Help me give my students play based learning opportunities that they can enjoy!
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Wood's classroom raised $389
This project is fully funded
My Students
I teach kindergarten at a Title I school in Illinois where 93% of our students receive free and reduced-price lunch. My students are energetic, curious, and eager to learn. While my students are eager to learn, they still love to play and pretend. Play allows students to use their creative imaginations to explore and problem solve.
My class consists of 24 energetic kids ready to learn.
Of those 24 students some receive special education resource services, speech and language, and social emotional supports. All of my students have many different interests and hobbies, but one thing they all have in common is the desire to play.
My Project
I am asking for dramatic play materials including a cash register, food, and garden set. These materials will be used to create dramatic play opportunities for my students that allow them to engage in purposeful play. Play promotes creativity, imagination, research, and builds oral language skills. Through play children develop the necessary social emotional skills to be successful in the classroom and in their daily lives. They learn to recognize other people's feelings and emotions and use that to appropriately interact with others. Play helps children to become problem solvers and work through disagreements with peers.
Albert Einstein once said, "Play is the highest form of research."
I will use these materials to create real life purposeful play opportunities for my students such as a grocery store, restaurants, veterinarian clinic, hospital, construction site, etc. My kindergarten students will have the opportunity to role play where they can assign and accept roles in order to pretend. Dramatic play will help build my students confidence, creativity, communication and problem solving skills. Play makes learning fun!
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
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• Kaplan Early Learning Company
$35.96
1
$35.96
Feeding & Grooming Pet Care Playset
• Kaplan Early Learning Company
$26.99
1
$26.99
Melissa & Doug Let's Play House Baking Play Set (Pretend Play Kitchen Accessories, 20 Pieces)
• Amazon Business
$24.97
1
$24.97
Learning Resources Pretend to Cook Your Favorite Treats with This Super-Sized Bakery Set
• Amazon Business
$23.59
1
$23.59
My Little Garden
• Kaplan Early Learning Company
$22.46
1
$22.46
Grow It! Garden Set
• Kaplan Early Learning Company
$22.46
1
$22.46
Learning Resources Pretend & Play Ice Cream Shop, Dessert Play Food, 18 Piece Set, Ages 3+
• Amazon Business
$21.49
1
$21.49
Melissa & Doug Brew & Serve Wooden Coffee Maker Set, Play Kitchen Accessories, Encourages Imaginative Play, 12 Pieces, 10" H x 13" W x 4" L
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
Melissa & Doug Frozen Treats Set, Pretend Play Food, Durable Wooden Construction, Helps Develop Skills, 24 Pieces, 13.2” H x 10.5” W x 2.5” L
• Amazon Business
$18.99
1
$18.99
Melissa & Doug Wooden Grill & Serve BBQ Set (Wooden Play Food, 20 Pieces)
• Amazon Business
$17.96
1
$17.96
Melissa & Doug Slice-and-Bake Wooden Cookie Play Food Set, Pretend Play, Materials, 28 Pieces, 10.5" H x 13.5" W x 3.25" L
• Amazon Business
$17.49
1
$17.49
Learning Resources New Sprouts Smoothie Maker!, Imaginative Interactive Toddler Role-Play, 9 Pieces, Ages 2+
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
Melissa & Doug Wooden Make-a-Cake Mixer Set (Kitchen Toy, Numbered Turning Dials, Encourages Creative Thinking, 11-Piece Set, 13.5″ H × 10″ W × 5″ L)
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
Melissa & Doug Birthday Party Cake (Wooden Play Food, Mix-n-Match Toppings and 7 Candles, Sturdy Construction, 34 Pieces)
• Amazon Business
$13.60
1
$13.60
Materials cost
$295.93
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.44
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$330.37
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$58.30
Total project goal
$388.67
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$388.67
6 Donors
-$388.67
Donations toward project cost
-$330.37
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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