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Mrs. Grafman from McKinleyville, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classic Toys and Art Supplies for My Imaginative Kindergarteners

Help me give my students more choices for choice time! With a wide variety of play items and art supplies, my students will develop their fine motor skills, sensory skills, social skills, and communication skills!

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My Students

Hello everyone! I teach Kindergarten. This is most of my students' first experience with in-person school and many of them are playing with same-age peers for the first time. Toward the end of our day, we have Choice Time. While it may just look like children playing in the classroom during Choice Time, so much important community building, problem-solving, and imagination is occurring during this time. In addition, children are learning important social skills and getting practice in recognizing and regulating their own feelings/emotions as well as recognizing the feelings of others. Not to mention, all the academic skills and joy that occur during this time. This is an especially imaginative class and I'm excited to provide more choices during Choice Time to encourage their endless magic and creativity.

My Project

All of my kindergartners love Choice Time!

I am excited to foster the many benefits of imaginative play by being able to offer more choices with some simple classic toys and art supplies.

On my list is a wooden marble run set. Building a marble run and getting a marble into small spaces helps young children develop spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and problem-solving skills. My students will be able to enhance their creativity as they play with the marble run, exploring different tracks and learning more about how they can move pieces to create a fun, exciting run. They will also learn more about cause-and-effect as they explore how gravity and inertia work together to help move or stop the marble.

My kindergartners will also learn so much from having a train set to build and play with. Putting the pieces of a wooden track together requires hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. They will also need to plan where each piece will go and consider how to incorporate the correct pieces of track along with bridges, tunnels, and level crossings.

I’m also excited to get an assortment of play dough and play dough tools. Playing with play dough is a great way for my students to ease tension, release excess energy, improve focus and encourage creativity.

I have felt pieces on my wish list as well. Playing with felt encourages many great sensory and storytelling experiences.

All of the items described above and on my wish list would benefit my kindergartners in numerous ways and really expand their options for play and learning during choice time. Thank you for taking the time to consider funding this project!

Mrs. Grafman Dow's Prairie Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

18 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hape Quadrilla Wooden Marble Run Construction | The Challenger |Quality Time Playing Together Wooden Safe Play | Smart Play for Smart Families - 147 Piece Multicolored Set • Amazon Business $144.95 1 $144.95
AX20 - Lakeshore Dough - Set 1 - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
LA371 - Classroom Clay Dough Designer Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Imaginarium 80pc Mega Train Set, Multi (5F61E9A) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
ZZ394 - Create-A-Scene Felt Board Series • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Play22 Wooden Train Set 12 PCS - Train Toys Magnetic Set Includes 3 Engines - Toy Train Sets For Kids Toddler Boys And Girls - Compatible With Thomas Train Set Tracks And Major Brands - Original • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Melissa & Doug Let's Play House Dust! Sweep! Mop! 6 Piece Pretend Play Set • Amazon Business $23.98 1 $23.98
BA9112 - Pipe Stems - Set of 1000 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
AD576 - Pony Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 2 $19.98
EV214 - Brilliant Dot Art Painters - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
EV212 - Regular Dot Art Painters - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
SAKURA Gelly Roll Metallic Gel Pen 10-Pack (57370) • Amazon Business $11.18 1 $11.18
RA421 - Rubbing Crayons - Set of 40 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$480.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.99

Sales tax

 $43.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$584.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.08

Total project goal

$687.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $687.19

10 Donors

-$475.42

Donations toward project cost

-$414.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.31

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.77

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 $0.00

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