Past projects 77
Squishy Circuits for Electric Fun!
Funded Apr 28, 2025I can’t thank you enough for your generous support of our Squishy Circuits for Electric Fun! project. Because of you, my students will experience the magic of learning through hands-on discovery, creativity, and joy. Your kindness is opening doors for them to dream, explore, and believe in their abilities. Your gift means more than you know — thank you for making a real difference in our classroom and in their lives.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Foundation.Spinning Top Fun
Funded Mar 11, 2025This simple note can not fully express how thankful I am in your generosity! I can’t wait to get these unique manipulatives into the hands of my students to see what they will create. You’re making STEM learning possible in my early childhood classroom. Thanks again for your support!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
Math and More Partitioning Tray
Funded May 16, 2023I am so grateful for your generosity in supporting our "Math and More: Partitioning Tray" project! Thanks to your kindness, my young students have had hands-on opportunities to explore early math concepts in a fun and meaningful way.
Not only have these partitioning trays helped my four-year-olds practice sorting, counting, and exploring patterns, but they've also sparked creativity in unexpected ways! The students used the trays as targets in an exciting STEM activity—building catapults with spoons and pom-poms, then launching their creations to land in different sections of the tray. It was a fantastic way to combine math, engineering, and playful problem-solving, all while having so much fun!
Your support makes a real difference in our classroom, and I wish you could see the joy and excitement on my students' faces as they engage with these materials. Thank you for believing in the power of early learning and for making this possible!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and one other donor.Tegu for Me, Tegu for You!
Funded Dec 28, 2024I can't thank you enough for your generous support of our "Tegu for Me, Tegu for You" project! Because of your kindness, my young learners have the opportunity to explore, create, and problem-solve with these incredible blocks. Your donation is helping to foster critical STEM skills like spatial reasoning, engineering, and collaboration—all through play!
With these Tegu blocks, my students are able to design and build bridges, experiment with balance and stability, and create imaginative structures like castles, rockets, and even animals. They're also practicing teamwork as they collaborate to solve building challenges, strengthening their communication and problem-solving skills. It's amazing to see how open-ended materials like these inspire creativity and deeper thinking in such young minds!
It means the world to me and my students to have people like you believe in the power of hands-on learning. Your generosity is making a real impact, and I am so grateful.
Thank you for being a part of our classroom community!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
Building With Blockaroo!
Funded Nov 13, 2024Thank you so much for giving to my project! I already have one set of Blockaroos in my classroom, and this extra set has provided my students with even more blocks to use to build even bigger and better things! The Blockaroos are definitely a classroom favorite - they are sturdy, yet light. The variety of shapes, colors, and sizes provide endless creative possibilities. They are also get with my students with special needs, as they are easy to manipulate and connect with magnets, so creations don't fall apart with a slight touch. They can also be washed in a dishwasher (teacher yay!).
Thanks again for giving me this amazing material for my classroom!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
This classroom project was brought to life by Young Sheldon and 3 other donors.Growing a Garden for Growing Minds
Funded May 16, 2023Thank you so much for giving to my project. As warmer weather grows near in our cold midwestern climate, it was exciting to my students to start planting! We used this miniature greenhouse to start out seedlings indoors, since the weather is still too chilly to plant directly outside. I wanted my students to experience in front of their eyes the life cycle of a plant. We choose to plant radishes and arugula, since both will be ready for us to harvest before school lets out for the summer! I can't wait to see how they react when they finally get to enjoy their hard planting work. Thanks again!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and 2 other donors.Whirlwind of Fun - a Wind Tunnel!
Funded Apr 4, 2024I cannot express how thankful I am for your generosity. My students are going to be so excited when they get to experiment with different materials and how they are affected by the wind. What a cool way to learn cause and effect, and learn about the physical properties of materials.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and 2 other donors.Magna-tile Mania
Funded Nov 28, 2023I hope that you can see from the photos how much students enjoyed this addition to our current collection of magna-tiles! They were instantly engaged in figuring out how to connect the roads together to make a track for the cars. We learned how to use other magna-tiles underneath to create supports for the "bridges". I saw a lot of cooperation, trial-and-error, and problem solving. I can't wait to see what they come up with next. It's because of generous donors like you that teachers like me can bring new, innovative play materials into the hands of our little learners!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 8 other donors.Bee-Bot Activity Bundle
Funded Dec 12, 2022Thank you so much for giving to my project. Although its taken quite some time, I've finally been able to use the Bee-Bot activity bundle with my students. Bee-Bots are a wonderful tool to teach students the fundamentals of computational thinking. The children can give it commands like forward, backwards, left and right movements to maneuver around the floor. These commands develop students understanding of sequencing, computational thinking and the mathematical concepts of coordinates, distance, and location. Integrating the Bee-Bots with other areas of the curriculum to create hands on learning experiences. I've been able to add letters, colors, and shapes, to learning with the Bee-Bots thanks to the activity bundle. The Bee-Bot allows students to create, explore, and problem solve to achieve success.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi
This classroom project was brought to life by Cognizant Foundation.Small Scale Imaginative Play
Funded Mar 21, 2023Thank you so much for donating to my project! I'm always looking for new ideas to bring creative play into the classroom. Developing a child's imagination often gets put aside in order to make-up for the learning loss during the pandemic. However, creativity is what really helps children thrive and begin to "think outside the box" - a skill that we hope children to develop. These materials have really helped my students be creative, imaginative, and just have fun (which is also really important). Thank you for supporting me and my students!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Margi