My students need a variety of blocks: Pipe Buiders & Architect Design Blocks, ETI Engineering Blocks to promote STEM education, creativity, engineering & technical skills for the 21st Century.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. B's classroom raised $384
This project is fully funded
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 10 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 "Young Architect Design" Blocks, "Pipe Builders" and “ETI Engineering Blocks” 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 "Young Architect Design" Blocks are unique 3 dimensional blocks with different shapes: octagonal, cubes, triangular. These blocks are ideal for creating towers, bridges, buildings. The ETI Engineering Blocks are geared for different developmental stages of building, planning and construction independently or in teams.
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 ease 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.
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
FF210 - Young Architects Design Blocks - Master Set
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$49.99
2
$99.98
ETI Toys | STEM Learning | Original 101 Piece Educational Construction Engineering Building Blocks Set for 3, 4 and 5+ Year Old Boys & Girls | Creative Fun Kit | Best Toy Gift for Kids Ages 3yr - 6yr
• Amazon Business
$35.99
2
$71.98
Connecting and Lacing Beads
• Kaplan Early Learning Company
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