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Ms. Giordano from Jersey City NJ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Joy of Cooking

Help me give my students a new play kitchen set. The children love the House Area, but it is slowly falling apart because of its age.

  • 2 donors
  • $699 still needed

expires Sep 05

  • 2 donors
  • $699 still needed
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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

My students need a new kitchen set because "Work Time" is a major part of our pre-kindergarten day when the children are able to work in the "House Center."

Dramatic play is an integral part of a child’s social, emotional and cognitive development, according to NAEYC.

I am just highlighting some of the most important aspects of dramatic play:

First, dramatic play teaches self-regulation. Preschoolers are known for acting impulsively, but dramatic play is a positive stepping stone toward self-regulation.

Second, dramatic play gives children an emotional outlet. Dramatic play allows kids to act out scenarios they’ve seen or heard in real life, giving them an important emotional outlet.

Third, dramatic play teaches conflict resolution! Both unstructured and structured dramatic play offer teachable moments of conflict resolution. Disagreements between children will crop up naturally during unstructured dramatic play, which offers a chance for kids to work through their differences and arrange a compromise.

Fourth, dramatic play supports literacy! Dramatic play provides a prime opportunity for kids to see “functional print”—like newspapers, signs or menus—in action, according to Scholastic. Kids who are playing grocery store, for example, will be exposed to text in the form of a shopping list, coupons and a checkout receipt. This gives them a chance to gain firsthand experience with the many ways we use text in everyday life.

Children learn through play and having a kitchen set is so important to their learning process. Please help my students so we can make their pre-school experience a great one!

Ms. Giordano
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kaplan Early Learning Sense of Place Range and Sink • Kaplan Early Learning Company $563.36 1 $563.36

Materials cost

$563.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$601.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.20

Total project goal

$708.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $708.01

1 Donor

-$5.00

Donations toward project cost

-$4.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

match offer

-$5.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$4.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

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 $698.01

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