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Mrs. Berk from Bayside, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Enrich Center Time

My students need a doll stroller to embellish dramatic play during centers, and the richness of liquid watercolors to use in the art and science centers.

  • $169 goal

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My Students

Ernest Dimnet, wrote "Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves." You will find this to be true in my prekindergarten class. Like all milestones in a person's life, knowledge is obtained and then you embrace it and make it your own.

We are active and eager to learn through play.

The children come from a diverse population which is typical of our community. They love to connect during center time, sing during group time, move during dance, all the while learning through their interactions with peers and teachers. Our families understand, appreciate and support teachers in the school. This is a place where teachers strive to offer their students what they need to do their personal best.

My Project

In my classroom a day without a doll is a day without sunshine. This group of prekindergarteners brings the classroom dolls to centers throughout the day. We all appreciate the value of dramatic play, and dolls are a wonderful way to teach and learn about the children in the class. I can just image the thrill on their faces when they find a doll stroller to use. Who doesn't love rich, intense color when creating with art materials? Often times food color experiments in science lack a certain boldness. Liquid watercolors offer vivid color that would delight any artist or scientist.

The fulfillment of this project would bring an additional spark to center time in the classroom.

Imagine being able to take a doll for a stroll in the room, side by side with a friend. Role playing opportunities will increase. Similarity, the liquid watercolors will spur the curiosity of children wishing to express themselves in new ways.

Mrs. Berk PS 188 Kingsbury Grades PreK-2

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Bayside, NY View local requests

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

18 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
EA554 - Lakeshore Hardwood Stroller • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.50 1 $79.50
00369-1109: Blick Liquid Watercolors - Set of 10 assorted colors, 8 oz bottles • Blick Art Materials $29.14 1 $29.14

Materials cost

$108.64

Vendor shipping charges

 $2.91

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.27

Total project goal

$168.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $168.45

1 Donor

-$75.34

Donations toward project cost

-$75.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$79.81

Match offer toward project cost

-$67.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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