Help me give my students exciting board games and indoor skill games for our rainy days and Fun Fridays.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Rees's classroom raised $505
This project is fully funded
My Students
Our students are joyful, hard-working and inspirational in their stamina and resilience. They also make our school the most diverse school in the district! For example, in one classroom, there can be up to ten different languages represented. Because of where we are located, we also have a growing number of students who are in transitional housing. Whatever the challenge, our students are constantly learning from each other and inspiring one another through their differences and similarities.
The diversity of our students sets our school apart from others and has created an amazing school community!
This unique quality has also presented challenges in differentiating our instruction; specifically in reading and language arts. This only emboldens our kids to strive for more while instilling a deeper level of understanding for other's struggles.
My Project
My students are addicted to technology and it has infiltrated our classroom community like a bad case of the flu! I want to bring good, old-fashioned board games as well as skills-based games such as magnetic dartboards into our classroom so my kids can take time to think, wonder, communicate, and create ideas together. My students are amazing thinkers and doers and when they are outside, their curiosity and creativity is endless. They can play tag for hours and finding an insect of any kind in the playground stops everyone in their tracks, causing an excited huddle around the insect. However, when indoors, video games and music videos dominate their conversations and top their wish list for rainy day games and Fun Friday activities. I want to change that with board games!
I believe kids often forget what they're capable of (or even tolerant of) when faced with the prospect or reality of no technology.
And if not provided with an alternative, most, I’ve experienced, will choose that video game or YouTube video to entertain them. Board games are tried and true alternatives to technology! Some of the games, such as Jenga, Clue, and Battleship have demonstrated for decades, that they foster key skills such as strategizing, risk taking, the exchange of ideas, and grit – skills that are an important part of their social and intellectual development. Most of all, these board and skill games are simply fun! I believe that these classroom games will create a very new and exciting opportunity for my students – one that doesn’t include a screen!
More than three‑quarters 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
Spy Alley Mensa Award Winning Family Strategy Board Game
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$34.99
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$34.99
Chickapig Board Game - A Strategic Board Game Where Chicken-Pig Hybrids Attempt to Reach Their Goal While Dodging Opponents, Hay Bales, and an Ever-Menacing Pooping Cow.
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$28.30
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$28.30
Jinx Family Edition Board Game
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$26.50
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$26.50
Elite Sportz Equipment Family Games for Kids and Adults - Fun Kids Games Ages 4 and Up - Way More Fun Than it Looks, is Quick and Easy to Set-Up and So Compact for Storage (A Curling Game)
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$25.99
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$25.99
GIGGLE N GO Magnetic Dart Board Game - Our Reversible Rollup Kids Dart Board Set Includes 6 Safe Darts, 2 Dart Games and Easily Hangs Anywhere - Ultimate in Indoor Games (Monster Theme)
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$24.99
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$24.99
Exploding Kittens Card Game
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$19.99
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$19.99
Monopoly Speed Die Edition Board Game Ages 8 and Up (Amazon Exclusive)
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$17.95
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$17.95
Winning Moves Games Super Big Boggle
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$17.19
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$17.19
Battleship With Planes Strategy Board Game Amazon Exclusive For Ages 7 and Up
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$14.99
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$14.99
Mattel Games UNO Card Game Tin
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$13.94
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$13.94
Melissa & Doug Suspend Family Game, Classic Games, Exciting Balancing Game, Develops Hand-Eye Coordination, 12.5" H x 2.8" W x 2.8" L
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$13.94
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$13.94
Jenga Game Wooden Blocks Stacking Tumbling Tower Kids Game Ages 6 and Up (Amazon Exclusive)
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$13.48
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$13.48
Classic Operation Game
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$13.44
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$13.44
Hasbro C3891 Connect 4 Strategy Board Game Amazon Exclusive For Ages 6 & Up
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$11.99
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$11.99
Wood Folding Mancala in Cardboard Sleeve (Packaging may Vary)
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$11.98
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$11.98
Sequence Game
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$10.89
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$10.89
Flipslide Game
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$10.89
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$10.89
Mattel Games Ker Plunk Game
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$10.49
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$10.49
Rubiks Race
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$8.89
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$8.89
Clue Game
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$8.77
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$8.77
Sorry! Game
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$8.77
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$8.77
Yalis Magnetic Darts 12 Packs, Replacement Dart Game Safety Plastic Darts, Red and Yellow
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$7.99
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$7.99
Imperial Kids Card Game - Go Fish
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$3.99
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$3.99
Materials cost
$360.34
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$32.97
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.41
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$428.72
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$75.66
Total project goal
$504.38
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$504.38
8 Donors
-$504.38
Donations toward project cost
-$428.72
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