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Mrs. Lanier from Seattle, WA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Play-Based Morning Tubs Help Little Brains Learn and Grow

Help me give my students hands-on engaging activities to do throughout each day.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lanier's classroom raised $488

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am a 1st grade teacher at a Title 1 school in Seattle, WA. Our students come from many different backgrounds, races and ability levels. My first grade students are creative, thoughtful and full of questions! They absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging projects and challenges. Starting each day with something educational and fun makes their whole day go much better. They come to school excited and ready to learn each day. My goal is to provide my students with positive learning experiences while providing opportunities for social interactions, personal expression, movement and academic growth.

My Project

These materials will become morning tubs in our first grade classroom. Each morning, students will begin their day with about 15 minutes of morning tub time. This means that together with their table team, they can interact and play with the materials inside of the tub. These materials will regularly be rotated to allow for diverse exposure and experience. Some of the items that will fill our morning tubs include: magnetic blocks and Magna-Tiles (to develop engineering and fine motor skills), foam dominoes (to practice math skills and creative construction), magnet letters (to develop letter and word recognition) and pattern block puzzles (to practice problem solving and visual-spatial skills). Working as a team, my first graders will interact with the material in their morning tub while building social and academic skills.

Instead of a paper-pencil worksheet each morning, students will be able to begin each school day by exploring these materials as well as interacting with their peers.

There is a great amount of research that supports play-based learning for our primary students. Playing is not only fun, but it is an important part of a child's development and learning. Researcher Brenna Hassinger-Das writes that "A growing body of behavioral research establishes relationships between children’s play and development in several areas, including language, executive functions, mathematics and spatial skills, scientific thinking, and social and emotional development." With this research in mind, our morning tubs will allow students to freely interact and play with these materials as well as their peers, opening up immense possibilities for their creativity, exploration, and social growth.

Mrs. Lanier Broadview-Thomson K-8 School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

21 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DG547 - Magna-Tiles® - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 1 $129.99
LL453 - See-Inside Magnetic Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
LL548 - Translucent Imagination Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
LC926 - Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
WT363 - Medium Lakeshore Tuff Tote (14"l x 11 1⁄4"w x 6 1⁄2"h) • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 3 $38.97

Materials cost

$348.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$414.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.18

Total project goal

$487.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $487.86

6 Donors

-$483.45

Donations toward project cost

-$414.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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