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Stacking Up Success: Supporting Pre-K Development With Nesting Toys

Help me give my students a variety of nesting toys to foster fine motor skills, cognitive development, math concepts, and social interaction in my Pre-K classroom.

  • $253 goal

This project expired on August 20, 2024.

This project expired on August 20, 2024.

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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

As a Pre-K teacher, I constantly seek to create an environment that fosters exploration and development across all domains—cognitive, social, emotional, and physical. Nesting toys offer a fantastic avenue for achieving these goals, as they promote crucial skills such as problem-solving, spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and logical thinking.

Nesting toys are not just ordinary playthings—they are powerful educational tools disguised as fun!

These colorful sets of progressively smaller objects fit neatly inside one another, encouraging children to engage in a variety of activities that stimulate their minds and bodies. From sorting by size and shape to building towers and patterns, nesting toys offer endless possibilities for imaginative play and skill-building.

Benefits for Our Little Learners:

1. Cognitive Development: Nesting toys challenge children to think critically and strategically as they figure out how to nest the objects together. This process enhances their problem-solving abilities and lays the foundation for understanding concepts like size, shape, and spatial relationships.

2. Fine Motor Skills: Manipulating the various pieces requires precise hand-eye coordination and control, helping children strengthen their fine motor skills. These skills are essential for tasks like writing, drawing, and buttoning clothes—crucial abilities for future academic success.

3. Social Interaction: As children explore together, they learn valuable social skills such as cooperation, sharing, and turn-taking. These interactions promote positive peer relationships and build the foundation for effective communication and collaboration in later years.

4. Imaginative Play: Nesting toys spark the imagination, inviting children to create stories, scenarios, and worlds of their own. Through pretend play, children develop creativity, empathy, and narrative skills, enriching their overall cognitive and emotional development.

With your generous support, we aim to enrich our Pre-K classroom with a set of high-quality nesting toys that will captivate and inspire our young learners!

Mrs. A. Grades PreK-2

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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.

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

17 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TOWO Wooden Stacking Boxes Rainbow Colours-Nesting and Sorting Cups Blocks for Toddlers-Stacking Cubes Educational Learning Toys for 2 Years Old Montessori Materials • Amazon Business $29.09 1 $29.09
Sorting and Stacking Toys Blocks for Toddlers 1-3, Soft Safari Animal Bath Toys Age 2-4, Numbers Nesting Stackable Toys for Baby 12-18 Months, Montessori Toys Gifts for 1 2 3 Year Old Boys Girls • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Melissa & Doug Nesting and Sorting Blocks - 6 Buildings, 6 Wooden Vehicles - Numbers Learning, Car Garage, Sorting And Stacking Toys For Toddlers Ages 2+ • Amazon Business $22.11 1 $22.11
Baby Spinning Toy – Stacking Toy for Babies and Toddlers – Educational Toddler Learning Toys – Rainbow Spinning Wheel Toy for Focus, Dexterity, Brain Development, Interactive Learning stacking toys • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
KIDS PREFERRED World of Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Wooden Stacker with Colorful Rainbow Rings, 7 Inch Stacking Solid Wood Educational Developmental Toy –Sorting and Stacking, Multicolor • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Melissa & Doug Deluxe 10-Piece Alphabet Nesting and Stacking Blocks Stack And Sort Toddler Toys, ABC Learning Toys, Stackable Toys For Toddlers Ages 2+ - FSC-Certified Materials • Amazon Business $13.93 1 $13.93
Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker - Wooden Educational Toy - Shape Sorter And Stacking Toy, Stacking Tower Toy For Babies, Toddlers And Kids Ages 2+, Multicolor, Playsets • Amazon Business $13.01 1 $13.01
KIDSTHRILL Rainbow Colors Baby Stacking Cups for Toddlers, Tall Baby Stacking Toys Nesting Cups, Drain Holes for Bath Toys, Educational & Motor Skills Sorting & Nesting Toys for 1 2 3 Years Old • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Learning Resources Big Feelings Nesting Fruit Friends, 9 Pieces, Ages 18+ Months, Social Emotional Learning Toys, Sensory Toys, Speech Therapy Materials • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Battat – Nesting Sorter Set – 19Pc Stacking Bucket Sort Set – 10 Cups & 8 Shapes – Educational & Dexterity Toys – 18 Months + – Sort & Stack • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Melissa & Doug Rainbow Stacker Wooden Ring Educational Toy - Wooden Rainbow Stacking Rings Baby Toy, Stacker Toys For Infants And Toddlers • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49

Materials cost

$181.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$214.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.87

Total project goal

$252.48

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