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Ms. B from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help me give my students See Inside Magnetic Builders, Pipe Builders and Flashlights for Developing Stem Exploration.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. B's classroom raised $364

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My Students

I teach in a low income, high poverty area. Our school is located in an urban neighborhood in New York City, 85% of our students are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches. The students are served breakfast & lunch. Our students rely on the school meals for their daily source of nutrition. The school services many homeless students. These students live in transient shelters. The homeless students have poor nutrition, resulting in poor health and are frequently absent. We have several special needs students in our class receiving special services.

There are 25 students, of different ethnic backgrounds and for many, this is their first school experience.

We have 8 students who do not speak English. The students speak Creole, Arabic, and Spanish. The students are African American, Haitian, Latino and Arabic. For the majority of the students, this is their first educational experience. Many of them have not heard stories being read aloud and do not have educational toys at home. The students come to my classroom to a place where they are comfortable: socially & emotionally.

My Project

Having a variety of blocks in the classroom will help my students become natural engineers and builders. Acquiring "See Inside Magnetic Blocks" & "Pipe Builders" will allow them to be creative while planning and constructing different types of structures. The Pipe Builders will help with small hands and develop fine motor skills while letting the students have open ended options of 3 dimensional structures that use curves & straight blocks. The "See Inside Magnetic Blocks" are unique 3 dimensional cube blocks. These blocks are ideal for creating towers, bridges, buildings. The different blocks are geared for different developmental stages of building, planning and construction independently or in teams. The students will use the flashlights to explore in our upcoming unit on light. It will be fun to build in the dark with our flashlights. We will be able to see how light creates shadows on what we build.

My students are building creations, becoming engineers & architects while using blocks, designed to fit into small hands & working in small groups, which will build skills such as collaborative thinking, planning & team building.

Blocks provide one of the most valuable learning experiences for young children. Block play stimulates learning in all domains of development, intellectual, physical, fine motor skills and social-emotional & language. The children are learning to use language to communicate which will help develop critical thinking & problem solving skills, while constructing and of course, having fun!

If this project is funded, my students will have a variety of blocks that are easy to use, easy to connect . The lessons they learn as they build using the method of trial and error will lead students to become part of the STEM workforce.

Project tagged as

Brooklyn, NY
Grades PreK-2
Early Development
Mathematics
Traditional School
Educational Kits & Games
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. B PS 92 Adrian Hegeman 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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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

25 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

LL453 - See-Inside Magnetic Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 2 $139.98

TT208 - Pipe Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99

FS489 - Kid-Sized Flashlights - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98

LL426 - Squeeze, Scoop & Count Ice Cream Shop • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98

EV212 - Regular Dot Art Painters - 6-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost			$274.92
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$4.12
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$309.04
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$54.54
Total project goal			$363.58
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$363.58
11 Donors			-$333.40
Donations toward project cost			-$296.29
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$37.11
match offer			-$15.00
Match offer toward project cost			-$12.75
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$2.25
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$15.18
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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