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Mrs. Harraman from Edmond, OK is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands Down the Best Hands-On Learning Tools!

Help me give my students engaging tools to explore within our Discovery and Sensory Learning Area of Purposeful Play!

  • $1,068 goal

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My Project

Purposeful Play is an initiative that Edmond Public Schools is implementing in its early childhood grades. EPS has always been focused on serving children through the use of best practices. Not only do our early childhood students desire time to play, but they also need it in order to be successful. Our Purposeful Play committee completed months of research and collaboration to determine what changes needed to be made in order to serve the whole child. Our conclusion was this,

“Decades of research and evidence tell us that children construct their knowledge and make sense of the world through play.

Purposeful Play allows children to make meaning out of seemingly everyday experiences. It is engaging and intentional.” Our Purposeful Play allows students to engage in inquiry choice play. I use this time to promote critical thinking skills in our young scholars while tracking the meaningful academic connections that the students are authentically making through their playtime.

This is where I need your help! In order to provide my students with opportunities to authentically create connections between our grade-level standards and their play experiences, I am seeking out materials that will help make this possible within my Discovery & Sensory Learning Area. I am asking for tools that can be used in our brand new sensory table this year! Integrating our sensory table into our current units of study will allow my students to learn through their sense of touch. It will also allow students to use their creativity to explore and make connections in new and meaningful ways!

Thank you for supporting my students and helping me bring focus to the importance of play-based learning in the early childhood grades!

Mrs. Harraman
Grades PreK-2
    More than a third 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

    This project will reach 25 students.

    2 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Translucent Sensory Balls • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 4 $279.96
Lakeshore Translucent Sensory Rings • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 4 $279.96
Lakeshore Mold & Play Sensory Sand - 10-Pound Bag • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 4 $159.96
Lakeshore Squish & Squeeze Sensory Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 4 $79.96

Materials cost

$799.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $65.19

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$907.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$160.06

Total project goal

$1,067.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,067.09

2 Donors

-$1,067.09

Donations toward project cost

-$907.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$160.06

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