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Ms. Barnes from Griffin, GA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Infant Development

Help me give my students a chance to fully experience learning how to care for an infant. Learning how to care for children is required to complete the Early Childhood Pathway.

  • $1,162 goal

This project expired on February 2, 2024.

This project expired on February 2, 2024.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

The class that I am teaching is an CTAE(Career Technical and Agricultural Education) Course in Early Childhood Education. The Early Childhood Education course is the foundational course under the Early Childhood Care and Education pathway and prepares the student for employment in early childhood education and services. The course addresses the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors associated with supporting and promoting optimal growth and development of infants and children.

My students are eager to learn what it takes to become a teacher and work with children but the lack the supplies needed to fully engage in the course.

The Nasco babies will provide my student with a chance to engage in a real world experience of what would happen with infants in the Early Childhood classroom and in parenting. According to Nasco the simulated baby:

1. Offer three different tending programs typical of most babies, to simulate normal baby-tending needs along with fussy periods in each program.

2. Provide programmed tending events that are unpredictable to the student, but easy for the teacher to monitor, unlike other simulators.

3. Tots cry, coo, and burp in response to appropriate care.

4. Demand student’s attention for periods of 5 minutes to 30 minutes for each tending occurrence. There are 25-27 tending occurrences within each 48-hour time frame (for a total of 7 hours of care).

5. Provide teacher with complete control of the child care experience.

6. Includes a panic key for quieting difficulties without discontinuing the entire simulation.

7. Alert teacher to a student’s abuse, panic, or tampering with the control box.

8. Anatomically correct.

My goal for the students is to learn how to care for a infant and their needs making students work force ready for the classroom.

Ms. Barnes
Never Before Funded Never Before Funded Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Feels Real Baby Dolls - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
Newborn Baby Doll - Medium Brown Baby Boy and Girl • Nasco $98.09 1 $98.09
Newborn Baby Doll - Asian Baby Boy and Girl • Nasco $98.09 1 $98.09
Fitted Cloth Diapers • Nasco $4.93 12 $59.16
Newborn Baby Doll - Medium Brown Baby Girl • Nasco $57.46 1 $57.46
Newborn Baby Doll - Asian Baby Boy • Nasco $57.46 1 $57.46
Newborn Baby Doll - Medium Brown Baby Boy • Nasco $57.46 1 $57.46
Newborn Baby Doll - Asian Baby Girl • Nasco $57.46 1 $57.46
Nasco Ready-or-Not Tot©, Intermediate - Extra Teacher Keys • Nasco $11.39 5 $56.95
Duracell AA Alkaline Batteries - Pack of 24 • Nasco $17.26 3 $51.78
Big Huggable & Washable African American Baby Doll • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Big Huggable & Washable Caucasian Baby Doll • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Baby Doll Feeding Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
Lakeshore Washable African American Baby Doll • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.99 1 $26.99

Materials cost

$828.37

Vendor shipping charges

$59.39

Sales tax

$57.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$987.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$174.24

Total project goal

$1,161.59

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