass + 10 Led Lighted Marbles) • Amazon Business $42.99 1 $42.99
BEBLOX Building Blocks | Building Toys for Kids Ages 4-8 500-Piece Set - Learning & Educational Fun Stem Toys - Birthday Gifts for Boys & Girls Age 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 & 12 Year Old Toys • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run Brain Game and STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 8 and Up: Toy of the Year Award Winner • Amazon Business $29.67 1 $29.67
LEGO - Sunflowers Building Toy Set 40524 • Best Buy Education $12.99 2 $25.98
Poraxy 4 in 1 STEM Kits, Wooden Construction Science Kits, STEM Projects for Kids Ages 8-12, 3D Puzzles, Educational Craft Building Toys, Christmas Birthday Gifts for Girls Boys 8 9 10 11 12 Year Old • Amazon Business $20.89 1 $20.89
4 Set STEM Kits, STEM Projects for Kids Ages 8-12, Science Experiment Building Kit, Wooden 3D Puzzles, Educational Building Toys, Gifts for 8,9,10,11,12 Year Old Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Coogam Wooden Puzzle Pattern Blocks Brain Teasers Game with 60 Challenges, 3D Russian Building Toy Wood Tangram Shape Jigsaw Puzzles Montessori STEM Educational Toys Gift for Kids Adults • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
LEGO Minifigures Series 23 71034 Limited-Edition Building Toy Set; Imaginative Gift for Kids, Boys and Girls Ages 5+ (1 of 12 to Collect) • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78

Materials cost

$316.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$350.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.92

Total project goal

$412.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $412.80

2 Donors

-$55.00

Donations toward project cost

-$46.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $307.80

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