Basketball for All!

Funded Jan 15, 2020

I did this project for two reasons. One was because we did not have enough basketballs for all the students who wanted to play during recess. There were students coming in from recess upset because they never had a chance to even touch a basketball the entire time they were out side. I felt sorry for those students who badly wanted to play but were never given the opportunity.

My second reason was to show my students that there are many ways to solve a problem. We used this problem as a great class discussion about how to solve it. Students gave some incredible ideas and I was so impressed with how creative first graders can be at solving problems. I kept my students informed about how the Donor's Choose project was going every step of the way. They were shown what I sent as well as they were told when people started donating. They cheered every time I announced we had another donation. They were all so excited to see this project come to life.

When the basketballs came, I had the students help me bring the boxes to our classroom. They were all so excited! It was so much fun watching their excitement as I opened the boxes. The first time they took the balls out and played with them was amazing. Kids came in from recess happy!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Stoehr