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Mrs. Cynthia Silva from El Paso, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy and LEGOs: Making Literacy an Engaging and Interactive Adventure

Help me give my students the opportunity to connect with literature and express their creativity, talent and engineering skills in a new way by providing LEGOs to kick off our "Literacy and LEGOs" project.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Cynthia Silva's classroom raised $598

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

We are excited to launch a new activity for students in the library that merges the magic of storytelling with the creativity of building—our Literacy and LEGOs project! This project aims to ignite a love for reading and learning through the hands-on fun of LEGOs, making story time an engaging and interactive adventure for students.

We believe that every story has the potential to spark imagination, and foster a lifelong love of reading.

By integrating LEGOs into our literacy efforts, we hope to create an interactive environment where stories are brought to life through construction, creativity, and exploration. Students will have the opportunity to listen to a story and then use LEGOs to build characters, reflect the setting of the story, or extend their thinking and engineer a new idea.

LEGOs and books are the heart of this project. To make this vision a reality, we need your support to provide the LEGOs for our students. Whether you’re a passionate reader, a LEGO enthusiast, or someone who genuinely believes in the power of reading, your donation can make a world of difference to our wonderful students at Zavala Elementary School in El Paso, Texas where 98% of students are identified as economically disadvantaged.

Please consider supporting our efforts to create a space where imagination thrives and literacy flourishes, one LEGO brick at a time. Your involvement will not only enrich the lives of our students, who come from low income households, but your support will also help build a lifelong love of reading and provide our children with a small luxury other children have enjoyed while growing up.

Mrs. Cynthia Silva Zavala Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box Building Set, Toy Storage Solution for Home or Classrooms, Creative Toy for Back to School, Interactive Building Toy for Kids, Boys and Girls Ages 4 and Up, 10698 • Amazon Business $33.12 5 $165.60
LEGO Classic Lots of Bricks Construction Toy Set 11030, Build a Smiley Emoji, Parrot, Flowers & More, Creative Gift for Kids, Boys, Girls ages 5 Plus • Amazon Business $47.99 2 $95.98
LEGO Classic Green Baseplate 2304 Supplement for Building, Playing, and Displaying Creations, 10in x 10in, Large Building Base Accessory for Kids and Adults (1 Piece) • Amazon Business $14.62 5 $73.10
LEGO Classic Gray Baseplate Square 48x48 Stud Foundation to Build, Play, and Display Brick Creations, Great for City Streets, Castle, and Mountain Scenes, 11024 • Amazon Business $11.59 5 $57.95
LEGO Classic Blue Baseplate Square 32x32 Stud Foundation to Build, Play, and Display Brick Creations, Great for Ocean and Water Landscapes, 11025 • Amazon Business $6.89 5 $34.45
LEGO Classic Green Baseplate, Square 32x32 Stud Foundation to Build, Play, and Display Brick Creations, Great for Grassy Nature Landscapes, 11023 • Amazon Business $5.99 5 $29.95
The LEGO Zoo: 50 Easy-to-Build Animals • Amazon Business $13.94 1 $13.94

Materials cost

$470.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.65

Total project goal

$597.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $597.68

1 Donor

-$597.68

Donations toward project cost

-$508.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.65

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