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Dr. Miller from Greensboro, NC is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Life Skills: Cooking with Confidence

Help me give my students an awesome life skills experience by affording them the opportunity to learn and apply basic skills with this dramatic play kitchen set and food items.

  • $1,390 goal

This project expired on September 7, 2025.

This project expired on September 7, 2025.

My Project

Our K-5 adaptive curriculum classroom is composed of various cognitive disabilities, whose primary need is to develop skills for independent living. Although the students perform significantly below their peers, each student brings with them strengths, as well as a unique personality.

The primary goal of our classroom is to provide an environment that helps each student fully develop their potential by recognizing their individuality and provide an environment that challenges each student to become a life-long learner.

Acquiring the kitchen play set (i.e., appliances and food) will make a significant impact on fostering a fun and exciting learning environment that will help develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, while simultaneously building communication and social skills of all the students. In addition, the students will learn about responsibility, while building their confidence and independence by imitating play in the kitchen.

Overall, the kitchen play set will provide a fun, creative, and engaging means to include academics such as math, health, and reading, as well as develop fine and gross motor skills. With this project we truly hope to develop and establish skills in the students that can be used at home, school, and in the community.

Dr. Miller Falkener Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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.

Greensboro, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

10 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Hardwood Sink • Lakeshore Learning Materials $329.00 1 $329.00
Lakeshore Hardwood Stove • Lakeshore Learning Materials $329.00 1 $329.00
Lakeshore Toddler Hardwood Refrigerator • Lakeshore Learning Materials $299.00 1 $299.00
Lakeshore Best-Buy Kitchen Playset • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$1,006.99

Vendor shipping charges

$50.35

Sales tax

$78.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,180.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$208.41

Total project goal

$1,389.40

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