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Ms. Cowings from Kansas City, MO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Building Blocks of Early Development

Help me give my students more blocks and magnets to encourage their love of learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cowings's classroom raised $554

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are eager to learn by doing. We use an arts-infused curriculum to encourage self-exploration, build self-confidence, and increase social and emotional development.

I enjoy working with my students because they take initiative!

If they set their mind to it, they can do it and they are at the age where they can learn incredibly quickly. They're caring, they're smart, and they're loving.

Eighty-seven percent of our students are eligible for free and reduced lunch, and more than one-third of our families reside in subsidized housing. We partner with our students and families to provide a high-quality early childhood education

and set them up for success.

My Project

We are looking to provide our students with more opportunities to engage their love of building. These kids are incredibly smart and love learning with their hands. We want to foster their imagination and creativity through their interests. These will help them develop their hand-eye coordination to get them ready to write.

Tools such as magnets, building blocks, and legos, books on building, and more will give them new opportunities to problem solve, collaborate with their peers.

When we focus on their interests, we can activate their love of learning for life and connect with them in new ways.

Project tagged as

Kansas City, MO
Grades PreK-2
Early Development
Engineering & Technology
Head Start School
Educational Kits & Games
More than half of students from low‑income households

Ms. Cowings St. Mark Family & Child Development Center Head Start 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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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

8 students impacted 21donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Brick Block Large Building Set - 44 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $51.26 3 $153.78

DR621 - Magna-Tiles<sup>®</sup> Metropolis • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 1 $129.99

CS439 - Crazy Shapes Magnetic Building Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 2 $79.98

Young Brix - Soft Flexible Bristled Blocks • Kaplan Early Learning Company $22.46 2 $44.92

Iggy Peck, Architect • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86

Building a House • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost			$428.36
Vendor shipping charges			$6.00
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$6.43
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$470.79
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$83.08
Total project goal			$553.87
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$553.87
19 Donors			-$453.86
Donations toward project cost			-$385.79
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$68.07
match offer			-$100.00
Match offer toward project cost			-$85.00
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$15.00
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$0.01
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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The Building Blocks of Early Development

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