Help me give my students materials to celebrate the special transaction of a child with their environment.
$2,035 goal
This project expired on June 26, 2025.
This project expired on June 26, 2025.
My Project
This year I am working with a group of extraordinary five year olds in an ICT setting. Our class is as diverse as New York City itself; multilingual, neurodiverse, and multi-cultural. And yes, each individual in our community fits the description of my project title, perfect, tiny, beautiful, and utterly unique.
In conceiving this project, I aim to celebrate the process a five year old goes through in observing the tiny, perfect, extraordinary details of the world that surrounds him or her.
I chose these material goods to celebrate the perspective and the pace of a five year old as she or he collects, documents, and transforms the world through a piece of writing or drawing. This may take shape as a chalk drawing in which each vein of a leaf is fastidiously outlined, or careful renderings of the minute details of our Cityscape. This may be the moment when a child carefully considers the lines and shape of the whorl of a shell, or in their own finger-print.
I've requested beautiful hardbound books to collect and to honor the work and moment-bound perspective of our small observers. I've requested vibrant crayons which might be mistaken for jewels, for them to make their drawings within these books. I've also requested an individual set of colored pencils for each child, which spans, rather than merely the primary colors, a true splendor of nuance and variation in color. Finally, I've requested a favorite text which in turn celebrates these moments of transaction with the environment that a child may experience when observing a leaf, a feather, a shell, or a bottle-cap.
Please consider matching your pace with my kindergarteners and celebrating the tiny, the beautiful, and the perfectly imperfect details of the world we move through together.
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
25 students impacted
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Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils - Set of 24, Assorted Colors
• Blick Art Materials
$30.67
25
$766.75
Tiny, Perfect Things
• Amazon Business
$14.36
25
$359.00
Hardcover Sketch Book 2 Pack Drawing Books 5.5" x 8" Sketchbooks, 110 Sheets Hardbound Journal, Ideal for Pencils, Graphite, Charcoal, Pen
• Amazon Business
$9.99
25
$249.75
Crayon Rocks, Crayons in a Rock Shape, 8 Colors, Tripod Grip Made For Handwriting Development in Kids and Toddlers, Fun & Educational, Creative Activity, Comes in a Blue Velvet Bag
• Amazon Business
$9.96
25
$249.00
40 Pcs Canvas Tote Bags Bulk Sublimation Blank Canvas Bags Natural Cotton Tote Bags Reusable Grocery Bags Cloth Bags Large Shopping Bag and PTFE Sheet for Iron on Heat Transfer DIY Craft Gift, White
• Amazon Business
$49.98
1
$49.98
Materials cost
$1,674.48
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$25.12
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$1,729.60
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$305.22
Total project goal
$2,034.82
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