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Ms. Paige from Detroit, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Compassion and Community in Kindergarten

Help me give my students read aloud books and games about compassion, and materials to learn more about community helpers and how they can help others in their community!

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My Project

My students are learning all about compassion! They will use the books I am requesting to learn more about how to show compassion, how to have empathy for others, and how to help others. During morning meetings I will read these books with my students and lead them in discussions about how they can show compassion, how they can see the world through the eyes of another person, and how to work to help those they've learned about.

After these discussions my students will use the community helper puppets, figurines, and costumes to act out different ways they can show compassion and help those they have learned about.

Observing my students while they use these materials will help me to measure my students' understanding of compassion.

I will use the Empathy workbook and punch cards to measure my students' success with showing compassion. The workbook has compassion reflections my students will complete and the punch cards will be an engaging way for me to track my students' progress with showing compassion by giving them a "punch" when I see them showing compassion to help those they have learned about from the read aloud and community helper role-plays.

Using these materials will help my students to see the world through the eyes of another person and learn to work toward helping others. These materials will also help me to measure success in my students’ understanding of compassion.

Ms. Paige Detroit Preparatory Academy Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Detroit, MI View local requests

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Let’s Talk! Community Helper Puppets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
20 PCS Kids Community Helper Dress Up Vest Career Costumes Role Play Career Cosplay Clothes Pretend and Play Costume for Kids Dress up Doctor Police Fireman Car Racer Cowboy Farmers Worker Pirate • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
Constructive Playthings Wooden Community Helpers, Diverse Citizens & Careers, Use with Building Blocks, Creative Play, Social Emotional Learning Toy, Long-Lasting, Toddler Toys for 3 Years & Up • Amazon Business $19.74 1 $19.74
Tayra's Not Talking (Kitty and Friends, 3) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Firenze's Light: A Firefly Book about Gratitude, Compassion and Self-Appreciation • Amazon Business $18.96 1 $18.96
Zen Socks • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Lala's Words: A Story of Planting Kindness • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Empathy Workbook for Kids: 50 Activities to Learn About Kindness, Compassion, and Other People's Feelings (Health and Wellness Workbooks for Kids) • Amazon Business $14.04 1 $14.04
Barefoot Books Build-a-Story Cards: Community Helpers - Card Deck • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.59 1 $12.59
ONEDONE Punch Cards 200 Pack Incentive Reward Cards for Classroom Kindergarten Preschool Home 3.9" x 2.4" Sunflower Reward Punch Card for Teachers Students Kids Behavior Management • Amazon Business $11.94 1 $11.94
Kindness Makes Me Stronger: Children’s Book about Magic of Kindness, Empathy and Respect (World of Kids Emotions) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Highlights ABC's of Kindness • Quill.com $11.33 1 $11.33
I Am a Tornado • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Queen of Kindergarten • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
Who Wet My Pants? • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Empathy for Kids: 30 Fun Activities to Foster Emotional Awareness, Compassion, and Kindness • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
We're Better Together: A Book About Community (Highlights Books of Kindness) • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46

Materials cost

$383.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.45

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$427.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.38

Total project goal

$502.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $502.53

7 Donors

-$242.08

Donations toward project cost

-$213.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.50

match offer

-$251.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$213.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.19

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