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Mrs. Slagh from Holland MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Play...STEM in K!

My students need items that they can manipulate in a variety of ways like Picasso Tiles, magnetic blocks, and K'Nex.

  • $370 goal

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My Students

My students are young, full of energy, and ready to learn when they enter my classroom! We are a Title 1 school, and with families from a variety of backgrounds.

Kindergarteners are eager to learn, and they are naturally inclined to want to EXPLORE, COLLABORATE, and use their IMAGINATION!

They learn SO MUCH through play by using their senses, questioning, and experimenting. This is also how they develop positive social skills with their peers. It is my goal to help nurture their natural curiosity!

My Project

Research shows what teachers already know: kindergarten students need to play! This project would provide a variety of materials to enhance the student's independent choice time they have each day with their peers.

Kindergartners learn most effectively through exploratory play and open-ended discovery with their peers.

I want to provide opportunities for more imaginative play with a variety of materials that will encourage math, science, and engineering thinking. These include blocks, magnets, figurines, and a variety of connectors. The Picasso Magnetic Building Tiles benefit a child's critical thinking skills, problem solving, imaginative play and creativity. They also help with motor planning and spatial awareness, which translate over to the Phenomenal Science units in Kindergarten. The Gears, Gears Gears set helps promote creativity, fine motor skills, early engineering, cause and effect, and sequential thought! By building in play to our day with these materials, my students will be developing both problem-solving/cooperation skills and academic knowledge that will benefit them for future school success.

Mrs. Slagh
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PicassoTiles 100 Piece Set 100pcs Magnet Building Tiles Clear Magnetic 3D Building Blocks Construction Playboards, Creativity beyond Imagination, Inspirational, Recreational, Educational Conventional • Amazon Business $49.98 1 $49.98
Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Build & Bloom Building Set, 116 Pieces • Amazon Business $23.49 2 $46.98
MAGEES Magnetic Building Blocks 100 Set - Magnet Toys Building Strongest Magnets - Magnetic Tiles Includes Bonus 13 Piece Insert Alphabet Cards - STEM 3D Magnet Tiles - Original Magees • Amazon Business $45.99 1 $45.99
K’NEX – 52 Model Building Set – 618 Pieces – Ages 7+ Engineering Education Toy • Amazon Business $36.75 1 $36.75
KID K’NEX – Budding Builders Building Set – 100 Pieces – Ages 3 and Up – Preschool Educational Toy • Amazon Business $32.61 1 $32.61
Learning Resources Playground Engineering & Design STEM Set, 104 Pieces • Amazon Business $24.98 1 $24.98
loengt 48 Minifigures Building Bricks Community People with 22 Figure Accessories, Building Party Toys Gift • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Dinosaur Toys Take Apart Toys With Tools - Pack of 6 Dinosaurs - Construction Engineering STEM Learning Toy Building Play Set - Toy for Boys & Girls Age 3 - 12 years old • Amazon Business $18.97 1 $18.97

Materials cost

$280.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.49

Total project goal

$369.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $369.94

4 Donors

-$361.12

Donations toward project cost

-$314.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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