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

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Imaginative Expression Through Dramatic Play

Help me give my students the following items: play-all-around dollhouse, dollhouse furniture and pose and play kids for their outdoor learning experience.

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My Students

My students come from low socioeconomic communities. Some of my students do not have the opportunities to explore the outdoor environment due to living in an apartment complex that has limited outdoor spaces. Most of our students come from apartment housing projects next to the school. Therefore, some of my students do not have the opportunities to extend their learning, such as math, science, expand language and physical development due to the lack of rich outdoor exploring. The center is geared at providing support to working parents of students ages 2-5 years old.

My Project

Young children learn by imagining and doing. Therefore, these imagination-driven materials that I am requesting for my students will enhance their many developmental skills. My students will have the opportunities to enhance their language skills, social and emotional skills, and nurturing their imagination through pretend play using the materials I am asking for.

Through pretend play, it will help my students develop their language skills.

For example, using the dollhouse materials will allow my students to imitate their mom, dad, and even their teacher, and use words and phrases that most of us teachers and parents probably never thought they knew. In addition, by pretend playing with others, my students will develop the skills of reenacting a story or even organizing play.

Moreover, through pretend play, my students will enhance their social and emotional skills. When a child engages in dramatic (or pretend) play, he or she is experimenting with the social and emotional roles of life. My students will learn how to share responsibility (e.g. cleaning up), taking turns with the materials, and problem-solving. My students will also develop empathy when they pretend to be different characters and understand the feelings of others. They will develop self-confidence when they discover that they can be anything they want to be just by pretending.

Lastly, through pretend play, my students will develop their imagination. My students can be anyone and do anything in the pretend world.

Ms. Sue Pacoima Early Education Center Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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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Pacoima, CA View local requests

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

24 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD546 - Play-All-Around Dollhouse • Lakeshore Learning Materials $229.00 1 $229.00
DD545 - Play-All-Around Dollhouse Furniture • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00
HH239 - Pose & Play Kids - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$392.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $35.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$464.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.03

Total project goal

$546.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $546.87

9 Donors

-$453.05

Donations toward project cost

-$392.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.46

match offer

-$85.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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