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Mrs. Dowdy from Blacksburg, VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands-On Fun...I Mean Learning

My students need these Magna-Tiles and Legos so they can expand their creativity and build unique structures. Legos and Magna-Tiles allow open-ended thinking and the sky is the limit for what they can create!

  • $509 goal

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My Students

My class is made up of 20 wonderful students who love school and are very excited to learn! They can't wait to get to school, and their smiles are contagious! They are the reason that I love teaching 1st grade!

Our school is located in a small town in southwest Virginia.

There are 460 students in our school, and about 60% receive free or reduced-price lunch. Many of our students are transient and move in and out of schools throughout the year. For many years, our school was a community school with 2nd and 3rd generation students. However, during the last 5 years, our population has changed and so have the needs of our students.

My Project

My students love playing with different building materials. For many of them, school is their only opportunity to use Play-Doh, Legos, and Magna-Tiles. They get so excited to show me their creations and tell me all about it. These activities support creativity and literacy as they describe what they have made.

Children love to create things!

They can use their imagination to build amazing structures with Legos and Magna-Tiles. These activities also support their mathematical understanding of shapes, counting, patterns and number sense. They will be having so much fun, they won't even know they are learning.

Learning is so much more than just remembering facts and writing the correct answers. Having these materials in my classroom will allow such powerful learning to take place for all of my students!

Mrs. Dowdy
Grades PreK-2
    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

    This project will reach 20 students.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magna-Tiles Clear Colors 100 Piece Set • Amazon Business $119.99 2 $239.98
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698 • Amazon Business $48.00 2 $96.00
Magna-Tiles 16022 Cars 2 Piece Expansion Set • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 36-Pack Case of Colors (Amazon Exclusive), Non-Toxic, Assorted Colors, 3-Ounce Cans • Amazon Business $22.00 1 $22.00
20-Piece Family and Community Minifigures People Compatible with Lego • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98

Materials cost

$395.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$431.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.21

Total project goal

$508.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $508.09

3 Donors

-$483.09

Donations toward project cost

-$410.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.46

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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