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Ms. Mkrtchyan from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Helping Fine Motor Skills for Preschoolers

Help me give my students magnetic building blocks, creative kids flakes, playstix, and classic LEGO set.

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My Students

I have observed that my students enjoy learning through sensory and fine motor play.

My students are thoughtful and open to discovering new materials and enjoy building with their hands and using their creativity during free play.

In the last few weeks, I have observed that my students need more challenging materials to advance their learning experience. They enjoy building large sculptures with LEGO bricks and spend much time playing with the few puzzles in my classroom. Currently, we have limited materials in our classroom, and it has become increasingly difficult for me to plan activities to engage fine motor and cognitive learning.

My Project

As a preschool teacher, I support and encourage discovery and learning through play. My students need manipulatives such as magnetic building blocks, creative kids flakes, playstix, and classic LEGO set. I strongly believe in selecting educational materials that are open-ended in order to help children create, build, and construct ideas. I hope that these manipulative items will encourage collaboration and social interaction as a way to work together and take turns. I want my students to think "outside of the box" and use manipulatives as a way to construct their ideas in the physical form. I also want to encourage understanding of how things go together by providing puzzles that encourage persistence and allow them time to finish what they have started. The LEGO sets will help them create buildings, castles, and cars. They will work together to share the materials such as the playstix's and use the different colors to define their length and space of the structures.

I strongly believe this project will help improve my classroom because it will introduce my students more open-ended learning materials.

The benefits of these manipulative toys will also help with grasping, twisting pieces together, and pulling pieces apart. For this reason, they aide in the development of hand-eye coordination and hand strength. Manipulatives also encourage self-talk, discussion, and language development. Children will talk to themselves/others about what they are going to do and how they are going to do it. During this time children are allowed to work independently which promotes self-regulation skills and can help gradually lengthen a their attention span.

Ms. Mkrtchyan Grant Early Education Center Grades PreK-2

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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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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Classic Creative Builder Box 10703 (Exclusive) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Magnetic Tiles Building Blocks Set by idoot Educational Toys for Kids with Storage Bag - 64pcs • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
DB251 - Playstix® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.49 2 $24.98
Learning Resources Smart Snacks Alpha Pops, 26 Pieces • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Creative Kids Flakes - 600 Piece Interlocking Plastic Disc Set for Fun, Creative Building - Educational STEM Construction Toy for Boys & Girls - Non Toxic, Ages 3 & Up (tub colors may vary) • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
D-FantiX Magnetic Building Blocks, Magnet Cube Puzzle Toys Crystal 3D Tetris Puzzle Brainteaser Stress Relief Toy Square Magnets Building Blocks for Kids with 54pcs Puzzle Cards • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$122.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$166.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.29

Total project goal

$195.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $195.29

1 Donor

-$188.63

Donations toward project cost

-$165.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.65

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 $0.00

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