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

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Let’s Eat!

Help me give my students realistic play food for their dramatic play center.

  • $522 goal

This project expired on July 19, 2025.

This project expired on July 19, 2025.

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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 Project

My students can role play in the dramatic play center with the play food. They can be restaurant owners, chefs, and bakers. They can dramatize and practice abstract thinking they need in later school years. We are requesting a Shopping Cart With Sturdy Metal Frame, Sparkle & Shine Cleaning Play Set, Let's Go Shopping Meat & Fish & Cheese Basket, Five Major Food Groups Set, and more. Dramatic play is very important in language development. Then they can sell their foods building on financial literacy.

My students are very curious and we are a Title I school which 90% or higher of the student population qualifies for free lunch.

Many come from low income families and deserve to have new updated toys.

Mrs. Paton Olympia Heights Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Miami, FL 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

20 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Melissa & Doug Toy Shopping Cart With Sturdy Metal Frame • Amazon Business $67.02 1 $67.02
Melissa & Doug Deluxe Sparkle & Shine Cleaning Play Set (11 Pieces) - FSC Certified • Amazon Business $41.49 1 $41.49
Lakeshore Let’s Go Shopping Meat, Fish & Cheese Basket • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Melissa & Doug Five Major Food Groups • Kaplan Early Learning Company $33.26 1 $33.26
Melissa And Doug Melissa & Doug Wooden Birthday Cake Play Food Set, 34 Pieces - Preschool-Early Childhood - Toddler • School Specialty $29.99 1 $29.99
Melissa & Doug Super Smile Dentist Kit With Pretend Play Set of Teeth And Dental Accessories (25 Toy Pieces) Pretend Dentist Play Set, For Kids Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $28.49 1 $28.49
Melissa & Doug Chef Role Play Costume Dress -Up Set With Realistic Accessories Pretend Chef Outfit, Costume For Kids, Toddlers, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $28.17 1 $28.17
Melissa & Doug Food Groups - 21 Wooden Pieces and 4 Crates, Multi Play Food Sets For Kids Kitchen, Pretend Toy For Toddlers And Kids Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $22.39 1 $22.39
Melissa & Doug Wooden Sandwich-Making Pretend Play Food Set • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Melissa & Doug Slice and Bake Wooden Cookie Play Food Set • Amazon Business $20.89 1 $20.89
Melissa & Doug Slice and Toss Salad Play Set – 52 Wooden and Felt Pieces , Green - Pretend Food, Kitchen Accessories For Kids Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $20.49 1 $20.49
Melissa & Doug Fridge Food Wooden Play Food Set - 9 Pieces Pretend Play Kitchen Accessories, For Kids Kitchen, Wooden Grocery Sets For Kids Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit Set - Wooden Play Food Kitchen Accessory, Multi - Pretend Play Accessories, Wooden Cutting Fruit Toys For Toddlers And Kids Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Melissa & Doug Condiments Set (6 pcs) - Play Food, Stainless Steel Caddy • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$402.14

Vendor shipping charges

$5.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$443.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.21

Total project goal

$521.38

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