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Ms. Ariel from Anchorage, AK is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Cooking It Up in Kindergarten: Dramatic Play Center

Help me give my students KidSafe Appliances, a RealWorking Cash Register, and Lets Go Shopping Grocery Baskets to create a more engaging dramatic play center.

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My Students

We are a kindergarten classroom of 17 students in Alaska. My students attend a diverse school of about 290 students. Our staff strives to foster positive relationships and do regular family events to help build a strong sense of community. The environment we create helps students feel safe, welcome, and loved. It is a Title I school, with many students coming from low-income families. Every student can receive free breakfast and lunch.

I want my students to have the same opportunities and learning experiences as other children in an engaging, hands-on environment.

My kindergarteners are thinkers. They come to school every day seeking a connection and wanting to learn. My students are special because they have a strong desire to do their best every day, even if they come from challenging circumstances.

My Project

Every day in my kindergarten classroom, I make sure my students have time to play. Year after year, my students are drawn to the dramatic play center. They love to play house and set up a grocery store. It is a dynamic way to get a larger group of students interacting with another. I love to see the students create roles for one another and work together.

Open-ended play is a crucial opportunity for my students to boost their social-emotional skills and foster their sense of creativity.

I am asking for several kitchen and house play items, inclduing a cash register with play money. The pretend coffee maker, blender and mixer have safe, rounded parts—and even operate with batteries! Finally, I am also asking for several shopping baskets so my students can place the plastic food we already have in our classroom in the baskets when they set up a store. These toys will be an engaging part of our classroom for years to come. Thank you for supporting these young learners!

Ms. Ariel Airport Heights Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Anchorage, AK View local requests

Nearly all 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

17 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
FA415X KidSafe Appliances • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
PP723 RealWorking Cash Register • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
RR919 Lets Go Shopping Grocery Basket • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 2 $15.98

Materials cost

$112.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $1.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$146.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.82

Total project goal

$172.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $172.16

5 Donors

-$168.64

Donations toward project cost

-$146.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.52

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